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Naperville’s Braconi’s  restaurant & Pizzeria 796 Royal St. George, Naperville @cress creek shopping center on rt 34 Ogdan ave is having a MOPAR cruise night June 23 Wednesday night 5-9. Presented by www.doubleKproductions.com.  Classic, muscle, custom, antique cars all welcome. Clubs welcome, room for trailers, parking lot for over 200 cars. Small award presentation. Good food and always a good turn out.

The IL VCA has been invited to a modern MoPar Meet 'n Greet car show in Prospect Heights. The date of the event is April 18th and will be held at Rocky Vanders.

All kinds of MoPar Muscle will be there and the event is also supported by several sponsors. The event will be a cruise night type of gathering, the parking lot will be closed to traffic. Vipers are welcome and encouraged to slither over and join the fun! Click the link below for more information:

http://www.lxforums.com/board/showthread.php?t=203637

If your interested in showing off your Viper muscle, there is a car show hosted at West Leyden High Schoo for a good cause. Show is on May 22nd from 11am-5pm. Address is:

1000 N. Wolf Road
Northlake, IL 60164

There will be trophies and raffle. Vehicle entry fee is simply a donation of a non-perishable food item - to be donated to Leyden Food Pantry. Cars, trucks, and motor cycles welcome. there is no entry fee to view vehicles. Any questions, feel free to contact organizer Robert Paczkowski at the west campus: (rpaczkowski@leyden212.org).

Mount Prospect Lions Club annual Charity Car & Motorcycle Show at Melas Park, Central Road and Bussee Rd, Mount Prospect, IL.  Reg 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.   Reg Fee $15.00 all proceeds to the charity.   Show hours 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  Open to all vehicles - 21 Classes, Trophies each class, charity raffles.    Food Available.  For Information call 847-991-0460.

Saturday July 3rd, 10am to 3pm: The George Barris Car Show at the Volo Auto Museum for car cruisers and families.

George Barris is one of the best-known designers of custom cars in the world.  He is famous for cars in Fast & Furious, Batman, GhostBusters , Monkeys, Beverly Hillbillies and more. Bring your muscle car, hot rod, custom or classic car made before 1980. Over 30 trophies will be awarded including the prestigious George Barris custom crest, presented by George himself. Call if entering a newer show quality type vehicle.

There will be: food; raffles; music; Volo’s car and military museum; and 40’s / 50’s Era Costume contest. Proceeds benefit NorthPointe Resources, a non-profit who provides residential, educational, employment and life services to individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illness.

WHERE and WHEN:
Volo Auto Museum
Gates open at 10:00am.  
27582 Volo Village Rd., Volo, IL 60073     

For more information about NorthPointe, this event, how you can participate, donate - visit: www.NorthPointeResources.org or call 847-731-5708. Online registration is available.

Join us at this year's Chi-Town Kruze Benefiting Ronald McDonald House® on Sunday, June 13th. Car enthusiasts will be "Cruising for the House" to support Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana (RMHC®-CNI).
The Chi-Town Kruze is an outdoor classic car cruise and exhibition of over 500 cars of all models, makes, and vintage. After the cruise, registered cars will park in the Windy City ThunderBolts Standard Bank Stadium parking lot, located in Crestwood, Illinois for a spectacular car show. The show will feature unique vehicles, family entertainment, sponsor exhibits, fabulous food and much more! We hope to see you there for a fun filled day of cool cars — all in support of a great cause!

Date
Sunday, June 13, 2010

Cruise
8:00am to 10:00am
Cruising through the suburbs of Crestwood & Oak Lawn, Illinois

• Windy City ThunderBolts Stadium
• North on Cicero Avenue
• East on 95th Street
• Ronald McDonald House
• South on Cicero Avenue
• Windy City ThunderBolts Stadium

Click here for route map

Car Show
10:00am to 2:00pm (Closing ceremony begins)
Windy City ThunderBolts Standard Bank Stadium Parking Lot
14011 Kenton Avenue
Crestwood, IL 60445
Car Show Vehicle Fee: The event will host between 500 — 700 vehicles
$15 Per Vehicle (Group rate of 10 or more cars)
$20 Per Vehicle - Early Bird Special when registered by May 15th
$25 Per Vehicle - Regular Price and day of event

Car Show Spectator Fee
$5 Per Vehicle — Parking
Free Admission
Donations: Donations will support the charity's mission and to help build the world's largest Ronald McDonald House® near Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital right here in Chicago!

Weather
Rain or Shine

Car & Bike Club Cruise Nights coming up later this month and early June at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, prior to our Chicago Slaughter home games. Over $3500 in prizes will be awarded to the top 6 cars/trucks and top 6 motorcycles EACH game night!  Our thousands of fans will vote on the vehicles in our tailgate area and the prizes will be awarded at halftime down on the field!

Dates are:

Saturday, MAY 22nd, this game will be against one of Chicago's biggest rivalries, GREEN BAY, so a huge turnout is expected.  It's also Latino Night so cars, trucks, & bikes with a Latino flair may do very well in the judging.

Friday, MAY 28th, this game will be against the West Michigan ThunderHawks and is also our Military Appreciation Night, so a patriotic theme may do very well in the judging.

Saturday, JUNE 12th, this game will be against another Wisconsin rivalry, the La Crosse Spartans and is our final home game. With it being Fan Appreciation Night, we are expecting record crowds so a great night to showcase your car, truck or bike!