Upcoming Mad City MINI Events

 

Saturday, May 21 & Sunday, May 22 | Visit to New Glarus with the Chicago MINI Motoring Club & Milwaukee MINIs

 

Meet at MINI of Madison on Saturday at 8:30 AM.  Leave by 8:40 AM for a back roads drive to Rockton, IL to join up with the other groups at 10:00 AM. 

 

Spend the day driving and socializing with other MINI owners and enthusiasts.  Participate for as short or as long as you wish; there will be driving, a visit to the New Glarus Brewery, and a dinner.  Sunday events, TBA, may include breakfast and a driving route back to the Chicago area or Milwaukee area. More info: http://chicagominiclub.com/2011/04/23/new-glarus-overnighter/#more-983

 

Recommended things to bring: A full tank of gas, a camera, FRS radio(s) tuned to Channel 1, Subchannel 1 (if you own one or several), a pen and clipboard for the directions, and a smile!!

Saturday, May 28 | The Great Chocolate & Wine Trail Drive

 

Travel to 5 of the 6 participating wineries in southwestern Wisconsin and sample wine and chocolate pairings. 

Wineries on our drive will include: Sinnipee Valley Vineyard & Winery, Bauer-Kearns Winery, Whispering Winds Winery, Spurgeon Vineyard & Winery, and Weggy Winery.

 

Meet at MINI of Madison on Saturday at 9:15 AM.  Leave by 9:30 AM.  Return to Madison after 6:00 PM.

Note there is a one-time charge of $10 by the wineries to participate in the tastings.  The driving time alone for the whole event is over 5 hrs.  We will stop for lunch in Platteville.  

 

Recommended things to bring: A full tank of gas, cash, beverages & snacks, FRS radio(s).

Saturday, May 28 thru Sunday, June 5 | British Car Week

British Car Week is an annual awareness week intended for owners of Classic British Cars to get their cars out of the garage and drive them.  While doing so, all who are involved will help create awareness of the Classic British Car hobby in local communities wherever there is participation.

Tuesday, June 7 | National Chocolate Ice Cream Day, Ice Cream Social & City Drive

Meet at 6:45 PM.  Leave for a city drive at 7:00 PM through Madison from the Dutch Mill Park and Ride to the Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream located at Sequoya Commons.

Friday, June 24 | 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Saturday, June 25 | 9:15 AM - 1:30 PM

GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge

MINI – GRAND-AM Car Corral at Road America

Road America, N7390 Highway 67, Elkhart Lake, WI 53020

The MINI Car Corral has been merged with the Badger Bimmer BMW Car Corral outside Corner 14.  

The events begin on Thursday with open practice laps for all categories.  Friday will include Practice, Qualifying, and Race events for the MINIs in the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Challenge.  Saturday will include Practice and Race events for the GRAND-AM Rolex Series. 

Note the Event Ticket Advance Deadline is June 15 for an approximate 40% savings.

Also the Badger Bimmer Club’s grills will be out and may be available for our use, so if desired you could bring your own meat to cook out and picnic at the races!

 

 

Other events with no formal participation by Mad City MINI

 

Saturday, May 21 | 11:00 AM - 11:30 PM

New London to New Brighton (MN) drive for Juvenile Diabetes

Join Minnesota United Minis as we run our MINI/Minis from New London to New Brighton Mini-sota and raise money for JDRF ( Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation).  The event (based on the London to Brighton, England drive) starts at McKale’s FamilyRestaurant, 10 Ash St, New London, MN and ends with a movie at Vali-Hi Drive-In Theatre.

 

Sunday, May 22 | 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Madison Sports Car Club Auto X Hands on School 

At Columbus 151 Speedway,  Location Map

Friday, June 3 thru Sunday, June 5

Champagne British Car Fest - MINI/Mini featured marque

The twentieth year anniversary will take place on the tree-lined grounds of the beautiful David Davis Mansion in Bloomington, IL.  For details about the weekend activities available, please see this PDF.

In attendance will be members from the St. Louis MINI Club and possibly some from other area groups.

 

 

Saturday, June 4 | 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Cars on State - Classic Car Show

State Street, Madison, WI

Sunday, June 5 | 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Madison Sports Car Club Parking Lot Autocross #2

At Dells Raceway Park, N1070 North Smith Rd, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965 

 

Curious to know how many of us board motorcycles with our Minis; I suspect there may be some addictive overlap.

Hey Mad City MINI members,

Price Cobb who is a partner at Kelly-Moss Motorsports and the local BMW CCA is holding a “meet and greet” at the Kelly-Moss Motorsports location on November 6th at 10 a.m.

BGR Alex (a local N.A.M. member and owner of a new 2011 MINI Cooper) checked, and the Badger Bimmers said MINIs would be welcome at the event (he is a BMW CCA member from his last car).  BGR Alex and his friend Ellen will be there in their MINIs, so if you think you might attend, please post a comment in his recent NAM thread.

10:00 AM  Saturday November 6, 2010
Kelly-Moss Motorsports, Inc.  workshop
5101 W. Clayton Rd.
Madison, WI 53711

Google Map of the location.  Note: approaching from the west is the easiest route to the shop.

Comments from BGR Alex: If you aren’t familiar with Price Cobb, he used to race back in the 80’s/90’s and has had a successful career.  He is now heavily involved with Kelly-Moss Motorsports, and I’d HIGHLY recommend both Price and his shop if you want quality independent European car work done (mostly performance-minded). When I had my e90, I had them do work on it and they were a pleasure to work with.

Here is a picture of some of the “toys” in the shop, so at the very least you could just show up to drool…

Hello MINI fans,
MINI of Madison is now officially open! We have the opportunity to visit the new dealership and have a private behind-the-scenes tour with General Manager Robin Hellrood. If you will be there, please RSVP to MadCityMINI with the names of those attending.
Thursday, July 1 @ 7pm
310 W. Beltline Highway*
Madison WI 53713
http://www.miniofmadison.com/HoursAndDirections
(If you are unable to make this date, we may be able to schedule another tour later. Please let us know if you want to be notified about this, and we will contact you about future tour opportunities.)

 

Be sure to mark your calendars for the official MINI of Madison grand opening on July 15 and the next Mad City MINI drive on July 3. Details coming soon!

Happy Motoring!
Jim & Laura
Mad City MINI

*Directions to MINI of Madison:
From the West Beltline Highway (US-12 & US-18)
Exit 262 toward Rimrock Rd. (County Road MM)
Turn north on Rimrock Rd. (toward the Alliant Energy Center)
Turn left (west) at the stoplights for W. Beltline Frontage Rd. (also called E. Rusk Rd.)
Follow the W. Beltline Frontage Rd. until you come to the entrance for both MINI of Madison & Zimbrick Hyundai West
Google GPS Coordinates of the Entrance is 43.03945, -89.38325

Hello MINI fans,
Please join us for our spring planning meeting to discuss 2010 events with Mad City MINI.

If you will be attending, please reply to madcitymini@gmail.com with your name and the number of people attending to assist us in making a reservation.

If you can not attend the meeting but have input you would like to share, please email it to us and we will present it to the group at the meeting.

Wed 4/28 @ 7pm
Bunky’s Café
2425 Atwood Ave.
Madison WI 53704
608.204.7004
http://www.bunkyscafe.net/
 
Here’s to a fun season!
Mad City MINI

Hey everyone,

It’s been very quiet here on the Mad City MINI site. However, it is almost spring - YEA!! Are there any plans on the horizon? I’ll be taking CHEQQERS out of storage for the season very soon and I’d love to start adding some club events to my calendar. I can’t wait to start motoring in 2010 and I look forward to seeing all of you again very soon!

Kathy  - aka Twisty Sister

Join us on Wed 8/26 at 7pm for a Mad City MINI social at Market Street Diner, 110 Market Street, Sun Prairie. Enjoy dinner or just a sweet treat as we catch up on the MINI season and new developments in all things MINI (hint: Zimbrick).

Please reply to madcitymini@gmail.com or post a comment here if you will be there.

~The rest of the season at a glance~
Sat Sept 5 - Kettle Moraine Drive
Sat Oct 3 - Fox River Valley Drive
Sat Oct 10 - Seed Collection (Volunteer Project)
Sat Nov 7 - Wildcat Mountain Drive
Fri Nov 20 - Holiday Party

 

Come join us Monday June 15th as we travel to the Sonic Drive In near Miller Park in Milwaukee for the Milwaukee MINI Monday: Ice Cream Social.
We will leave at 5:30 from the Arbys just off of County Road N at the I-94 Exit 244.
The Arbys address is 1603 Landmark Dr, Cottage Grove, WI.
The Sonic Drive In address is 2080 Miller Parkway.

Please respond if you will be going with us, so we can leave after everyone arrives.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to come.

Happy Motoring

JonneyO

For those members who were unable to make it to the most recent planning meeting, a bunch of new and old ideas were put forth.

They included in no particular order:

Drive: Northwest towards Wildcat Mountain State Park.

Drive: Northeast towards/around the Fox River valley.

Drive: Galena, possibly meet up with and stay for the weekend with CMDC 9/19-9/20

Drive: East to Kettle Moraine State Forest area.

Drive: Annual City drive visiting various parks in Madison.

Drive: Winery - Brewery tour.

Drive: Central - Upper Wisconsin river tour

Community Volunteer Activities

Icecream / Dinner socials (may include Quaker Steak & Lube Car Cruise Night)

Hwy 18 Drive In Movie Social

Mini East meets West participation

Weekend Visit to the Mall of America

Join up with Milwaukee MINIs for an Ice Cream night.

Attend some of the local car shows (Botham Vineyards - Vintage Celebration, British Car Field Day, Albany IL Car Show, British Car Festival in Des Plaines IL, Cary IL Cruise Night, etc…)

The events which are not planned or hosted by Mad City MINI are currently listed on the Regional-National Calendar.

Hey everyone! I’m beginning to wonder if spring will ever arrive in Madison. Glimmers of hope followed by more snow and cold. I am certain it will happen though.

I’m just checking in to see if any plans are in the works for upcoming get togethers or drives? While I still have CHEQQRS under cover for the winter months I feel it won’t be long now. This year we didn’t pile snow behind that garage door - thankfully!!

I hope all is well and we get to go motoring soon and bring in new members to join us in the fun.

Kathy K