Thursday in Chicago Illinois

[Seattle Sam]

Well we arrived in the Chicago area Wednesday night and went to the race track on Thursday, we walked the pits and watched sportsman qualifying, and picked up our souvenirs. We renewed our acquaintance with the Wenzel brothers from Michigan, they were there in their 1967 Z28 which they bought brand new for racing. Almost 40 years later and they are still racing it in the Stock class, we met them at Indy when they were pitting with Jerry MacNeish. They finished 8th in the nation in points last year.
We also saw a potential Yenko chevelle racing, it had an SS steering wheel though, so maybe not..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4918.jpg
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[Seattle Sam]

Thursday afternoon we headed up to DarrenX33's house, where we met his lovely wife Adrianna. Jeff Morocco also showed up, along with a few other folks. From there, we headed to Barrington, which has a Thursday night cruise, gathering folks along the way. Darren let me drive his 69 Z, in which I tried to keep up with his beautiful blue70 L78 car. What a blast to drive, I can't thank you enough D! (I will ship you that new clutch as soon as I get home... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif) http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Here are a few photos I took at Barrington (gee, I hope I got that name right, I think CRS is kicking in http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif)
First, host Darren's beautiful Rally Green 69 Z..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4929.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4938.jpg
And his equally fabulous 1970 L78..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4949.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4944.jpg

[Seattle Sam]

Also cruising with us were John P in his Chevelle L78 convertible
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4942.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4941.jpg
Here is a shot of John's car with Mike G's awesome 69 SuperBee in the background
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4940.jpg

[Seattle Sam]

Don D cruised with us in his beautiful green 69 Chevelle
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4968.jpg

As did Fred in his BB Corvette
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4934.jpg

And Stefano was there in this bright red Mopar
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4960.jpg

[Seattle Sam]

There were some cool cars to be seen there in Barrington.
Never heard of a W-45?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4936.jpg

How about this nice old Buick -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4932.jpg

[Seattle Sam]

One for you, Dan V!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4951.jpg

And an arrest-me red Shelby..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4955.jpg

[Seattle Sam]

Final two cars -

A nice LT-1 vette
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4954.jpg

And a nasty black Mopar
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4959.jpg

[Seattle Sam]

SC69Sam is right - these guys in Chicago are the best! Here is one final shot, of the gang chowing down in a sandwich shop..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/sbesser/Chicago/DSCN4976.jpg

Thanks guys - Thursday night couldn't have been better!

[Xplantdad]

Way cool Sam...looks like you had fun!


And Yep, you got it right...it is Barrington! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif