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

WRAPUP: We had about 20 people participating in the grant prix format event. practice, qualifying and final.  Tight racing, a few bumps and spins, but a fun time for all.  Steve won the final, with fast time of the day going to Frank D. with a time of 19.579

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

Photos by: Steve

Video by: Enrique

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Dan Bell Casting is looking for Chicagoland MINI owners for filming a commercial in Los Angeles on January 7th-9th.

Travel and lodging are covered.. All the information on what you need to do is provided on this PDF

I was sent a request looking for MINI Cooper owners to participate in a focus group..

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Our annual Club holiday party will be on Sunday December 13th, and will again be hosted at club member Taylor’s  house in Deerfield.

This is a great chance to kick back and visit with MINI friends in a nice casual setting.

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Our friends at Tumi Old Orchard have passed along the word that items from the MINI by Tumi collection are on sale at 25% to 27% off.

Stop by the store or check out the items HERE

November 1st will be the date of our annual drive out to Starved Rock State Park.

WRAPUP: Fantastic Fall weather brought out a crowd of about 50 MINIs for a fun back roads drive.  A short stop at a kart racing track along with a photo-op on the course was a cool added bonus.

Huge thanks to Matt and Sylwia for the route planning and for leading the cruise!!

Photos by: Steve R | Steve D |

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