Power Tour 2008

**Damn True** · 08-06-2007

Originally Posted by 69Pony

They should have it start in Mountain Home area. Some beautiful land, mountains, lakes and roads in that area of Arkansas. Sorry but Little Rock has very little to offer.

Cruiser - I have family in Mountain Home and Van Buren County / Clinton Ark. Those be God's country.....

Mountain Home, Idaho would be a better idea.

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**jackreggers** · 08-06-2007

Have a PowerTour East, PowerTour West, and PowerTour Central. The key is that every 3-5 years the HRM crew syncronizes the dates so we achieve harmonic covergence in one spot for 24 hours. Off-years are for training and conditioning for the big one, "PowerTour USA".

**Damn True** · 08-06-2007

From Reno headed East.
From Pittsburgh headed West.
From New Orleans headed North.

All three meet in St. Louis or Kansas City or something.

**Reckn8** · 08-06-2007

I still believe the heat scares the majority of the crowd. They still think that cars should never have anything but 185 thermostats. They'd freak out here in Phoenix when it's 110 and I'm cruising with the A/C on and the water temp is 210 or 220. The LS7 is feeling just fine.

**showme** · 08-06-2007

Originally Posted by Damn True

From Reno headed East.
From Pittsburgh headed West.
From New Orleans headed North.

All three meet in St. Louis or Kansas City or something.

Now you got something!!That would be cool!!!To have them all come together in the middle!(What a gathering!!)

**va72mlibu** · 08-08-2007

Originally Posted by Damn True

From Reno headed East.
From Pittsburgh headed West.
From New Orleans headed North.

All three meet in St. Louis or Kansas City or something.

That would be soooo cool, but I can't even IMAGINE what kind of venue could hold that many cars. The current venues are already packed to the gills. Traffic would be absolutely unmanageable.

**BADVELLE** · 08-08-2007

Originally Posted by va72mlibu

That would be soooo cool, but I can't even IMAGINE what kind of venue could hold that many cars. The current venues are already packed to the gills. Traffic would be absolutely unmanageable.

Kansas Speedway, where they hold the GG event in September.

**jeff s** · 08-10-2007

I hear it's because 90% of HRM subscribers and most of the advertisers and sponsors of HRPT are in the eastern 1/2 of the USA>

**trapin** · 08-15-2007

Originally Posted by jeff s

I hear it's because 90% of HRM subscribers and most of the advertisers and sponsors of HRPT are in the eastern 1/2 of the USA>

Bingo.

**PhillipM** · 03-17-2008

Originally Posted by trapin

Bingo.

Lamo!

Wish we could go back to the longer distances. More cruising and less walking around mostly lame venues.

**THEBLUE1** · 03-17-2008

im not complaining one bit. that is right in my back yard

**fairlane347** · 03-18-2008

I like that its closer for me, I am going to MN and driving to WI. Hope the truck or Marauder will be ready.

**72monteman** · 03-18-2008

I still love it; this will be my 4th year running as a Long Hauler. For me it’s not about where we go but that we go. It’s a chance to see friends from all across the country that I only see on tour. For once a year we can get together and enjoy our cars. To me it’s not about the venues it’s the journey getting there and the party in the hotel parking lot after. Meeting new people and making new friends and driving the snot out of are cars. That’s what it’s all about.

**camcojb** · 03-18-2008

Originally Posted by 72monteman

I still love it; this will be my 4th year running as a Long Hauler. For me it’s not about where we go but that we go. It’s a chance to see friends from all across the country that I only see on tour. For once a year we can get together and enjoy our cars. To me it’s not about the venues it’s the journey getting there and the party in the hotel parking lot after. Meeting new people and making new friends and driving the snot out of are cars. That’s what it’s all about.

that's it with me also. This will be my third year, and I don't really care where it goes. It's the funnest car-related thing I've done, and the feeling of cruising down the road with thousands of old muscle cars, past towns with people lined up at the side waving, banners on overpasses, etc. just has to be experienced to be understood.

Jody

**whytry** · 03-19-2008

It's something I have a goal of being able to take a car on this. My 66 Nova I got recently is what I am hoping to take on this trip. I read about it in all the magazines and see the pics and then read all the posts from you guys on the tour and it just sounds like so much fun.... I am hoping to go 2009....

**Jim Nilsen** · 03-21-2008

Originally Posted by jackreggers

Have a PowerTour East, PowerTour West, and PowerTour Central. The key is that every 3-5 years the HRM crew syncronizes the dates so we achieve harmonic covergence in one spot for 24 hours. Off-years are for training and conditioning for the big one, "PowerTour USA".

Meeting in the middle is the easiest way to get more people together and this is a great idea, but do they have the staf to pull it off?

**64ss496** · 04-04-2008

Originally Posted by BADVELLE

Yea, like Northwest Arkansas, up by Springdale and the lake area.

Why can't they go back to the Cali to Detroit route, maybe start it later and end it at the Woodward Dream Cruise!!

Cali to Detroit for Woodward?? That'd be the best idea EVER!!!!!

**hotrodf1** · 04-10-2008

Originally Posted by Jim Nilsen

Meeting in the middle is the easiest way to get more people together and this is a great idea, but do they have the staf to pull it off?

I could be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure that the street rodders have been doing this sort of thing for years - It's caller Americruise I believe.

They start from different corners, and meet in the middle for a grand hoopla. Then "everyone" is happy. Sort of.

Don't know if that is still around, but it's the Power Tour of street rodding, at least it used to be.

**Pro-touring towncar** · 04-12-2008

Originally Posted by streetk14

My vote would be to start in San Diego or somewhere in Orange County and head up to Portland or Seattle. Will it ever happen?

Andy

HRM will never let it happen again.

Originally Posted by 64ss496

Cali to Detroit for Woodward?? That'd be the best idea EVER!!!!!

Been done years ago but not for Woodward. LA-Detroit and the next year Detroit to LA but that was the last real long haul. I guess that HRM thinks all the trailer tour cars can't make it more then 300 miles in a day.

Tim

**novaderrik** · 05-03-2008

does anyone have an official route for this thing?
i can't find an "official" map.
i'm thinking about taking a couple of days off work and heading down to Iowa to tag along to Rochester, MN, and then break way and visit some relatives in LaCrosse, WI, for a couple of days.
i don't want to be an "official" part of it, i just want to be on the road with all those cars in either my 74 Monte or 84 regal t Type.

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