Our biggest event of the year is our BBQ -- held in August near Chicago. Our turnout has grown every year and 2008 was no exception. We offer food, games, prizes, and a huge raffle of many exciting items! This is an all-Mazda event for those in the area to come out and join our club.

We met August 9, 2008 in a local forest preserve to enjoy the wonderful weather and great friendships we all have formed over the years. We welcome new people to any meet or event we have!

2008 saw our first entry into the Memorial Day Parade in Aurora, IL. Six RX-8s were joined by our official mascot -- Ranger the greyhound! You can catch a glimpse of him peeking out the sunroof periscope-style. Barred from throwing candy, we gave a couple revs to those watching as we passed by. This was our first televised appearance as a car club!

2006 saw many meets and huge growth in our club membership. We took a cruise to the city and found some great backgrounds for photos. Soldier Field and the Adler Planetarium were two of our stops.

A Meet & Greet three weeks after our first meet in 2005 showed that our group was growing faster than we had ever imagined! 

This meet happened before we even had an official name for our group. We were on the lookout for more rotaries all the time. Racewar, one of the three original members (the other two being RedSheDevil and alnielsen), became our unofficial photographer. These photos were taken near Streets of Woodfield in Schaumburg at a weekly meet on September 22, 2005.