– Fabulous Fords, pre-1975, and all years of Thunderbirds are featured in a free cruise from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Volo Auto Museum, on Highway 120, 13 miles west of Interstate Highway 94. Visit www.volocars.com or call 815-385-3644.
– Morgan is the featured marque at the Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. The event concludes Sept. 19 with a Morgan parade lap and the inaugural Peter Morgan Memorial Race. More than 250 vintage cars will be on the Road America track over the weekend. Tickets cost $15. Visit www.roadamerica.com or call 800-365-7223.
– The 27th annual Lake Geneva Classic Car Rally begins Sept. 24 with a Taste of the Rally reception at Richardson’s on Lake Geneva, Wis., and ends with a poker run Sept. 26. In between there will be car and air shows, children’s events, a concert and a dance based at Interlaken Resort on Wisconsin Highway 50. The event, to benefit the American Cancer Society, was founded in 1978 in memory of Corinne Kreissl. The poker run costs $10 per hand with a two-hand minimum. Registration is due by 6 p.m. Sept. 25. Call 262-248-2764 or visit www.classiccarrally.net.
– Delavan Lake Yacht Club in Wisconsin is hosting an adaptive sailing clinic for members of the wheelchair basketball team at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and additional disabled sailors from Chicago Sept. 25. One of the top female sailors in the country, Betsy Alison, will be an instructor. The yacht club, at 1501 Cedar Point Dr. , Delavan, is providing 13 Flying Scots boats for the adaptive clinic. The clinic begins at 9 a.m. and runs until 4:30 p.m. Call 262-728-4215, e-mail info@dlyc.com or visit www.dlyc.com.
– In conjunction with Oktoberfest, St. Margaret Mary Parish will holds its 2nd annual Car Show from 2 to 6 p.m. Sept. 25 in the parish parking lot, 111 S. Hubbard, Algonquin. Registration is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Show admission costs $10 per car and includes one free admission to Oktoberfest, featuring American English at 7 p.m. Goodie bags and dash plaques will be provided to the first 50 cars. All proceeds benefit the parish. Call 847-458-8636 or visit www.saintmargaretmary.org/oktoberfest.
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