News Room

Thank You
Website Announcement
June 10, 2007

To all Chi-Town Sta-Bil Kruze sponsors, participants, volunteers, and spectators: Thank You for making the 2007 Chi-Town STA-BIL Kruze such a success. Read more

2008 Chi-Town Kruze Promotional Video
July 17, 2007

Highlights from the 2007 Chi-Town Kruze, including shots of beautiful classic cars, attendees, and media coverage.

2007 Chi-Town STA-BIL Kruze Commercial on 97.1 FM, The Drive
May 7, 2007

Take a listen to our 60-second commercial, airing on WDRV, 97.1 FM, The Drive.

2007 Chi-Town Kruze Promotional Video
October 3, 2006

Please take a moment to view the 2007 Chi-Town Kruze Promotional Video, including highlights from the 2006 Chi-Town Kruze and media coverage.

2006 Award Winners
Website Announcement
July 15, 2006

Congratulations to 2006 Chi-Town STA-BIL Kruze Award Winners. Please take a moment to view their photos.

THANK YOU
Website Announcement
June 10, 2006

Well, you did it again! The 2nd Chi-Town Kruze was another smashing success! On a glorious cool, cloudless day on the lake, we had over 600 show cars, over a thousand show spectators and countless Lake Shore Drive Kruze participants. More importantly, you all helped us raise $25,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana. Thank you! Read more

Rolling down the shores of Lake Shore Drive
Dave Boe, Daily Herald
May 8, 2006

Ladies and gentleman...start your engines. Now that Chicagoland is heading into its warmer-weather phase (which always corresponds with the road-construction-phase, but that's another story), many suburban cruise nights and grass-roots car clubs are hosting evening and weekend events. Read more

2006 Chi-Town Kruze Promotional Video
December 22, 2005

Please take a moment to view the 2006 Chi-Town Kruze Promotional Video, including highlights from the 2005 Chi-Town Kruze and media coverage.

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THANK YOU
Website Announcement

Wow! What an event! I still haven't come down from the high. You couldn't miss the smile on my face on Saturday-- a clear indication that one of my lifetime dreams had just come true. Over 600 show cars, over a thousand show spectators and countless Lake Shore Drive Kruze participants and fans and a year of planning made the Inaugural Chi-Town STA-BIL Kruze a roaring success! Read more

CHICAGO WELCOMES INAUGURAL ‘CHI-TOWN STA-BIL KRUZE’
Press Release
March 29, 2005

The first of its kind, The Chi-Town STA-BIL Kruze, is set for Saturday, June 4th, 2005. Owners of up to 2,000 collector cars are expected to take part in a rare opportunity to cruise along historic Lake Shore Drive. The participating cars will create a loop from Montrose to 31st Street as they drive alongside local traffic showcasing their nostalgia. The cars will then gather after the cruise at Soldier Field for an awesome Collector Car Show perfect for the entire family. Download the Press Release in PDF format

Kruze gets closer: The name has been changed. So has the date.
Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune
March 2, 2005

And while the event will take place on Lake Shore Drive, there's no decision on where it will start and where it will stop. But save for those few glitches that need to be ironed out, the first Chi-Town Kruze is a step closer to reality. Except now it's the Chi-Town Stabil Kruze because Chicago-based Gold Eagle, maker of the gas additive, stepped in as a sponsor. Read more

Classic cars to Kruze on Lake Shore Drive
Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune
September 8, 2004

Unlike the Chicago Auto Show, which displays the newest Detroit, Japan and Europe have to offer, the Chi-Town Kruze will bring together machines owned by Chicagoans for the enjoyment of Chicagoans--though visitors from other states and countries also are welcome to line Lake Shore Drive, said show organizers. Read more

Wanted: Pre-'79 cars for test Kruze
Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune
May 12, 2004

Jerry Robbin is looking for a few good men or women. Really doesn't matter which because what he wants is their cars. Robbin is searching for "pristine pre-1979 model" collectibles to take part in a dress rehearsal for what he hopes will become an annual Chi Town Kruze (Transportation, March 7), starting next year. Read more

Collectors start drive for summer auto show, parade
Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune
March 7, 2004

How about another auto show in Chicago? Outside-in the summer. And rather than a display of new cars that people can buy, how about old cars that most people haven't seen in years-if ever-that they can admire? And what if it were called the Chi-Town Kruze? Read more