Chicago MINI Motoring Club

Track Day invite (09/15)

Steve — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:20:44 +0000

Bill Nuccio Jr from Fox Valley Motorcars and Lamborghini Chicago has extended an invitation to our club to participate in their annual track day at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet on Monday September 15th.

Besides sharing the track with some really cool and exotic cars, he has offered our club a 10% discount.

Below is more detailed information:

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Bill Jacobs Ground Breaking Event

Steve — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:30:31 +0000

Bill Jacobs MINI will be hosting a ground breaking event to celebrate the expansion of their MINI and BMW showrooms on Friday September 12th.

WHAT: An evening of food, wine and jazz plus some extras..

WHERE: Bill Jacobs MINI 1564 W Ogden Ave, Naperville [Map Link]

WHEN: Friday September 12th 4pm to 8pm

WHO: Chicago MINI Club members and friends

Please RSVP to Dori Minter at 630 718-2839

Vintagefest Road Rally

Steve — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:00:23 +0000

Bill Jacobs MINI is holding a Vintagefest Road Rally event on Sunday August 31st. Dustin Krause (Motoring Manager) has graciously extended an invitation to our club to participate. Space is limited for the breakfast, but everyone can come along for the drive afterwards.

Here are the details:

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MINI Buddy System

Steve — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:30:09 +0000

Starting with our upcoming event, we will be working out a new optional MINI Buddy System.

This will give potential and new club members a chance to hook up 1 on 1 with a more experienced club member to enhance their experience at events.

What are the details?

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Drive-in Drive 08/16

Steve — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:18:40 +0000

WRAPUP: Beautiful weather brought out about a dozen cars out for a scenic and fun drive around the Kane County area. We had a blast looping the industrial park traffic circles as well as some nice tree lined twisty and hilly bits. We met a few more MINI friends at dinner. Everyone who attended the Drive-In movie had a great time ;)

Big thanks to Paul for the route planning. It was unfortunate that work plans got in the way of his chance to enjoy the ride.

Pictures by: Francis | Dan C | Arnie and Lena |

Come on out and join us for a drive, dinner and a drive-in movie on August 16th. Enjoy a movie outdoors under the stars at the Cascade Drive-in, one of the few remaining drive-in theaters in the area.

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CowaLUNGa bike tour

Steve — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:54:44 +0000

One of our CMMC Club members, Jonathan E. will be participating in the CowaLUNGa 190 mile bike tour on August 2nd-4th to help raise money to help the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago (RHAMC) .

Jonathan has offered some raffle prizes to our club members who choose to donate to help his cause.

For all the details, check out this post.

MTTS Chicago Photos

Steve — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:22:35 +0000

The Chicagoland stop of MINI Takes the States is now over, but I know there was a whole lot of pictures taken. Here is an aggregate of many pictures taken by our club members and friends..

E-mail steve@chicagominiclub.com a link to your pictures (but please don’t send photos because I don’t have enough space) and I will post them up here:

MTTS Chicago Flickr Pool

Links to Original post | Friday Meetup drives | Saturday drive | Sunday drive

Club Discount DIECASM.COM

Steve — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:40:44 +0000

Club member Jim C. has offered the Chicago MINI Motoring Club a 5% discount at Diecasm.com a website that ties together replica model vehicles and non-profit organizations.

Check out all the cool items, and use coupon code “ChicagoMiniClub2008″ for your 5% discount.

This, and all our other great MINI related discounts are listed on our Club Discounts Page

Thanks Jim!!!

MTTS to RideMakerz

Steve — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:11:14 +0000

Here is the info that I have about the MINIUSA planned route from Elkhart Lake to Ridemakerz in Schaumburg on Sunday. It is quite possible that this will be revised or changed.

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MTTS to Elkhart Lake

Steve — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:46:25 +0000

I have recieved some information about the planned route on Saturday morning from Lincoln Park Zoo to Elkhart Lake Wisconsin. It is possible that some details will change, but hopefully this will help those planning on meeting the caravan along the way:

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