Mod Party June 20, 21

WRAPUP: We had a fantastic day to hang out and have our MINIs upgraded.. Intakes, Exhausts, Pulleys, swaybars, undercarriage braces, camber plates, suspension bushings, injectors and dyno tunes.. Waylen and Matt did it all. Lots of people stopped by to check out all the action including many new people, and lots of friends from as far away as Milwaukee and Madison Wisconsin. Everyone enjoyed the cookout of burgers and dogs, and the chance to check out the undersides and guts of our MINIs.

Huge thanks to Waylen and Matt from WayMotorworks for coming out and putting in a really hard day of work. Waylen thoughtfully had enough spare inventory with him to take care of several unexpected problems and additional requests throughout the day.

Also huge thanks to CMMC club member Dan for opening up his shop, Import Service Center on an off day, supporting Waylen, and making everyone feel welcome for the 13+ hours we hung around. Big thanks also to Jenny and Francis for all the planning, coordination, and getting and cooking the food!!!

Photos by: Francis | Steve

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British Car day Kane County Cougars

I was forwarded some information about a potential British Car Day event at a Kane County Cougars Baseball game on Sunday July 12th from the Minis In Northern Illinois (M.I.N.I) club:

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SuperDawg 05/08

Over 30 cars showed up on a beautiful spring evening to take a short cruise and hang out. The cars drew quite a bit of attention both along the route and at SuperDawg. We had club members attending from as far away as Springfield, Milwaukee and Elgin/St. Charles area. Our friends from Knauz MINI stopped by and dropped off some MINI SMints! It was very cool to have almost the entire SuperDawg parking lot filled with MINIs, Classic Minis, plus even a Morris Minor.

Huge thanks to SuperDawg for letting us take over their place for the evening, and for being so accommodating to us in terms of parking and hanging out!!

Please e-mail links of pictures to steve@chicagominiclub.com and I will post them here.

Photos by: Matt | Francis | Eric |

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Spring Drive March 15th

WRAPUP: Incredible weather, great roads, great food and a whole bunch of MINI (and Mini) people. This was the perfect start to the driving season!!

We wound up with a really nice sunny warm day for a drive.. Over 40 cars participated in a fun cruise on some quiet backroads. We had a nice mix of new people and familiar faces. The drive ended with a lunch with the Minis In Northern Illinois club. A round of raffle prizes finished a great MINI day.

Huge thanks to Paul who did all the route planning, organizing, and lead drive duty and the M.I.N.I club for letting us share their afternoon with us.

Photos by: Anthony | Tom | Dan C. | Francis | Ellis

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