October 20, 2009
2010 Hot Rod Power Tour
By Ryan Brutt
HemiPwr70
Hot Rod Magazine just annouced the dates and route for the 2010 Hot Rod Power Tour:
Saturday June 5, Iowa Speedway, Newton, IA
Sunday June 6, Springfield, IL
Monday June 7, Du Quoin, IL
Tuesday June 8, Bowling Green, KY
Wednesday June 9, Chattanooga, TN
Thursday June 10, Birmingham, AL
Friday June 11, Mobile, AL
I’ve already got my hotel rooms reserved and I signed up online for the Power Tour at familyevents.com. See you all out there!
June 8, 2009
Power Tour Day Two: Gettin' Rollin'
By Chris Allen
Motorfanatics
We woke up today to even more rain. Great. Cold and rainy, we made our way to Alliant Energy Center and as I mentioned yesterday, the weather did not deter ANYONE from making it out. Once the rain let up, we walked around and checked out some of the other participants including a gorgeous Buick Riviera, a dialed in Cuda, and ANOTHER Pacer. That makes three friggen Pacer’s on the Power Tour…but ours became the first to drag race today!
Are You Participating in the Hot Rod Power Tour?
Gotadime
There’s been a whole lot of discussion about the HRPT going around these CarDomain halls and I myself am no exception. I registered The Fang Stang several months ago and we’ll be making our way to Somerset, KY this Thursday. Somerset holds the Somernites Cruise every month, in which the entire town shuts down for the 1,000+ cars that cruise in and enjoy the weekend of festivities, all in a friendly and car loving atmosphere. Now that they’ve become a stop on the Hot Rod Power Tour, Somerset is expected to fill up with over 3,000 cars in their biggest show in history and I literally can’t wait to be a part of this amazing event. So, are you participating in the HRPT? If so, make sure that you meet up with The Fang Stang and I in Somerset! Expect a full write-up about the event next weekend.
June 6, 2009
Power Tour Day 1: Madison Wisconsin
By Chris Allen
Motorfanatics
Today was day 1 on the 2009 Hot Rod Power Tour. A wet, cold, rainy day 1. Yesterday, I putted through an hour and a half of warm beautiful LA traffic to make it to LAX on time to make my flight to Chicago where my dad was picking me up in the Pacer. Upon waking up this morning, it was a complete 180 from LA, rainy and cold, but I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the world.
Read more after the jump!
June 5, 2009
Power Tour 2009: Day -1
By Ryan Brutt
HemiPwr70
Getting up today it dawned on me that today I leave for the Hot Rod Power Tour. I had everything ready sitting at the front door, so all I would have to do is grab the bags and get out of here. I made a list of things to bring, especially with camera gear, laptop, cloths, tools, cooler. It all adds up fast, and almost fills the Caprice’s massive trunk.
Saying goodbye to home, I headed to work for the day. Arriving at Car Guy Garage, the place was abuzz. Everyone was excited for me, Jim, President of the company and Tim, the Vice-President were both getting everything in line for me leaving. Jim is a computer genius and had all the “geek” gadgets ready for me. Camera, laptop, website setup, FTP access for this blog to post video (test later). Continue reading after the jump!
June 17, 2008
Day Six: Heading South
By Ryan Brutt
AKA HemiPwr70
Day six was like no other. Everything was going well. That’s where the trouble started. I had heard from a friend that Wisconsin had been hit hard by storms the night below. At first it didn’t click that my family’s camper and pier are might be in danger.
So I just cruised along the Mississippi River with a few friends. It was an absolutely amazing day. Sun was out, weather wasn’t too hot, and I had a Mopar party to get to. Continue reading…
June 16, 2008
Day Five: The Road Taken With Mopars
By Ryan Brutt
AKA HemiPwr70
The day started with sadness. The storms we had just slept through had killed some Boy Scouts miles away. And it didn’t look good for us as the clouds looked very bad.
But we persevered and headed out west to pick up Hwy 69 North. We pulled onto 69 and at that same time our friends were there. The group drove north heading to Jewell, IA with rain sprinkling here and there.
About two miles outside of Jewell there was a shop with a bunch of Mopars. We drove past fairly quickly and then all of a sudden came to a stop. Apparently the breakfast in Jewell was such a hit they didn’t have room for everyone. So the backup just got bigger and bigger. Continue reading…
June 13, 2008
Family Truckster Goes on the Power Tour
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
I wonder if our buddy Ryan has seen this thing on the Power Tour. Eric (AKA ls1nova71) over at LS1tech bought a 1984 Ford LTD wagon for $700 with only 97k miles. He pulled the 302 and dropped in a 5.3 out of a 2002 Silverado, then set about making it look like the famous car from Vacation. Apparently the Family Truckster just ran the quarter in 14.9 @ 94 mph during a Power Tour stop. Not too bad for a big old wagon with a ton of fake wood paneling. Oh, and Eric even tied a dog leash to the back bumper. More pics after the jump. LS1tech via Jalopnik.
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Day Four: "The Easy" Road
By Ryan Brutt
AKA HemiPwr70
Today started with a rumor that half of Iowa was washed away. So I hopped on the Hot Rod Magazine website and it was correct. They had new directions to follow to go around the washed out portions. So with the weather still looking like it is going to pour at any moment, we loaded up and headed out.
We were traveling on the Cornhusker Hwy when all of a sudden about a dozen Hot Rod Power Tour members came screaming past us in the opposite direction. The guys in front of us did a u-turn to follow them.
So I joined them and we grabbed I-80 East, cruising on the highway at around 80 or so. It was a very boring ride, though. I loved traveling through small town America, but going on a major highway wasn’t my idea of fun. Continue reading…
June 12, 2008
Day Three: Out of the Mountains We Go
By Ryan Brutt
AKA HemiPwr70
Today was to be a fairly uneventful day. We were heading out of the remainder of the Ozarks and heading into the plains of Nebraska. We got up a bit later then usual, but were on the road by 9:15 am, though. Our hotel was right off the highway, so we actually found a bagel place across from our hotel and grabbed a few for the road.
We hopped on the highway and fell right in with a group of GM cars that looked very familiar. They were the special GM Performance vehicles and their lead vehicle. I thought I had read that you can’t pass the lead vehicle so I stayed in trail. But they were going 55-60 in a 70 mph zone. And while I am all for trailing a bunch of high performance GM vehicles that put my car to shame, I decided what the hell, I’ll go the speed limit. Continue reading after the jump.
