We are having a casual hang out at the Culvers in Downers Grove on Saturday September 18th.    This is a great chance to hang out, show off your car and enjoy some butterburgers and/or custard.

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Here are the Chicagoland meetup details for the Cubs and Brewers Baseball game on Saturday September 11th.

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WRAPUP: We had about a dozen MINIs head out for a 20 mile scenic backroads drive, and arrived together at the Micro Car show.  Several CMMC members were displaying their MINIs as well as other very cool cars.  Almost 400 Micro and Mini cars of all shapes, sizes, and conditions were on display.  One group travelled all the way from California along the old Route 66 drive.  Volo museum also had a large number of much larger cars for sale inside, with price tags from the low thousands up to a Corvette valued at over $100,000.  This was truly an amazing show and a bunch of amazing cars. 

Huge thanks to Arnie and Lena for being amongst the small group of people that has spent the past 4 years organizing and planning to make this event as spectacular as it was!!

Photos by: Steve | Arnie and Lena | McHenry News |

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The Windy City BMW club has invited the Chicago MINI Motoring Club to participate in their Driving School at Putnam Park in Indiana on September 25th and 26th.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take your MINI out on a race track with an instructor in a safe and controled environment.  Huge thanks to the Windy City BMW club for offering this event to our club at their discounted club rate!!!

Click Here for the application and additional details.  Get the form in soon because this fills up quickly!

If you haven’t registered for the event already this is a great chance to hang out with a couple hundred MINI fans, and get an up close and personel look at the new R60 Countryman before it is officially released in the United States.

 This offer is available to current CMMC members + up to 1 guest.  Add a comment on this post to request a ticket, and we’ll see you there!!!

Huge thanks to MINIUSA for offering these tickets to us.

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IMPORTANT: you must register by July 27th.  Details and registration form are located Here.  Please also add a comment on this post so we know you are going!

Huge thanks to the BMW club for including us on this event.

WRAPUP:  We had a small bunch of 3 MINIs zipping through some fun back roads out to Raceway woods, where we met up with and additional 2 cars out for a picnic lunch on a warm but nice day.  Three dogs were also lucky enough to participate and enjoy the hiking trails.

We ate lots of encased meats of various kinds (except for the vegitarians), visited and enjoyed each others company, and later explored the forest preserves looking for parts of the historic race track.  There was a daring MINI rescue of some hikers who wandered a bit too far away and needed transportation back to the picnic area.  Spirits were revived with a bit of water and some ice.. A great event at a fun location!!

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Chicago will be one of the starting cities!!  The festivities will be starting all day Sunday August 8th and Monday morning August 9th will be the departure for the first leg of the trip to Indianapolis.

Photos by: Steve, Pat + Kathy | MINIUSA |

Details are just starting to come out.

The event is flexible.. You can choose which parts to attend, leave with a group or on your own, or you can meet the caravan in the middle of the route.

Add a comment below letting everyone know your plans and hopefully we can coordinate plans!! 

Main MINI Takes the States Site

Day by day route map

Chicago Sunday and Monday event times and locations

Registration page

MTTS 2010 Flickr group

UPDATE 08/01/2010:  PDF of Route details and more

UPDATE 08/02/2010: Anyone interested in participating in the BBQ in Indianapolis after the lap of the track, please RSVP to Shannon Grimm at: MINIGREETERS@DREYERREINBOLD.COM

Also keep an eye on Motoringfile for news and updates as they happen.

WRAPUP: About a dozen MINIs came out to enjoy Supercar Saturday.. a great mix of newer and older club members.  We had an initial get-together and a short drive out to Glenview.  A bit of rain in the middle kept some of the coolest cars away, but there was still plenty of neat stuff to look at.   We decided to take a neighborhood drive, and the weather cleared out for smooth sailing, and a lunch stop at a great Hot Dog stop.  Huge thanks to Francis for all the event and route planning!!

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There are only a couple tickets remaining for the Cubs vs. Brewers baseball game up in Milwaukee on September 11th.

We will be doing a group drive from Chicagoland, meeting up with the Milwaukee club and tailgating in the parking lot before the game.

If you are interested, check out this link for all the info and get the registration form in the mail as soon as possible!!

If you already have tickets on your own and would still like to tailgate with us, e-mail steve@chicagominiclub.com for additional details.