ink and octane!: Midwest Treffen 14, chicago 8/22/10

spent the weekend outside Chicago for the 14th iteration of Midwest Treffen. CVO has been outing this on for a long time now, and i always try to make it down for the event, though i haven't been down in a few years due to conflicting schedules, etc. but this year i made it down. me and pancakes crashed with my pal Steve in Kenosha Wi, and had a pretty uneventful drive down Friday afternoon. that is, if you don't count the combination of Milwaukee rush hour traffic, and a hell of a thunderstorm. not usually a bad deal, but with no a/c anymore, that also means that the defrost function sucks as well. but we made it, and all was well, if just a tad damp.

spent saturday afternoon washing all the grime off the car, then off to some of the gtg's planned for the night..

what happens when you come back from dinner, and just about everyone is gone already lol.

then it was the show on Saturday. had to roll in late, due to having blown off the throttle body hose racing a Charger on the Tollway coming back from Illinois (everyone wants to race in that state I tell you?) so late, but still in time, we rolled into the show.

and by far, one of the coolest awards i have ever received, a billet beer stein, from Mike and the folks at Forge Motorsport! and even came with a beer to drink out of it, no less!

ended up taking home 3rd in class, Best in Show, and the above mentioned Forge pick of the show. made our way back to Steves place, and chilled out and bbq'ed with some good folks, while helping to feed little Gavins (Rich and Katie from Dubwerks oldest child) mind on cars a little more so.