'09 Power Tour...

[Sparky67]

Here is the latest on the Hot Rod Power Tour Stops for 2009. http://www.familyevents.com/page/powertourhotels

June 6 Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center
June 7 Racine, WI Downtown Lakefront
June 8 South Bend, IN St. Joseph County Fairgrounds
June 9 Warren, MI (Detroit) General Motors Technical Center
June 10 Dayton, OH University of Dayton Arena
June 11 Somerset, KY The Center for Rural Developement
June 12 Bristol, TN Bristol Motor Speedway
June 13 Bristol, TN Bristol Motor Speedway (Long Hauler Awards)

I plan to have my 1967 RS Camaro to do part of the tour, and several of my friends from Dayton will be at the event too.

Jeff



http://www.kodakgallery.com/67rscamaro

[SUNK69]

I booked my rooms at Hampton inn Somerset KY. and Bristol TN.

[bnickel]

well i hope they at least come a little closer to Texas next year, i'm not going on another power tour until it gets within a couple hundred miles of me, i've been to 2 so far (the last 2 that have gone through west Texas) and would like to at least get to drive my car on one of them since it was not finished for the last 2. now that i've finished the car it probably won't come to Texas ever again......just my luck.

if the tour doesn't come through Texas again then i will probably not do another one again, then. i mean we have 2 or 3 of the largest cities in the US for pete's sake, you would think there would be enough support

[ssdeuce]

I registered for the long haul last night. I can’t wait it will be my first power tour.
If anybody is going up from TN or KY maybe we can get a group together.

[Young Gun]

I wont be doing it this year but my dad and I will be doing it in 2010! I am looking forward to it!

[GBodyGMachine]

See you guys in MI

[k wright]

See you guys on Bristol in the Ultima GTR.

There are some great extreme twisty roads here if anyone is intersted, 45 minutes away from the track.

Hopefully Jeff Schwartz will be on the tour again in his Ultima.

Ken Wright

[mburrow]

I am from Waco, Tx. and have done the long haul 3,500 miles 4,900 miles 3,500 miles and 3,500 miles. NO TRAILERS The only problem I ever had was shifter came apart after I had my 5 speed put in(no lock washers), next year in Florida my wiper motor went out(thank goodness for RainX. Last 2 years NO PROBLEMS
I have a Hugger Orange 70 w/black stripes and have been blessed to display with Stainless Steel Brakes and Tremec Transmissions and Kiesler Engineering in the past.
Hope to see you all out there. Be blessed in all you do, mburrow

[Bjkadron]

Hey Ken... Just wondering but when you said "great extreme twisty roads" were you by chance referring to the "dragon"?

[wicked68]

see you all in dayton!

[PT Sportwagon]

What ever happened to the coast to coast Power tour?

Tim

[vintageracer]

The coast to coast PT died over 10 years ago. They had about 10 long haulers the first year. Participation grew exponentially with long haulers when they made the event more regional.

[PT Sportwagon]

Looks like they can't drive their cars coast to coast. that would be a real long haul. anyone can drive their car 300 miles a day and live. try a longer haul, to weed out the wannabes

Tim

[DaSouthWon]

Has anyone considered ganging up on a hotel in each city for a group rate, I'm pretty sure there are enough people here going to at least fill a floor or two of each one. I usually aim for the Hampton Inns.

[martZ]

Has anyone considered ganging up on a hotel in each city for a group rate, I'm pretty sure there are enough people here going to at least fill a floor or two of each one. I usually aim for the Hampton Inns.

If you book through Hot Rod (Family Events), they have rooms reserved at various hotels.

[zman1969]

Looks like they can't drive their cars coast to coast. that would be a real long haul. anyone can drive their car 300 miles a day and live. try a longer haul, to weed out the wannabes

Tim

really! back when they started these they went San Berdoo to Panama City fl and they had a lot less long haulers and that really was a LONG hauler but they shortened them up and got a lot more participation. sure wish the would go back to CA again Id love to do that trip- guess i never will....

[BA.]

Anyone got any advice about how to attend/prepare to attend one of these stops?? I mean,....how early to get there ahead of the posse, is a grill and a cooler going to be ok, a 10x10 tent/cover, etc.
I think the Tour will arrive here in Dayton around 1pm-ish or just after. I just don't really know what to expect other than a ****-ton of bitchin cars.

[Charley Lillard]

They usually don't open the gate before noon. Cooler should be OK but not sure about a grill. Check to see if where you are going is a park with grass or pavement. Hard to do a tent on pavement. You will be too busy wandering around to sit under the tent though. it will be fun.

[BonzoHansen]

Anyone got any advice about how to attend/prepare to attend one of these stops?? I mean,....how early to get there ahead of the posse, is a grill and a cooler going to be ok, a 10x10 tent/cover, etc.
I think the Tour will arrive here in Dayton around 1pm-ish or just after. I just don't really know what to expect other than a ****-ton of bitchin cars.

A cooler is fine. A camera is a must, as are good walking shoes. If you sit behind your car you miss the fun of it all.

[wicked68]

Has anyone considered ganging up on a hotel in each city for a group rate, I'm pretty sure there are enough people here going to at least fill a floor or two of each one. I usually aim for the Hampton Inns.

this would be a great idea and in fact chipping in to rent a guard would be good as well - you can probably get an overnight guy for 20 per hour to stand watch over a group of cars so for 200$ split between 20 cars - would be 10$ to make sure you had secured parking overnight.

parking is not even this expensive in major downtowns - well worth it if you ask me. I would be willing to chip in on this to be able to not sleep in my trailer