Every March, after wintering in Argentina, the cliff swallows return to their mud nests at the mission in San Juan Capistrano. And just like the swallows, each year, muscle-car mavens from all over the world flock to Rosemont, Illinois, in an annual horsepower pilgrimage. The draw is the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals (MCACN), housed in the Donald E. Stevens Convention Center the weekend before Thanksgiving. Some claim it’s the biggest and best assemblage of cool cars and hot horsepower… anywhere! Who are we to disagree?
According to Bob Ashton, who organizes, promotes, and produces (with a staff of very capable team members) this amazing assortment of machinery, “MCACN is the great equalizer. By that, I mean that no matter what your background, your religion, your politics, or anything else,…