Our good friends at MINIUSA were able to arrange for a limited number of passes to attend the Chicago Auto Show media preview day on Friday .

A great opportunity to experience one of the countries largest shows before it opens to the general public.

WRAPUP:  A great day at the Chicago Auto Show on the Social Media day preview event.  Lots of cars, and an appearance of the Lap Motorsports Daytona winning MINI Cooper, and trophy  Huge thanks again to MINIUSA for getting our club into the show on this day!!

Photos by :  Steve |

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January is Kart Racing season for the Chicago MINI Motoring Club.  To satisfy our winter time need for speed,  we will again be racing at K1 Speed in Buffalo Grove with their electric karts in a 3 race Grand Prix series.

WRAPUP:  Thrills, chills, and spills..  We had about 25 people participating in some mid-winter karting action.  A warmup race, a qualifying race, and then a final event.  A couple of the finals had a bit of “rubbing”, but a fun time was had by all.  Congrats to the 3 final race winners..  Matt K. , and Jim M. and a big thanks to Kathy and Scott S. for donating tickets to Zanies Comedy Club as an extra prize for the leaders!

Send links or photos to steve@chicagominiclub.com and I will link them up here.

Photos by: Steve |

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MINI of Chicago will be hosting a Countryman Preview event on January 6th at 6PM.

You will have a chance to check out the new car up close and personal.

RSVP on THIS LINK and add a comment below if you are interested.