Chicago MINI Motoring Club

Spring Drive April 17th

Steve — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:35:22 +0000

Time to shine up your MINI and change out those winter tires.

Saturday April 17th will be our 8th annual Spring Drive!! We will again be joining up with the MilwaukeeMINIs plus the Minis In Northern Illinois (M.I.N.I.) Clubs for a fun day cruising around some Southern Wisconsin area back roads..

Chicagoland people will meet up in the Libertyville area and we will meet up with the Milwaukee Club at the Jelly Belly factory. After a break there, we will take back roads to our final destination of a late lunch in the Lake Geneva area.

Here are the details:

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Windy City BMW meeting - 03/24

Steve — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:34:27 +0000

We have been invited by the Windy City BMW club to attend their March Membership meeting held at the NEW showroom of Bill Jacobs BMW.

Here are the details:

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Chicago Auto Show 2/14

Steve — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:44:06 +0000

Wrapup: Twenty some MINIs braved the early morning and cold weather to caravan down Sheridan Road and Lake Shore drive to the Auto Show. 40 club members were able to gain early admission to the show to get an up close and personal time to check out the MINI exhibit before the crowds. Huge thanks again to MINIUSA for all the work to secure this special deal for our club, and to Knauz MINI for helping us out with the tickets!!!

E-mail links of photos to steve@chicagominiclub.com and I will add them here.

Photos by: Francis | Steve | Kes | Arnie & Lena |

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Cubs Brewers game Sept 11

Steve — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:10:40 +0000

The Milwaukee MINIS and Chicago MINI Motoring Club are planning a Brewers vs. Cubs game outing. It will be a night game on Saturday, September 11th. There are only 75 tickets, between the two clubs and they will sell out fast!! To get your tickets, send in your Order Form [Click Here] and payment ASAP. Theresa from the Milwaukee MINIs purchased the tickets on her personal credit card, and had to pay upfront. If you don’t buy your tickets by April 1st, and if there are any tickets ramaining, the price will go up. So buy your tickets, and buy them now!

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Chicago Auto Show

Steve — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:41:20 +0000

We are still working on plans for the Chicago Auto Show.

The tentative plans are for either Saturday or Sunday morning February 13th or 14th.

We will again be doing a morning group drive down Sheridan road and Lake Shore Drive for anyone who is interested.

Stay tuned to this website for special information as soon as it comes through…

Spring Thing 2010

Steve — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:33:42 +0000

Cold weather getting you down?

Head off to Cocoa Beach Florida for Spring Thing 2010 on February 19th - 21st to enjoy some warmer weather, and bunches of MINIs, Minis and Mokes.

MINIs at the Scuba show

Steve — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:58:03 +0000

fellow MINI owner Debbie Lind from Diver Acquisition and Retention, LLC has passed along information about a discount for MINI owners to attend the Our World Underwater show held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL on February 19th -21st.

There will also be a chance to win a MINI Cooper, and other fabulous prizes..

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Kart Racing January 31

Steve — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:10:32 +0000

Our Annual indoor kart racing event returns in 2010 with a new venue, new racing format, and new prices!!

WRAPUP: 36 people showed up ready to do battle at Melrose Park Indoor Grand Prix. After an orientation we headed out to the track, and broke into 3 groups doing 4 races each on the large track. Many people hung out afterwards for pizza, conversation and bench racing.

Club Fast Guy awards go to Adam for turning in a blistering 32.67 lap, and Matt was a close second at 32.78

Huge thanks to Brett at Melrose Park Indoor Grand Prix for coming out on his day off to get us going, and for making this such a fun event.

Please send links to photos or video to steve@chicagominiclub.com and I will add them here.

Photos and video by: Steve |

Check it out..

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Karting registration closes 1/23

Steve — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:41:19 +0000

Only one more week till registration closes for our annual Kart racing event.

Check out This Post for all the details!!

2009 Holiday Party December 13th

Steve — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:36:24 +0000

WRAPUP: Great friends, great food, presents and a great way to wrap up the year. We had a big crowd of old and new MINI friends, and lined up the block with MINIs. Huge thanks to Taylor for again hosting such a fantastic party, and thanks to everyone in the Chicago MINI Motoring Club for making our club such a nice and fun place to be!!

Photos by: Steve | Francis | Tom |

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