Spring Forward Drive - SUN Mar 9th

Hey Chicagoland MINIs!!! The Chicago MINI Motoring Club is having it's Spring cruise and you're invited!!! Enjoy a 100 mile romp starting at Knauz MINI, with stops in Burlington, WI; lunch in Lake Geneva, WI; ending in Volo, IL.

Not a CMMC member?? no problem! Not from the area? no problem!! All MINIs/Minis are welcome!

please check for latest details here: http://chicagominiclub.com/2008/02/1...ive-march-9th/

Hope to see you there

*** UPDATE ***

Chicago Indoor Racing (CIR) has donated four (4) "Arrive & Drive" passes that will be raffled off at the Drive. Proceeds will be donated towards the MMAC fundraiser.

Passes will be raffled off individually. Raffle Tickets will be sold at the beginning, first rest stop and before the drawing at lunch. Cash accepted for tickets - $1 each, 8 for $5, 15 for $10.

please note: this fundraiser is NOT a CMMC sponsored or endorsed activity. I'm doing this in the spirit of charity, hope and friendship for Tom and everyone else touched by cancer...

 

do you have the route drawn up yet? i can think of some fun back roads from lake geneva to route 12 and down to volo if you want.

 

thanks for the offer. already kicking around ideas for a future drive... probably in the Lake County area. I'll pm you

As far as the current route, I have no clue. Wasn't a party to the planning. Snake Rd in Lake Geneva is fun. cruising around the Lake itself is fun as well. I've taken the backroads from Lake Geneva to Burlington and back.. that's fun as well.

 

Presuming i have a car by then, ill be there. If not a driver, a passenger.

 

I hope to see your next MINI.

I have a route mapped out, not yet tested, based on info from past drives and many others for fun roads. In general we do not post or send out the route before the drive. With the weather I may not test this route till just days before the event to make sure road conditions are safe.

 

A little snow or sleet won't stop a good time!

 

OMG, you used BOTH "S" words in the same post.

 

Wouldn't miss this for the world!!! Will be racing around as usual.... These 'sunday' cruises are so much fun!!!!

 

I'll be sliding around enough on my skinny bicycle tires. Precipitation might be a bit much

 

Any idea how long the whole trip should take? Dave and I are in if it's not more than a few hours. If we're gone longer than that, we'll come home to a wonderfull poopy puppy and crate I'd love to take her with, but I'd worry about leaving her in the car during lunch. Soon enough... isn't potty training great?

 

We meet at 9am, then drive the 1st leg about an hour. Rest stop then 2nd leg about an hour. I hope to have us at lunch by 1230-1pm. You may want to drive the whole event with the dog, other have, but not stay for lunch. Or drive 1st leg and be home by 1130ish. Hope that helps.

 

well as long as the car is put back together and on the road by then i will be there for sure!!! i keep wanting to go to one of these cruises. hopefully ill make it to this one!

 

well the car is back together and i am planing on being there. i am also waiting for my new video camera mount so as long as i have it by next sunday i will be video taping a bit too. and ill have a passenger to take some sweet video also!! im planning on making a bunch of videos this year of all the events i do from cruises to being on the track!! and at the end of the season im going to put parts of everything alltogether and make a 2008 year in review video!!

 

From the Madison WI contingent - Thanks for putting together such a great event. It was amazing to see so many MINIs cruising through southern WI and rasing money for the MMAC fundraiser. Was there any tables at Houlihan's which were not occupied by our group? Looking forward to joining up with you for future events.
Jim, Laura & Koko the corgi aka MadisonKobalt

 

I think the whole area we were sitting in was occupied by MINI friends

Unfortunately I didn't get many pictures inside because I was running around selling raffle tickets but it's all good because were able to raise a lot of money

here's a link to my picks on flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/96311057@N0...7604081287182/

yes.. I was "that guy" taking pics at the first rest stop in Burlington Thanks for coming out! did anyone get any pics of the cars driving on the frozen lake??

 

Great time today.

No lake pics but here is the gallery of my shots:

http://s261.photobucket.com/albums/i...pring%20drive/

 

Thanks again to all who organized this drive.

For our first CMMC drive, it was a great time! Looking forward to many more drives in the future.

Thought I'd share two of my favorite pics from the day. Enjoy!

 

Thanx for putting this drive together. Great way to bring about the end of winter , all though it still snowed a bit towards the end.

Here're the pictures from my camera:



At Knauz MINI, driver meeting








Getting ready to roll










Trouble

 

Dustin doing a Chinese Fire Drill




Luckily, some car ahead of us took care of the local LEO


Out of focus...






Some erroneous vehicles jutting in


Twisties

 

Pitstop at Burlington, meet up with Milwaukee crew




Dirtiest MINI award






The Performance Parking Lot, how well suited

 

Cheeky. Had to explain this to a bystander.

 

Wisconites really love bovines. They even have them on their antenna masts.


Drivers Meeting


Bulldog MINI












At Houlihan's in Lake Geneva

 

Winter postcard

 

great shots

 

Great Pics