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This was probably one of the best events last summer. I think the concept from Joe and Mikey was great as it was, so it will be pretty close to the same. Our G8 brothers/sisters are also invited.

Suggestions:
A lot of Chicago highways are tolls, so an IPASS would be good. It's your job to catch back up if you have to stop to pay tolls.
Have you car as legal as possible. If you can zip tie a front plate on, do it.

Location/Time:
Start:
Saturday, August 1st
Dave & Busters
1155 N Swift Rd
Addison, IL 60101

Meet:9:30pm
Leave for Downtown 10:30pm

End:
Steak & Shake
275 E. Army Trail
Glendale Heights IL 60139
Around 2am



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Rules [same as last years]:
It's all about having fun and showing off our cars. This is NOT a race or burnout contest! If you want to do any of these please stay home, essentially all we are doing is having a rolling car show. Please help us keep our meet spots and keep our reputation as a group in good standing...

Cops are very active on the route that is planned (cant be helped).

1) Please don't enter or leave the meet at higher than parking lot speeds, there's no need to prove your car has an exhaust or that your car is capable of high speeds. Absolutely no burnouts.

2) Keep the noise from your car audio system to a minimum, we're not running IASCA competitions at our meets/cruises either.

3) Please don't litter, pick up after yourself and keep our meet spots clean.

4) If you bring a guest, please help us keep them mindful that we're all guests of the business/place hosting our meet/cruise

5) Everyone please do approach guests/strangers and say wazzup/intro. Aside from being polite and useful (e.g. hey ya get to meet new people), it helps discourage any hecklers/troublemakers from slipping "under the radar"/unnoticed only to cause trouble later.

6) Just a reminder, at these meets alot of people (not just CHC members) have cameras and/or video cameras. If we behave like asshats, we could be captured on film/memorycard/tape. Don't be surprised if you show up on Youtube or the 10 o'clock news if you misbehave.

7) Media/Guest Policy: Please understand that while we do not outright hate non-GTO's, our entire point is that we're not like every other car club/website! To that end, we politely ask that folks that aren't yet GTO drivers or folks that bring guests to please bear with us and help us out by not parking immediately next to/between GTO's or by breaking cruise/touring groups. Why? We take alot of pictures and video's and would appreciate everyone's help in allowing us to get good group shots.

Our Route:
It's secret! Trying not to let it out on the internet, but we'll hit up all the Chicago land marks. It's inevitable that we'll get split up by redlights, so every so often we have places to regroup, and take some pictures. We'll also announce the next big meet point when we're leaving the last meet point. We had a problem with handouts last time, so we'll stick to verbal. A handful of people will know the route by heart, and they'll be dispersed in the group.
Trip Stats:
2:10 hours driving time
75 miles
1 Toll

The end point will be the Steak and Shake. We'll round up one last time around Wrigley and then anyone who wants to can head back to the suburbs for Steak and Shake.

And some pictures of Midnight Madness '08
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Attending:
1.)REBinc
2.)Mikey340
3.)GeeTeeOh!
4.)frank04gto
5.)Hollywood 06 GTO
6.)DeepRumble
7.)RyanRo24
8.)r0nd3l
9.)08gtChi
10.)630_GTO
11.)dago's 04 GTO
12.)Element
13.)diabloGTO
14.)kuzsgto
15.)Scgoaty
16.)Hubage
17.)bsavi
18.)Silent-T
19.)laxjax13
20.)GTOgirlinblue
21.)goat147
22.)04_Torrid_Red
23.)dispatchg8gt
24.)MeyGTO
25.)Devil GTO
26.)GTOPalmer329
27.)6.0goatman
28.)tflshpnt
29.)S.T.CRUZR
30.)the kid
31.)Pepper167
32.)Wessel
33.)Johns06GTO
34.)Spooky_pitboss
35.)MarcoX
36.)GTOFAST
37.)Salazar4life
38.)GOATGONEWILD
39.)tmbutitta
40.)DarkSS
41.)Khrono
42.)bohnman
43.)HayzGTO
44.)jnj03
45.)Breeze84
46.)GOATRIDER
47.)Ausboy
48.)Nick06GTO
49.)VistaLord07
50.)TOBY_GTO

I'm in, again, as stated on CHC! :)

A month away now.

Finally!!

So, is anyone welcome to this ?

Can I just show up with my G8 GT ?

(I plan to be in the Chicago area during this time to chill & go to MP Racing's meet of N-Bodies on Aug 7th & 8th.)

Sure thing! We're lookin for G8's, GTO's and Camaro's (2010).

You are more than welcome to show up at the meet spot! Come on out, we have a great group of people!

Yes, as Amanda said all are welcome, but G8s are specifically invited! The Chicago Holden Connection is a club for all the Holdens out there, so that includes the Holden built GTOs and G8s along with the 5th generation Holden designed Camaro.

We're at 50 cars!

I'll likely be there, coming from the QSL meeting in Madison in the wife's GXP. No camera for me other than my iPhone (my old Canon point-and-shoot is on the fritz), so hopefully someone will get decent pics...

We have a couple good spots on the route for photos of the group, just talk to me and I can get some photos of your car if you want yours by itself. I have a Canon Rebel which is the camera I used in my sig picture.

Anyone else interested in joining the group? Send me a PM if you need additional details. No registration required, just show up at D&B! Hope to see a few more G8ers there tonight! :)

Anyone else interested in joining the group? Send me a PM if you need additional details. No registration required, just show up at D&B! Hope to see a few more G8ers there tonight! :)

I'll be there, looking forward to meeting some fellow board members. I'll probably be at D&B around 8:30 or so.

I still haven't found my front license plate, though :(

No worries on the front plate if you can't find it. A lot of us don't have the front plate at all. Some of us are putting it on the car for tonight only and some are not worried about it at all. I'm thinking I'm going to put mine on, but still not 100%.
See ya at D&B! We should try to have the G8s park next to eachother for photo ops at D&B and at the random stops. :)

See you people there.

I will be the guy with the blue Toronto Maple Leafs ballcap on.

1st I have to stop & get some dinner.

Hope you guys don't mind my dirty car lol
(It was clean & ready on Monday.)
But 13 hours of driving will do that to it.
& damn the bug guts !!!

It was nice meeting you Mike! Glad you came out and made it to the end of the madness!

Minus one minor setback, this year's cruise was awesome! :) Can't wait to see the pics & video that people post up.

It was nice meeting you Mike! Glad you came out and made it to the end of the madness!

Minus one minor setback, this year's cruise was awesome! :) Can't wait to see the pics & video that people post up.
Thank you.

It was fun :D

Thanks, for getting me the locations ahead of time.
It really helped having the spots Google Mapped, & sent to my Garmin GPS ahead of time.
Especially after getting lost a few times leaving Navy Pier to Whole Foods Market.
I ended up doubling back, missing a few turns. & ended up at N. Lake Shore Drive & LaSalle Drive.
But no one was there lol
Found my way back into the city to Whole Food Market.


PS: To who ever the guy was, that give me the heads-up leaving Whole Food Market.
That the cruise was ending; & we were going to Steak 'n Shake.
Thank you, or I would have ended up at the Beach waiting for everyone :(

I was following you from Navy Pier in the white GXP, until we got separated by a traffic light and lost you. Called a few people, went around in circles (sorry orange GTO that was following me), and unintentionally ended up on Ontario heading on the Kennedy, so headed home.

Would love to try that again, except maybe at 3 a.m. or sometime when some of the places (i.e. Navy Pier) weren't gridlocked with traffic (gotta love Chicago)...

I was following you from Navy Pier in the white GXP, until we got separated by a traffic light and lost you. Called a few people, went around in circles (sorry orange GTO that was following me), and unintentionally ended up on Ontario heading on the Kennedy, so headed home...
Sorry, about that.

You happened to be following the wrong guy lol

Once I lost the car in front of me at a red light.
It was all over for me, trying to follow the route directions.

Later I followed the programming that my GPS called out.
But still missed turns due to traffic.

& ended up on N. Lake Shore Drive when I doubled back lol

Did anyone happen to take pics? We have a few up in the event photos section on chicagoholdenconnection.com if anyone is looking to see them.

Love the sig pic Amanda!!!

Why thank you, Mikey! Trucker made it for me! :)
Sorry I missed you and Natalie this weekend, I'm sure I'll catch you two at some point this week. The lil one wants to go to a car show, so let me know what's going on this week!