Past Events
| October 98 Gathering | This was our first gathering. We had four cars and we met at Champs in Woodbury. |
| January 99 Gathering | Three of us met at the Mall of America to ride the "Silicon Motor Speedway." It's a simulator of Nascar vehicles. Only Francis brought his car. What did you expect. It was the middle of the Winter in Minnesota. It was still a lot of fun. |
| Auto Show 99 Gathering | We met on March 13th, 1999 at the Perkins restaurant in Golden Valley. There was a total of six cars there. We had breakfast, took some pictures and then went to the Minneapolis Auto Show. |
| Rock Falls, April 18, 1999 | Four of us met at Rock Falls Raceway to do some drag strip times. We also had three other people join our camp. One had a 92 R/T TT, another had a 96 Mercedes and the other person was there to watch, but owned a 91 Galant VR4. The weather was nice and cool. We all had a great time. |
| Rural Cruise, May 1, 1999 | Seven owners and eight 3/Ses met in Eagan, MN at Houlihan's restaurant. We took a lot of pictures and took a scenic and spirited drive along some curvy rural roads. We ended up at a park and ate lunch and talked a lot about cars. |
| Willmar Car Show, 1999 | Derek Hayes and I entered our Stealths in the Willmar Car Show. John Basol made the trip to cheer us on. I got third place in our class. |
| Rock Falls, May 22, 1999 | Another trip to Rock Falls Raceway for the group. We had some DSMers join us this time. We kicked ass over all the Hondas. It was the Import Car Saturday event. Two trohpies were handed out. One to Francis and one to Matt Jannusch. Way to go!! |
| Autocross, June 99 | Five members met at the Dakota Couty Technical College to do some autocrossing. Three of us ran cars through the coarse. Autocrossing is a real fun sport to watch and compete in. |
| Drive In, July 9, 1999 | Five cars, (Shawn, Shannon, John, Francis and myself) met at a Drive In over in Woodbury. We all got there around 7pm and we watched Wild Wild West and Austin Powers. |
| Lake Minnetonka July 1999 | 14 cars, a lot of food, car talk, and boat rides. What more do you want on a summer afternoon? The Lake Minnetonka Gathering was a big success! |
| Rock Falls, August 15, 1999 | Three members and some DSMs met at Rock Falls Raceway for another Import Day. The most memorable thing that happened was somebody with a 3000GT VR4 blew up his engine. Yikees!! |
| All Mitsu cookout, Aug. 99 | A huge cookout and car show for all Mitsubishi built sports cars. Over 20 3/S and DSMs showed up. We cooked brauts and burgers and handed out prizes for different classes. Lots of fun!! |
| Brainard racing with Z club | Mark, Oskar and Ron went racing at BIR with the Zoom club of Minnesota. Some other members went there to watch. |
| Fall Cruise, Oct 16, 99 1999 | Six members got together for a fall cruise down some curvey and scenic roads along the Minnesota river. |
| Rock Falls, October 1999 | Six members went to Rock Falls Raceway for a final drag racing event for 1999. Most of us accomplished our goals and ran personal best times. Five of us had 13.2 or better and three of us go into the 12s. |
| Champs, November 1999 | Eight members met at Champs restaurant in Woodbury to talk cars and enjoy a Saturday afternoon. The weather was awesome. Upper 60s!! |
| Minn. 3/S x-mas party, 1999 | Eight members met at Shawn and Ed's for a Christmas party. The party was on December 19th, which was a cold and snowy day. We drew names and exchanged presents.We also installed an AVC-R into Trevor's 3000GT. I'm sure glad Ed has a heated garage. |
| Winter Lunch at Perkins | Five members met up at Perkins in Golden Valley on Feb. 12, 2000. Lee, Derek G, Shawn, John and myself were there. We talked cars and computers for a few hours. We also got a lot of snow that day. |
| Last Minute, March 4, 2000 | Three of us, (Derek G, Dan, and me) met at Dolittles Air Cafe on March 4, 2000 for a last minute gathering. I planned the gathering two days in advance because I knew the weather would be great. The day was awesome with temps in the upper 60s. Dan has the last of the legends..... A 99 VR4..... |
| Auto Show, April 1, 2000 | Some of us got together at Embers Restaurant off of 394 for breakfast and then headed over to the Convention Center to attend the Minneapolis Auto Show. It was too bad that the Mitsubishi section at the Car Show was so lame. No more turbocharged Mitsus. :( |
| Rock Falls, April 22, 2000 | Seven members gathered at Rock Falls Raceway for a Saturday fun day. Temps made it up into the mid 70s. |
| Rural Cruise April 29, 2000 | Six owners got together to go on a rural cruise. The same path was used as last year. We ended up at a park in Cannon Falls, where we had lunch. |
| Rock Falls, May 13, 2000 | This was an Import Day at Rock Falls. A few members along with some of our DSM buddies met up. Mitsubishi made up 7 of the top 12 fastest cars there. |
| Upper Midwest Gathering | The biggest event so far. 16 owners from across the Upper Midwest got together in Wisconsin Dells for a weekend of fun. A full schedule of events were planned for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. |
| Rural Cruise, June 18, 2000 | Seven members met at Houlihans to go on the same rural cruise that we did in April. The cruise was cut short, due to the accident I had with my Stealth. |
| Lake Minnetonka Gathering, 2000 | This event was held at Shawn and Ed's place on Lake Minnetonka , on July 15th 2000. . We had 11 cars show up. We grilled food, talked cars, installed a K&N on Dan's car, and we went for a boat ride. |
| 2nd Annual, All Mitsu Cookout | This was the 2nd Annual, All Mitsubishi Cookout and Car Show. The event took place on August 26th, 2000 at Staring Lake Park in Eden Prairie. It was open to all Mitsubishi built sports cars. There was 42 Mitsus there. What a blast!! |
| Wisconsin-Illinois-Iowa Gathering | Myself and Dan Hedlund attended this gathering in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin on Sept. 16-17, 2000. Greg Sheely organized a couple of Road Runs, go-karts and a car ferry ride. The scenery was awesome too. |
| Lunch at Perkins, Oct. 2000 | Several of us met up at Perkins in Golden Valley on Oct. 7th, for some lunch and some car talk. Oskar, Lee, Cheri, Matt, Rich and I were all there. The weather was very cold so we didn't last long outside by our cars. ;) |
| Xmas Party, December 16, 2000 | Seven owners went over to Shawn and Ed's place for exchanging gifts and watching 3/S videos. |
| Auto Show, March 2, 2001 | Six owners met at Perkins for breakfast and then headed over to the Minneapolis Auto show. There was still a lot of snow on the ground, but a few of us still took our 3/Ses out. |
| Lunch at Alligators, April 2001 | Eleven owners met up at Alligators Night Club in Maple Grove for lunch. Turnout was better than expected. Now if we could only cut down on the wind and get our waitress to serve us, the day would have been perfect. |
| Rock Falls, May 2001 | Four club members went over to Rock Falls for Import Day. Jordan was the only one who raced this day. |
| Upper Midwest Gathering, 2001 | What a fun weekend. 27 cars made it down to Wisconsin Dells for the Second Annual Upper Midwest Gathering. |
| Glencoe Car Show, June 2001 | John, Russ and I attended the Glencoe Car show. It was kind of an "unoffical" gathering. |
| Wagner's Drive In, June 16th, 2001 | Some of us met up at Wagner's Drive In for lunch. Russ, Lee, Derek G, Cheri, Chris, Curt, and a new guy, Rick, were all there. |
| Summer Gathering, July 29, 2001 | 17 owners met up at Shawn and Ed's place on Lake Minnetonka for the 3rd annual summer gathering. Lots of new owners made it to this event. |
| 3rd Annual, All Mitsubishi Cookout | The Third Annual All Mitsubishi Cookout and Car Show was a great success again this year. It was held on August 26th, 2001. We had 55 cars registered and about 60 cars overall. It was an awesome time. |
| Rock Falls, September 9th, 2001 | We made another trip to Rock Falls Raceway for Import Day. Mike, Francis, Chris D, Steve, Kim, Mark and I made the trip. |
| Embers Lunch, November 3rd, 2001 | Several of us met for lunch at Embers in Rogers. Afterwards we swung over to my place to watch racing videos. |
| Christmas Party, Jan. 5th, 2002 | A few of us met up over at Shawn and Ed's place for our annual X-mas party. Tola, Chris, Russ, Shawn and Curt were all there. We exchanged gifts and watched car racing videos. |
| Minneapolis Auto Show, March 16th, 2002 | Some of us got together at Perkins for our Annual Auto Show Gathering. Francis, James, Chris D, Asim, Oskar, Rich, John, Russ, Levi, myself and a new guy Taishi, came. It was a lot of fun. After Perkins we went to the Auto show that was at the Minneapolis Convention Center. |
| Lunch at Champs, April 7th, 2002 | A bunch of us met up at Champs restaurant in Woodbury. A couple of new guys made it, which is always nice. Francis, Matt J, Lee, Andrew, Greg, James, Chris D, and Levi all made it. It was actually warm enough (mid 50s) to stand outside and chat. And for the second gathering in a row, someone got dumped on by the waitress. Matt got a tray full of drinks on him and his coat. |
| Spring Gathering, May 4th, 2002 | 18 cars and a big BBQ!! We had a bunch of people over to my place up in Rogers. Great turnout!! |
| Upper Midwest Gathering, 2002 | On May 17-19th, 2002 I hosted the Third Annual Upper Midwest 3/S Gathering in Wisconsin Dells. We had around 27 cars show up over the three day gathering. What a blast! |
| Rural Cruise, June 22nd, 2002 | Eight of us got together to go on a little rural cruise along the Minnesota River. We met up in Eden Prairie. |
| Rock Falls Import Day, July 13th, 2002 | This was a last second gathering put together by us. Mark, Matt J, Francis, Chris D, Mike W, and myself went drag racing. Matt had problems on the way down and did not race, but the rest of us did. Mark set a new personal best of 12.19 @ 115mph. |
| Summer Gathering, July 27th, 2002 | A bunch of us got together at Shawn and Ed's place on Lake Minnetonka. We had 18 cars there for a good BBQ and a boat ride. |
| 3/S National Gathering, August 2002 | Six members drove out to Elkhart, Indiana for the National Gathering. Over 200 3/Ses were there!! |
| All Mitsu Cookout and Car Show, 2002 | The 4th Annual All Mitsubishi Cookout and Car Show was held on August 24th. We set a new record with 75 Mitsus there!! The Cookout is open to all Mitsubishi built sports cars. What a great turnout!! |
| Lunch at Wagner's Drive In | A few of us met up at Wagner's Drive In in Brooklyn Park on September 14th, 2002. Oskar, Chris D, Andy and Curt were there. The weather was a little cool, but Wagner's has some really good food. |
| MNSC Gathering, October 5th, 2002 | Several of us went to the Minnesota Sport Compact meet in Eden Prairie on Oct. 5th. MNSC is open to all kinds of imports and domestics. Chris D, Bill, Taishi, Jeremy, Derek G, Levi and myself all show up. It was a good time. I even got a prize for "cleanest car overall." |
| Thunder Alley, October 26, 2002 | A bunch of us ran the indoor go-karts at Thunder Alley in Brooklyn Center. We had a great turnout with 10 members showing up on this cold October day. And lets just say that those go-karts ROCKED! |
| The Video Gathering, February 1, 2003 | 14 of us got together at Curt's house to watch 3/S and other racing videos. We had a great turnout. Thanks everyone! |
| Auto Show Gathering, March 15, 2003 | 10 members met up for breakfast at Perkins in Golden Valley. After breakfast we went to the Greater Minneapolis Auto Show. |
| Rural Cruise, May 3rd, 2003 | A bunch of MN 3/Sers went on a rural cruise starting in Eagan and ending in Cannon Falls. |
| Upper Midwest Gathering, May 2003 | A record 37 3/S owners met up in Wisconsin Dells for a weekend of fun!! |
| MNSC Meet, May 31, 2003 | About 12 MN 3/S members met up at Staring Lake Park with the Minnesota Sport Compact Club. |
| 3/S National Gathering, July 9-12, 2003 | Six Minnesota 3/S owners made the drive to St. Louis for the 2003 National Gathering. |
| MNSC Meet, July 19th, 2003 | Taishi, Chris D, Andy, Derek G, Jeremy, and I went to the Minnesota Sport Compacts meet at Staring Lake Park. Here are a few pics: pic1, pic2, pic3, pic4 |
| Summer Gathering, Julty 26th, 2003 | 14 owners gathered at Shawn and Ed's place on Lake Minnetonka for the Summer Gathering. This was the fifth year for this popular event. |
| 2003 All Mitsubishi Cookout and Car Show | On August 23rd was the 5th Annual All Mitsubishi Cookout and Car Show at the Ellingson Car Museum in Rogers, MN. We had a great turn out with about 100 cars on display. |
| Rural Cruise, September 28, 2003 | 15 3/Ses ripped up the asfault along the rural county roads of the Minnesota River. It was a fun trip with a lot of scenic roads. |
| Go-Karts at Thunder Alley, Nov. 8th | A few of us met up at Thunder Alley in Brooklyn Center for some indoor go-karts. Chris D, Curt Gr, Jake, and myself were there. We also had one of the local DSMers join us too. |
| Video Gathering, Dec. 13th, 2003 | Several of us met up at Denny's in the morning for a late breakfast and then headed over to my place to watch 3/S videos. We watched all of the MN 3/S videos and a bunch of other videos from the internet. |
| Auto Show Gathering, Mar. 13th, 2004 | 14 owners gathered at Perkins in Golden Valley for breakfast. Then we head over to the 2004 Greater Minneapolis Auto Show. |
| Rural Cruise, May 1st, 2004 | We met up at Houlihans in Eagan for another awesome Rural Cruise. |
| Upper Midwest Gathering, 2004 | May 21-23rd was the Fifth Annual Upper Midwest Gathering in Wisconsin Dells. We had 46 owners make the trip. What a fun weekend. |
| MNSC Meet, June 26, 2004 | 12 members made the trip to the Minnesota Sport Compact meet at Weaver Lake Park in Maple Grove. |
| 3/S National Gathering, July 2004 | Seven MN 3/S members made the journey to Indianapolis for the NG. It was a five day event. |
| Summer Gathering, July 31, 2004 | 18 3/Ses showed up for the Summer Gathering at Shawn and Ed's place on Lake Minnetonka. It was a great turnout and we had some nice cool weather for a change. |
| 2004 All Mitsubishi Cookout and Car Show | We had 113 cars at the All Mitsu Cookout this year. What a fun time. I think 36 of them were 3/Ses. Congrats to all the trophy winners. |
| BIR Street Drags, Sep. 8th, 2004 | Several of us went up to BIR to drag race on a Wednesday night. Matt J, Mark W, Kim, Chris D, John Ba, Christine, and myself were all racing. Andy P and Traci were spectating. |
| BIR Street Drags, Sep.22nd, 2004 | Another trip to Brainerd for some drag racing. Mark W and Chris D were racing. Traci and I were spectating. We got to witness Mark grenading his transfer case. |
| Fall Rural Cruise, Sep. 26, 2004 | Nine of us got together at Wal-Mart in Eden Praire for the rural cruise. |
| Auto Show, March 12, 2005 | Once again we got together at Perkins for breakfast and then head to the Minneapolis Auto Show. |
| MN 3/S Dyno Day, April 23, 2005 | 12 owners showed up at RS Motors in Burnsville. 8 of us Dynoed our cars. A lot of cars dynoed around 300awhp. I had 266 :-( |
| Spring Rural Cruise, April 30, 2005 | A huge turnout of the rural cruise. 16 cars made it to Houlihans. 14 cars went on the cruise. |
| Upper Midwest Gathering, May 20-22 | The 2005 Upper Midwest Gathering was a huge success. We had 51 3/Ses there and 65 3/S owners there. It was a three day event in Wisconsin Dells. |
| DQ Gathering, June 16, 2005 | Several owners met up at DQ in Burnsville for lunch, and then head over to RS Motors to watch the EVOs get there ECU's reflashed. |
| Lakeville Cruise Night, July 8, 2005 | Lakeville has a huge car parade every year with over 600 cars. Levi, Jenny, Peng, Russ, Nate, Taishi, Matt M and myself were there. |
| 3/S National Gathering, July 20-24 | Several MN 3/S members made the trip to St. Joe, Michigan for the 2005 National Gathering. |
| Summer Gathering, July 30, 2005 | We had our Summer Gathering at Shawn and Ed's place again. We had 10 owners (and 2 ex-owners) show up. |
| 2005 All Mitsubishi Cookout and Car Show | We had 137 cars come out to the Cookout this year. A new record. Lots of nice Mitsus made the trip. |
| Fall Rural Cruise, Oct. 1st, 2005 | Had 18 cars meet up at Wal-Mart, in Eden Prairie, for the Fall Rural Cruise. Had perfect weather for this one. |
| Factory MOD, Oct 22nd, 2005 | On Saturday, Oct. 22nd, a few of us went to Normal, IL for the Factory Mitsubishi Owners Day. |
| Minneapolis Auto Show, March 11, 2006 | We got together for the Greater Minneapolis Auto Show. We met up at Perkins for breakfast and then headed over to the show. Oskar, Andy P, Andy H, Chris D, Andre, Vitalli, Dan T, and Jonathan were there. Good times! |
| Mitsubishi Day at LSE, April 29, 2006 | On a rainy Saturday we had 30+ Mitsus and over 60 people come out to LSE for an open house. |
| Spring Rural Cruise, May 6, 2006 | We had 10 cars take the Spring Rural Cruise from Eagan to Cannon Falls. |
| Upper Midwest Gathering, May 19-21 | Seventh annual Upper Midwest Gathering in Wisconsin Dells. 42 3/Ses and 53 owners made the trip. |
| Mankato Gathering, June 17, 2006 | Seven owners got together in Mankato for a little BBQ. |
| Summer Gathering, July 29, 2006 | Eleven 3/Ss and two EVOs showed up for the Summer Gathering at Shawn and Ed's house on Lake Minnetonka. Another great gathering out on the lake. |
| All Mitsubishi Cookout and Car Show | On August 19th was the eight annual All Mitsu Cookout. We had 142 cars at the show. What a great time! |
| Factory MOD, Sept. 9th, 2006 | Andy P and I went down to Normal, IL for the Factory MOD event. Traci came from Ohio and a 3G Eclipse came from the Twin Cities too. It was a lot of fun. There was about 190-200 cars total. |
| Fall Rural Cruise, Oct 1, 2006 | We had 20 cars show up for the Fall Rural Cruise. We had some great weather and a great turnout. Good times!! |
| Go-karts at Pro-kart, Nov. 11th, 2006 | We had 10 owners ripping it up at the indoor go-karts in Burnsville. After go-karts we went to Hooters for lunch. Best time was 22.2. Lots of mid to high 22s also. Good times. |
| Minneapolis Auto Show, March 10th, 2007 | Had 8 owners show up to Perkins for breakfast. After that we headed over to the convention center for the show. pic1, pic2, pic3 |
| Spring Rural Cruise, May 5, 2007 | We had 16 3/Ses show up for the Spring Rural Cruise. 14 of them went on the cruise portion. Once again we met up in Eagan and made our annual trip on the twisty roads to Cannon Falls. |
| Upper Midwest Gathering, May 18-20 | 2007 UMG in Wisconsin Dells. Set a new record with 53 3/Ses and 62 owners. Great times! |
| Summer Gathering, July 28, 2007 | We had our annual Summer Gathering at my house in Rogers. Steve, Melissa, Andy, Adam, Devin, Josh, Flip, Smalls, Kyle, DJ and Oscar were all there. We had some good food and watched some crazy car videos. |
| Monthly Meet, August 14th, 2007 | Some of us met up at Pancheros in Plymouth for a Tuesday night meet. It was a fun time!!! |
| All Mitsubishi Cookout and Car Show | On August 26th, 2007 was the ninth annual All Mitsu Cookout. We had an amazing 166 cars in the show. It was a great turnout and fun event. |
| Fall Rural Cruise, Oct. 7th, 2007 | We had eight 3/Ses on our annual Fall cruise. We met in Eden Prairie and drove along the Minnesota River. |
| Spring Rural Cruise, May 4th, 2008 | 13 3/Ses got together for another fun cruise. We met in Eagan and ended at the park in Cannon Falls. We had some great weather. |
| Upper Midwest Gathering, May 16-18 | The 2008 UMG was once again a fun time. 50 3/Ses and 56 owners made the trip to Wisconsin Dells. |
| All Mitsubishi Cookout and Car Show | On August 24th, 2008 was the tenth annual All Mitsu Cookout. This year we expanded it to a full weekend with a Dyno Challenge on Saturday and the Cookout on Sunday. We had 134 cars at the Cookout. |
| Fall Rural Cruise, Sept. 27th, 2008 | Eight 3/Ses and one DSM made the cruise along the Minnesota river roads from Eden Prairie to Bell Plaine. |
| Factory MOD, Normal, IL, Oct. 4th | Kyle, Steve, Andy and I went down to Normal, IL for Mitsubsihi Owners Day. |
| INK 3/S Bithday Bash -- April 24-26, 2009 | Andy, Kyle and I went to Omaha for the INK 3/S meet |
| Spring Rural Cruise, May 2nd, 2009 | Nine 3/Ses went on the cruise from Eagan to Cannon Falls. |
| Upper Midwest Gathering, May 15-17 | The 2009 UMG had 54 3/Ses and 65 owners. It was another fun weekend in Wisconsin Dells. |
| All Mitsubishi Cookout and Car Show | August 23rd, 2009 was the 11th annual All Mitsu Cookout. 140 registered Mitsus and 150 total Mitsus in attendance. |
| Mitsubishi Owners Day, Sept. 26, 2009 | Five of us took the trip down to Normal, IL for MOD. |
| Fall Rural Cruise, Oct. 4th, 2009 | We had 11 3/Ses and one DSM on a brand new cruise in Wisconsin. The county roads along the river were fantastic. |
