Cruising DuPage
• Lombard has extended its Cruise Night season two weeks for 2007. Car enthusiasts will be bringing their vehicles to St. Charles Road and Main Street Sept. 8 and 14.
• Wheaton's Cruise Night, known as "Vintage Rides: Antique Car and Custom Motorcycle Show," will arrive in Downtown Wheaton for the last time of the season from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. For details, call (630) 682-0633.
• In Villa Park, the Friday Night Car Show at the Gazebo at Ardmore and Park avenues continues from 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays through Sept. 14.
• Winfield Chamber of Commerce presents Cruzin' Winfield from 6 to 9 p.m. during select Mondays throughout the summer on Jewell Road, north of the railroad tracks and east of Winfield Road. The next event will be Sept. 17. A special Friday show will be Sept. 7 in conjunction with the Winfield Good Old Days Festival. For details, visit www.cruzinwinfield.com.
Other area car show and car club events include:
• The Batavia Jaycees will host a Cruise Night (Jeep Night) from 6 to 9 p.m. today in downtown Batavia along the Riverwalk on Houston Street, between Water and Island streets. All years of all vehicles are welcome. There will giveaways, prizes, music and food. For details, call Pete or Annie Collins at (630) 761-2978 or e-mail pcollins60510@yahoo.com.
• Skip's Fiesta Drive-In will host a parts swap meet and car show from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Lake County Fairgrounds, routes 120 and 45, Grayslake. The cost is $7 for adults, $2 for ages 8 to 11 and free for children younger than 8. For details, call (630) 876-1042 or visit www.skipsusa.com.
• A car show will be held Sunday in downtown Maple Park, north of Route 38 along County Line Road in western Kane County. Registration is from 9 a.m. to noon. Pre-1983 American vehicles only. For details, call Ron at (630) 761-8093.
• Goody's Labor Day Car Show will be Monday at Goody's Restaurant, 2057 Lincoln Hwy. (Route 38) in St. Charles. Registration is from 9 a.m. to noon. The show will feature pre-1983 American vehicles. For details, call Ron at (630) 761-8093.
• The Lake Shore Region of the Lincoln and Continental Owners Club will host a car show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 8 at the Westin Hotel in Itasca, near the intersection of I-290 and Thorndale Avenue. More than 120 cars from 1920 to 2008 are expected. For details, call Doug Dykema at (708) 957-8565 or visit www.lcoc.org.
• Chicago's British Car Union will host the 21st All-British Car Festival Sept. 9 at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills. For details, visit www.britishcarunion.com.
• The Northern Illinois Fiero Enthusiasts will present the 2007 Fierorama from noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 9 at Pottawatamie Park in St. Charles. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the 1987 Fiero. Pottawatomie Park is seven blocks north of Route 64 and two blocks east of Route 25 in St. Charles. Admission is free for club members, $10 for others. For details, visit www.fierofocus.com.
• The Cadillac and LaSalle chapters of the Illinois Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America will host a fall festival and classic car show Sept. 9 at the Cuneo Museum and Gardens in Vernon Hills. For details, call Gene Johnson at (773) 775-4916.
• Downtown Mundelein will present a classic car show from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 12 at Park Street and Seymour Avenue, downtown Mundelein. For details, visit www.edge.com.
• The Batavia Jaycees will host a Cruise Night (Public Safety Night) from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 14 in downtown Batavia along the Riverwalk on Houston Street, between Water and Island streets. All years of all vehicles are welcome. There will giveaways, prizes and music. For details, call Pete or Annie Collins at (630) 761-2978 or e-mail pcollins60510@yahoo.com.
• The Chicagoland Classic Car Club will present a car show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 15 at Barrington Square Mall on Higgins Road, half-mile east of Barrington Road. All makes are welcome. Registration is from 9 a.m. to noon. Entry fee is $15. For details, call Russ at (773) 517-1033.
• The 30th annual Lake Geneva classic car rally will take place Sept. 29 and 30 at the Lodge at Geneva Ridge, W4240 State Road 50 in Lake Geneva, Wis. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 29 and 8 a.m. Sept. 30. Proceeds benefit childhood cancer research. For details, call (262) 248-2764 or visit www.classiccarrally.net.
• The Midwest Automotive Media Association will host its annual one-day Fall Road Rally Oct. 5. The Volo Auto Museum, 27582 Volo Village Road, Volo, will host the 2007 Fall Rally. A new dinner site and overnight accommodations for the Oct. 4 manufacturer's dinner and sleepover have been selected near the museum. For details, contact Jim Jackson at timeswheels@sbcglobal.net.