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Spring Forward Drive 03/11

WRAPUP: After an early morning meetup with about 40 cars, we took off in groups of six to head out on some northerly fun roads. There were a couple of icy suprises along the way to get our heart rates up, but it was mostly a casual ride.Jelly Belly MINI

We took over the parking lot at the Jelly Belly factory, and were joined by an additional 20 cars from the Milwaukee club. After a factory tour, some hanging out and a group photo, we headed out on the second leg of the trip. A twisty low speed drive along the lakeshore allowed us to take in the sights and show off to the local residents.

We had a lunch in downtown Kenosha, with raffles prizes from Knauz MINI and Mike & Linda from Fabric Fusion (in Brown Deer Wi).

Overall a great drive, great weather, and great MINI friends. A perfect way to start off the driving season!! Huge thanks to Dustin for all the planning and organizing.

If anyone has links to event photos, send the link to me and I will add them here.

Photos by: Francis | Mark | Anthony | Dan | Cecilia part1 part2 part3 |
Video by: Jenny and Jarrod
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CMMC Indoor Karting event Jan 28

 

Wrapup:

Thrills, chills, spills, spectacular carshes, red flag pitting drama, and incredible racing!!

We had it all. The long course was tricky but lots of fun, there was plenty of racing action, and a little bit of “rubbing” going on.

Thanks to all who attended including a number of members of the Milwaukee MINIs club, and the Chicagoland MG club. Looking forward to doing this again soon.

Several people were taking pictures and video.. Please e-mail me the location of anything that you put out to the web, and I will link them in here.

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Badger Bimmers Karting 12/31

Here is a great tuneup race prior to the CMMC January Karting event :

The Badger Bimmers Wisconsin Chapter of the BMWCCA have invited the Chicago MINI Motoring Club to join them for Indoor Go-Karting located in Buffalo Grove, Il on Sunday December 31st..

The format will be a 1 hour enduro with 2 person teams. Cost is $100 per person.
There are a few spots still open.
Meet at 8:30am, orientation is at 9:00 and the race starts at 10:00.

Please contact Charles High at chigh@wi.rr.com or call him at
414-690-6746 for details.

Holiday Party Wrap-up

MINI cake

The 2006 Holiday party was a huge success. Lots of food, friends, and MINIs !!

Big thanks to Knauz MINI, Patrick MINI and Bill Jacobs MINI for their support and for supplying lots of great give-aways, and to Blake for bringing the very cool Lexan license plate covers!! Thanks also to Taylor for offering up the use of his beautiful house, and to Lori for cooking up lots of pasta.

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Mod Party 12/02

Waylen Mod Party

WRAPUP: A Way Motor Works Mod party is a great way to spend a cold snowy December Saturday!!

A bunch of MINI’s braved the cold weather and bumpy snow covered roads to hang out for the day in a warm spacious professionally setup garage/shop. Waylen spent a light day installing an intake, Angel eyes, an under strut system, oil change, strut tower reinforcement plate, IPod adapter and more, as well as sharing racing stories, tuning and mantenance tips, and even a small practical joke (sorry Blake)..

Huge thanks to Waylen for hauling out to Chicagoland, and club member Blake for providing a fantastic working environment.

If you missed out this time and wanted some (or more) work done don’t worry, because we are hoping to get Waylen back sometime this spring or summer for another day.

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