Jimmy Olsen

“I don’t think we could’ve have packed anything more into this event,” says SCMM President Michael Garcia, referring to the Death Valley/Las Vegas Run that the MINI Maniacs held March 21-24. Forty-eight members […]

Last weekend, on a beautiful Saturday morning, 18 Minis – from SCMM and San Diego Minis- met up in Pala Mesa and motored out to the desert in search of wildflowers and the metal sculptures that abound around […]

SCMM’s Compost Award, given annually to one member “for outstanding support, dedication, and contribution to the success of a single club event” was presented to Eric “Shadow” Johnson, by SCMM President Michael […]

It started with an email from Simon Tildesley, president of NorCal MINIs, inviting SCMM to collaborate on a joint event along the Central Coast. After weeks of discussion and planning between Tildesley and […]

(Jan. 25, 2019) A last-minute change in the event calendar turned January’s Fourth Saturday of the Month Breakfast into the Pancakes to Pistachios Run.

Organized by SCMM President Michael Garcia, the run was i […]

SCMM members celebrated the club’s 16th anniversary on January 20, with a day of thoroughbred horse racing action. The gathering at Santa Anita Park, an annual tradition since the beginning days of the club, i […]

The 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show opened today and runs through December 9. This year’s show is all about the technology that carmakers are packing inside, basically turning vehicles into smartphones on wheels. E […]

SCMM’s annual memorial run took the MINI Maniacs to Paso Robles this year for a three-day adventure that included wine tasting, wild turkeys, challenging curves, and the always spectacular Pacific Coast.

The g […]

The MINI Maniacs spent a day at California’s highest state park on October 21, Mount San Jacinto, with its peak topping out at a breathtaking 10,804 feet.

The day-long event was a hold-over from August, w […]

In 2016, SCMM member Denise Mueller pedaled a bicycle on the Bonneville Salt Flats to an unimaginable 147.7 mph, and set the woman’s paced bicycle land speed record. This year the 45-year-old mother of three r […]

Another Devil’s Backbone Run is now history. The MINI adventure, dubbed ‘Return to the Mother Lode,’ marked the eighth running of the annual road trip through the Sierras. This year the group spent two night […]

Hearts broke throughout the MINI community this past Saturday when news that its goodwill ambassadors and SCMM members, Norm and Jesse Nelson, lost their home in the devastating Carr Fire in Northern […]

It’s not where one would expect to find a collection of rare French automobiles, tucked away in an industrial park in Oxnard, California. The Mullin Automotive Museum is home to 120 vintage touring and racing c […]

With the loss of our dear friend, June Medved, Debbie Jones has agreed to step into the role of San Diego Area Coordinator. June brought our San Diego SCMM region to a level of participation never before realized; […]

The MINI Maniacs are set to embark on an unique one-day adventure, June 9, to Los Angeles County’s hidden paradise — Catalina Island. This rocky piece of land, home to about 4,000 residents, has remained rel […]

They drove from all over California, from Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, and one from as far away as Houston, Texas! MINI Coopers in every color and variant, along with their fanatical owners, came to Southwest […]

The reviews are in and this year’s Run to Babylon is a smash hit with the MINI Maniacs. The four-day adventure kicked off April 19, with an overnight in Santa Cruz at the Sea & Sand Inn. The motel is perched h […]

A new era began in April when automotive floor mat manufacturer WeatherTech assumed the naming rights of Laguna Seca Raceway creating WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The contract is for five years with an option […]

SCMM members attending this year’s Devil’s Backbone Run are in for a giant treat, literally! A picnic among the Giant Sequoias at Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Located a short distance from the historic town on […]