THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, there will be a BIG ONE-TIME Cruise Night at the Elgin Holiday Inn by I-90 and Route 31.
It will be hosted by the Northern Illinois Street Rod Association and sponsored mainly by Holiday Inn and Bennigan's Restaurant. Now I spoke with the Promoter on a couple of occasions and he is wrangling Car Clubs to attend this HUGE ONE-NIGHT event in large numbers. He has several committed, and one of them is US! He made a comment to me in regards to our large showing of over 50 CLUB CARS at this past July's Fiesta Days Car Show in McHenry, IL. We get noticed by many of our club participation and this being a unique event, we have a LOT of interest amongst members.
One of our Club members, Wayne Bastiaans is also a member of that club too, and will help reserve a spot for our club. We already have several club members interested and some confirmed. We have three Group Leaders, and they are Joe Salzburg, Tim Wong and Craig Zaplatynsky of the Streeters.
We have a Grouping time of 5:30pm in West Dundee, IL., but we are debating now if we will need to send a couple guys earlier to insure we can hold the parking location for the club.
I was told today that they are getting committals from lots of car owners and car clubs. So this is looking like a good one to be at! We're gonna try to be there in force with several club cars and the weather is looking great for Friday evening!
THEY NEED to know HOW MANY CLUB CARS we plan on bringing, so we do need as accurate count as possible to reserve that size spot. So PLEASE Confirm if you can!
Here are the Details:
Event: Holiday Inn First Inaugural Cruise Show!
Date/Time: Friday, September 3rd, 6pm to 11pm
Location: Holiday Inn Parking Lot at Route 31 and I-90 Ramps in Elgin, IL.
COST to Register: FREE!
Features: The "Meteors" (50's Band) perform live!, 50/50 Charity Raffle, Prize Raffle, Dash Plaques to FIRST 300 Show Vehicles, Bennigan's Food Tent.
More Info: (847) 488-9000
TWO GROUPING LOCATIONS:
1st Grouping Time & Location: 4:30pm at the Northwest Herald parking lot (Just North of the Route 14 overpass) on Route 31 in Crystal Lake Group 1 will meet up with Group 2
2nd Grouping Time & Location: 5:30pm at the Parking Lot at the former Toys R Us Parking Lot on Route 31 in West Dundee (In front of Spring Hill Mall)
Club Drive-In Theater Night SATURDAY, Sept. 4th!
This COULD be one of the larger and more INTERESTING Club Events of the Season!
Let me give everyone an update as to what is going on so far...
The Illinois Camaro Club is having their Picnic earlier in the day. They WERE going to go straight from THEIR PICNIC over to the Drive-In Theater. NOW... They've changed their plans and want to join us! How cool is that? So they will come from their picnic to the Culver's and meet us there. Then we will ALL caravan in together! This is really a great group as I've spoken to several of them personally over the past couple of months.
Word is also out to other clubs to join this "Brigade" and the word is out that is is a Multi-Car Event! It's become exactly that... A "Word of mouth" sorta thing as Emails, phone calls and Facebook postings between clubs are going out and attracting people and cars. No one really knows just how many cars will be there, but the weather is looking GREAT and the word is getting out, and so far, we have two really great groups comfirmed to get together! Word has gone out to such clubs as the Cruisin Tigers and the Chicagoland Mopar Chapter...
The movies for Labor Day weekend are "Grease" and "Hairspray". Both musicals, one surely a classic.
This will be at the Mchenry Outdoor Theater in Mchenry on Chapel Hill Road.
We will be meeting at the Culver's Restaurant in Mchenry for Dinner or Ice Cream at 5:30pm
What to Bring:
- You're Two-Way Radio (If you have one, Channel 14, Frequency 37)
- A dish to pass (Chips/Dip, Candy, etc.)
- Blanket (It may be cool)
- Light jacket (Again... It may be cool later!)
- Mosquito repellent (Might be needed... But not so much if it is cool...)
- Chairs (For you and your family) We will sit outside together in front of the cars! (For those who want to)
- Your show ride (Not the daily driver if you can help it!)
- Your family, sweetheart, best buddy, or someone who loves the nostalgia of the drive-in!
- If anyone can bring along a "Boom Box" (Portable Stereo)... We will place as many as we have in front, where we sit in front of the cars!
THIS SATURDAY 9/4, Streeters member Rick Tomlinson's Car Show at the Firestone Complete Auto Care on South Western Ave in Carpentersville, IL. This show is September 4th from 9-3
Cash Prizes of $50 dollars for Best of Show Stock and $50 dollars for Best of Show Modified!
There will also be discounted food at "Just Hot Dogs" in the same plaza whom of which is sponsoring the best of show trophies to the top 20 cars.
Rick ALWAYS takes care of the Streeters and if we can some club cars out there to support his show, particularly from our Southern members, that would be great to see!
WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE FEATURED ON A GERMAN TV SHOW? GERMAN YOU SAY?... What?
While I was doing some setting up during this past Monday's Green Street Cruise Night, I received a very interesting call from one Audrey Stimson. She was calling me from California. She found our name on a listing of Car Clubs in Northern Illinois on the Internet. Audrey works for a German Television Network (ARD German Television) and is right now in the United States completing a documentary on Food and culture in America. For this she wants to do a portrait of "Cruise night" which combines the love of driving, cars, and .... hamburgers and shakes as she puts it. Now ARD is Germany's largest television network. They currently have 27 bureaus around the world. It is sort of like the BBC of Germany. What Audrey more specifically asked me was if we had any members with a car that represented the all-American, Chrome laden type of vehicle of the era of Drive-In restaurants and American Culture.
She asked if a club member could drive her and her film crew to a local Drive-In Restaurant for Saturday evening. She asked me where there would be a good representative of a classic American Drive-In with lots of cars.... Welllll Miller's Dog & Suds in Ingleside was the first thing that popped into my mind. So I now had to find a classic car, and I thought a 1950's car would be best for this and also be exactly what Audrey wants. We have SEVERAL, and I mean Several beautiful 1950's cars in our club and many came to mind. Kim ran into Streeters member Ron Grove at the Cruise Night and suggested Ron and his gorgeous 1956 Ford Sunliner Convertible in Black and Coral. Now I had a few cars in mind and that was definitely one of them. We have only ONE of those in the club, amongst the many stunning '50's cars we also have. Anyway, I took Kim's suggestion and asked Ron. He had to check his schedule, but he is good to go! Now Audrey asked Ron that if any other club members would like to bring their cars out to Dog & Suds, she would like to interview some of them and feature them and their cars.
So I am asking that if any Streeters members are interested in this or plan on being there, this is a great opportunity for those interested. I spoke with Ron and he suggested that club members wear their Club Shirts (If they have one) and he will point Audrey to club members to interview first if possible. In other words, Sport the Orange at Millers THIS Saturday evening and that might help you get noticed by Audrey. Ron just purchased an Black & Orange Bowling shirt that he is having Elite Embroidery put the Streeter Logo on back... Should be really cool. Ron sent me the info to get the same shirt for those interested, and I will send that out soon. But Ron hopes the shirt will be ready to wear at Dog & Suds on Saturday night for Audrey and her camera crew.
This really sounds fun and it's an interesting opportunity for our club members, and the patrons and staff of Dog & Suds, not to mention this should be a LOT of fun for Audrey and her crew.
So get those big American Iron Cars out there to help show Germany how we roll! And as always, wherever you go, don't forget to Sport the Orange and show your club colors!
The Green Street Cruise Night! The place to be on Monday evenings! READ MORE
Just a quick reminder, that the ALL-NEW Mchenry Cruise Night at Sears begins THIS WEDNESDAY the 11th of August and runs thru September 22nd.
It runs from 5:30 to 8:30pm. There will be music, food and beverages available! More info on our Cruisin page.
We're enjoying some well deserved FANTASTIC WEATHER TODAY that will be carrying on into the evening!
That means GREEN STREET is gonna be HUGE!
There is a LOT going on tonight at the Green Street Cruise Night, we're lining up the Vendors for "Vendors Row"!
- The Kroozers Car Club and the Illinois Camaro Club are two of the clubs so far wanting to reserve areas for their club cars.
- I WILL have an area reserved for the Streeters of course, and a LOT of Club members have already told me (verbally) that they will be the tonight to support both the club and the Cruise Night!
- I also asked that if any of the members are parked near the entrance to the Streeters Reserved area, that they could help direct "Streeters" cars into it, as I expect there will be a LOT of Streeters there. You can park WHEREVER you wish, but if you wish to park in the Streeters reserved spot, we will be lining up Streeters Club Cars together. The Orange Canopy and "StreeterVille" Sign will be set up for the Streeters Lounge.
If any of our club members with a business that might be interested in becoming a Vendor at the Green Street Cruise Night DOWNLOAD the Vendor Info Sheet
Fellow Streeters member, Rich Stratton of Gary Lang Auto Group sent us a link to the photos for the Gary Lang Car Show from the 18th. VIEW PHOTOS
Rich has also invited ANY Streeters member who has taken photos of the Gary Lang Show and would like to have them posted on the Gary Lang Website to please submit them to him and they WILL be posted for everyone to see!
Joe
"Northern Illinois Streeters Car Club"