Chicagoland MG Club: Driveline

July 2016

Upcoming Events

Tally Ho Rally
Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 11:00 am

The Rally start and end point is to be determined although the rally length is less than 75 miles. The rally route is designed to provide a fun experience, with scenic and very low traffic MG roads, taking you past open fields, horse pastures, some amazing homes, and lovely gardens and landscaping. Your rally car is an MG or any other car you have running. Equipment needed is a car, pencil, watch, and navigator.

Registration is at 11:00 am, drivers meeting at 11:30 am, and the first car will be starting at 12:00 noon.
Please put this event on your calendar. Look forward to seeing you.

~~Carl Vogel

Westmont Street Fair
Featuring CMGC Cars
August 18, 2016

The Chicagoland MG Club will be featured at the Westmont Street Fair on August 18th from 5 - 9 pm. This is not your typical Cruising Night. Westmont has expanded it into a weekly Street Fair featuring children's activities, live music, food, drinks, special events and a great deal of fun. Cass Ave. from the tracks north to Chicago Ave. will be closed and blocked off for this event. The event has doubled in size this year. Last year 19 members joined us for the fun and we are looking forward to many more this year.

Cars can arrive between 4:30 - 5 pm. Dinner and other activities will be planned for a fun evening. (more details to follow)

Bill Kalafut - bill@khrenovations.com - 630-816-4585 (c)

~~ Bill Kalafut

Lucas Memorial Rally
August 28, 2016

The rally is still in the planning stages

Safety First & Fast

224-558-6264 or 1stsgtmarines88@sbcglobal.net

~~ Rich & Sundy Meservey

30th Annual British Car Festival
Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
(registration closes at 12:30)

Harper College, 1200 West Algonquin Road, Palatine, IL

With more than 500 beautiful cars, this is one of the largest celebrations of British automotive design and engineering in the United States. In addition to the cars, the festival features a variety of classic car parts vendors, presentations, tech workshops, authentic British food and new car dealers showcasing the latest imports from Great Britain. Admission for the general public is free, with donations encouraged for Shelter, Inc., which is a non-profit dedicated to providing community based, emergency and longer-term housing for abused and neglected children. Participant registration fee is $20 before September 4th, $25 after and day of the festival. Prizes are awarded.

The British Car Festival is organized by the British Car Union, which is a non-profit founded in 1986. It consists of representatives from 20 different Chicagoland British car clubs whose sole purpose is to coordinate the events critical to making the British Car Festival a success each September. For more info: www.britishcarunion.com

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