The Tres Petite Concours: An Exhibition Of Micro & Minicars, July 17-18, 2010

CHICAGO, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tres Petite Concours: An Exhibition of Micro & Minicars is a display of small cars from Chicago collections – a museum on wheels – that seeks to enlighten and entertain.

For the July 17-18 event along the 900 block of West Armitage Avenue, in Chicago's Lincoln Park, visitors will be invited to vote for their favorite car…and their vote makes them eligible for a raffle drawing to take place at 4pm on Sunday, July 18th. The raffle prize is a driver and microcar for 4-6 hours. The winner selects the microcar from eight different cars. Imagine arriving at your next event in a microcar or having one parked in front of your home for a special event you're hosting!  

In addition to presenting 15-20 microcars and minicars circa 1950s & 1960s, The Tres Petite Concours will also exhibit current small cars – Smart Car and Mini Cooper – and a car of the future, an electric small car called the X-Car. Cars can be viewed around-the-clock beginning Friday evening ( a sneak preview beginning at 6pm) through Sunday afternoon ( 4pm).

The Tres Petite Concours is sponsored by The LeMay – AMERICA'S CAR MUSEUM (presenting sponsor, Tacoma, WA – www.lemaymuseum.org), Vintage Microcar Club (promoting sponsor, Evanston, IL – www.microcar.org) and Clean Tools (product sponsor, Westmont, IL – www.cleantools.net).

This is a free, public event that takes place side-by-side with two time-honored festivals – The 12th Annual Armitage Sidewalk Sale and The 42nd Annual Sheffield Garden Walk & Festival.