This past year I have hosted a 914 Breakfast the 2nd Saturday of each month. I will start again in Jan 05 (no car needed). There is also the Mid West Classic held in the Detroit(ish) area in August. That was a nice weekend, car show, fun run, overall a great time. There were 43 cars there.
We just had the Fall Foilage Classic in October down in Columbus Indiana (about 3 hrs from Chicago) Had a great tim ethere also, poker run, car show, and fun run. There was about 20 cars there.
All these "events" are posted here. There are a lot AX events with the PCA and SCCA regions here. I always post my SCCA region AX events here.
Oh, welcome to Chicago.