Hooter's Car Show, Downer's Grove, IL. 09/21/14.....

[bpd1151]

Been keeping a watchful eye on the weather forecast as the weekend approached, and although rain & strong storms are forecast for our area today, tomorrow looks like it will be phenomenal weather.

As such, I will be participating in what is being dubbed as the "End of Season" BIG GRAND CHAMPION car show event by/for Double K Productions.

It is being held tomorrow, Sunday, September 21st, 2014 @ Hooter's located in Downer's Grove, IL.

Registration begins at 9am, awards sometime between 3-4pm.

For any of you in/around the Chicagoland / suburban area there of, c'mon out to check out what is anticipated to be a great event with lots of outstanding car and bike displays from all walks, model years, etc. etc.

Hell, maybe some of you will be brave enough to even consider entering / participating.

Either way, just wanted to toss it out there, and maybe I'll see a few fellow SHO / Taurus / Ecoboost owners!

I do believe my pal Jeff, owner of HKMedia Chicago will be coming out with camera and new lenses in hand, so might be an opportune time to have a pic snapped off as well.

Ciao for now good people.  :wave:

 

[BiGMaC]

Best of luck Mike!

Pics afterward of your SHO? .... And the hooters' staff, LOL

 

[SHOdded]

x2!  First the TK, now the big H   Too much energy!

 

[kbeck59]

Best of luck Mike!

Pics afterward of your SHO? .... And the hooters' staff, LOL

X2 ..... all over , around and in your badass SHO , hangin on you .
You can handle it , being a single man ! !

 

[bpd1151]

You can handle it , being a single man!!

Ha! Single man?? Oh dear Lord..... not me. 21yrs since that status was changed.

Mid 40's, 3 teenage daughters in tow, and umm yea.....

Although as you can tell, I do like pretty girls in, around, and all over my car.

Me too, God forbid if they are willing. LOL.  imp:

 

[kbeck59]

      ^^^^^^^^^^^^


OOoooopssss .... maybe it was crash or DJE I was think'n about .

None the  less , Hot Cars  n Hot Babes  ......  HHhhmmmmmm !

 

[FracaSHO]

I saw on the website for the show that the 28th is a rain day. I'm seeing 50% chance for tomorrow. When will they make that call?

 

[bpd1151]

I saw that earlier (about the chance of rain that was introduced into the forecast).....

However, I just did the "hourly" forecast on weather.com and there was a 0% chance all the way through until 2pm.

Even then, the percentage (chance) at 2pm was 20%, at 3pm 30%, then it drops back down to 0%.

So as of now, still good to go.

Even at this point, I'd highly doubt they'd call it.

I am however opting to NOT bring the show carpeting out, as I have zero intentions of storing wet musty carpeting in the rare event it should happen to rain.

 

[WickedSHO]

Man I wish I would have saw this sooner. I would have come out since I am North Side Chicago. Oh well, maybe next time.

Hope it was a good event.

 

[SHOdded]

Update?  Update?  Update? 

 

[kbeck59]

Update?  Update?  Update? 

 
    X2        X2          X2

 

[bpd1151]

Super tired. Got in late, as Jeff and I met up with a model of his named Megan after the show to take some pics of her and our cars.

Photos turned out nice. I took a few at the show myself, Jeff captured photos of Megan and our cars, then I decided to be a fool and take a couple pics of Jeff, while he was taking pictures of Megan. LOL.

Not too often one gets to see the man behind the lens in action.

Oh yea, took home an trophy for my class (2000 and up) and apparently the "Grand Champion" trophy was tabulated from all of the Hooter's shows throughout this calendar year.

The two people that won them (one for bikes, one for cars) had literally attended each and every (of 13 total) Hooter's shows. So hats off to them.

Anyhow..... here 'ya go:

                           

Hats off to all the girls form the Downers Grove Hooter's who were all very cordial, playful, jovial, and just all around accommodating. There were five of the 2014 Calendar Girls there signing autographs, posters, etc. but due to the volume of spectators and participants alike hoarding around them, I couldn't capture any of them.

 

[SHOdded]

Congrats on the win, Mike!  Looks like fun times had by all!  Thanks for the pics, hope to see more soon after you get some rest

 

[bpd1151]

Moving along, here's some shots Jeff captured of wonderfully talented and beautiful Megan who I found out, besides modeling privately, also works in marketing for both the Chicago Bears, and the Chicago Bulls. Very cool! Pics of Jeff's car, Megan, and my car as follows:

 

[bpd1151]

Finally, a few shots that I captured myself, after whipping out my own camera and capturing him in action. Rare photos of the man himself. Hahaha......

Notice the step ladder in one of those photos lurking in the background.

Poor Jeff. Megan towered over him, that he kept asking her to bend down repeatedly so he could obtain the shot he was looking for. Finally, I spotted that step ladder way in the back of the loading dock, and grabbed him for him, suggesting he should wear some platforms himself for the next shoot.

Bwahahahahaha.....  :rofl2:

 

[SHOdded]

Both of you took some great pics   Hats off to Megan!  Sometimes they have pro cheerleaders and such on Dog Eat Dog, and you realize they do that job on top of their regular lives/jobs.  Pretty amazing people all around us!

 

[BiGMaC]

Congrats on the win Mike.  You definitely earned it with your efforts to advance the platform.

Thanks for the great pics also!  I will admit I cringed a bit at the one of Megan sitting on your car.

 

[mval]

another good win mike & nice trophy & eye candy to go with it
mikev

 

[ZSHO]

Congrats Mike,I dont know if I am more jealous of the car and trophy or the girls,once again congrats and all the best you deserve it.

 

[ZSHO]

I couldn't pass up restoring some Hooters.  Z