POWER TOUR 2011

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Well today Hot Rod posted the route for the 2011 Power Tour.  Here's the list and the hotels I'm at.


2011 HOT ROD Power Tour Dates & Cities

Saturday June 4, Cocoa Beach, FL Port Canaveral
Sunday June 5, Valdosta, GA South Georgia Motorsports Park
Monday June 6, Montgomery, AL Montgomery Motorsports Park
Tuesday June 7, Nashville, TN LP Field
Wednesday June 8, Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Thursday June 9, Muskegon, MI Downtown Muskegon
Friday June 10, Detroit, MI Metro Beach Metropark
Saturday June 11, Detroit, MI Long Haulers Ceremony (Location TBD)

Get all the Power Tour updates by texting "HRPT" to "59925."

Comfort Inn & Suites
3901 N Atlantic Ave
COCOA BEACH,FL 32931 USA
Phone: (800) 228-1222

Days Inn I-75 North
4598 N Valdosta Rd
VALDOSTA,GA 31602 USA
Phone: (800) 432-9755

Comfort Inn-Gunter
4480 N Chase Blvd
Montgomery,AL  USA
Phone: (334) 270-0099

Comfort Inn-Gunter
4480 N Chase Blvd
Montgomery,AL  USA
Phone: (334) 270-0099

Extended StayAmerica-Nashville-Vanderbilt
3311 West End Ave
Nashville,TN  USA
Phone: (615) 383-7490

Comfort Inn & Suites-Airport
5855 Rockville Rd
Indianapolis,IN  USA
Phone: (317) 487-9800

Shoreline Inn & Suites
750 Terrace Point Road,
Muskegon, MI 49440 US
Phone: 1-231-727-8483

Red Roof Inn #7012
31800 Little Mack Ave
ROSEVILLE,MI 48066 USA
Phone: (800) 843-7663

[elacruze]

A better route and schedule could not be written, for me anyway. 

[471_Magnum]

The potential routes don't look very appealing. There will be some long interstate runs in there.

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Yeah there is, each route on Mapquest... point to point is over 4 hours long.

[elacruze]

The potential routes don't look very appealing. There will be some long interstate runs in there.

I've been between every point on the route before, and the only one that's hard to get off the interstate is Cocoa-Valdosta. That could be done too, by running Hwy 4 to Orlando then 441 North.

Dunno.

[471_Magnum]

Anyone who has done a PT before will know that speculating on the actual route might be fun, but it's completely futile. They almost never run where you think they will. While they typically try to keep it off the interstate, sometimes the drive time dictates they don't. I haven't mapped it out yet, but at a glance, I see a couple of days like this.

In all likelihood, I'll be sitting out this year. Just too many other commitments for my vacation time (and money). In addition, I've also literally been down those roads before.

That being said, I'd encourage anyone who has the balls to drive their cars to DO IT.

[1970Moparmann]

Can't wait!  This is my #1 favorite event!  Last year I did 4 legs, this year I hope to do Tuesday - Saturday. 

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

We have big things planned.  And I do mean planned, not...  I got told to plan the whole thing in 3 days... but actually talk to people and set things up.  It is going to be awesome.

[Bashton]

This will be my fourth long haul, and this time the last stop is about 15 minutes from my house!

PT is a definite must do for anyone who can do it!

Bashton
MCACN Managing Member

[ChgrSteve67]

I hope the HRPT holds its Long Haulers Ceremony at the CEMA Show at the W.P. Chrylser Museum on the 11th

I will not be on the tour but will be comming from CA to attend the CEMA Show and it would be really cool to have them at the same place the same day.

-Steve

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

That isn't going to happen, the Long Haul Ceremony will be at a GM facility, but us Mopar guys will have other plans afterwards!

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Big updates coming.  We're planning on stopping at Garlitts Museum, Wellborns and The Finer Detail... and more!

You can follow updates at the links below.

Don't forget to sign up at mopoweredtour@yahoo.com

http://powertour2011.wordpress.com/

http://www.mopoweredtour.com

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

WELCOME TO THE ONLY OFFICIAL
MoPowerTour 2011 WEB COVERAGE!

Touted as "America's Greatest Road Trip," the Power Touris a
cross country few-thousand mile hell-of-a-good-time with over 3000
muscle cars, hot rods, and street machines rumbling across the USA.
And....www.totallyautoinc.com can take you there live!

MoPowered Tour 2011, GET YOUR MOTORS RUNNING!!!!!!
7 cities---9 days! Or something like that........
June 4-12 2011
Over the past 7-years, the MoPowered Tour has taken on a life of its own.
You've read the stories from the road, seen the fun in pictures, read about it in the magazine and watched it HERE, on the web!
Now its time to experience The MoPowered Tour for yourself.

For 2011, Mopar Collectors Guide Magazine and Totally Auto Inc., will once again join forces to organize the Mopar faithful on the
Hot Rod Power Tour into our well known "tour within the tour" - the MoPowered Tour.
This is just our way of making America's Greatest Road Trip a little more special for all of our Mopar friends.

We will be doing things just a little differently this year.
Last year our good buddy, aspiring journalist and moparts.com alumni Ryan Brutt took the reins and the lead.
This year Ryan will continue in that capacity and has already done a fine job lining up stopovers, places to see, stuff to eat and (unlike past tours), things to do that can actually be printed on this family oriented site.
MoPowered Tour ORIGINAL's Dave Ferro, Charlie Dallas, Robert Wolf & Billy Uhl will still be doing their best to stay out of jail, at or around the speed limit, (we hope), and generally tear things up, just in a different capacity.

It seems many had a problem keeping up with Dave as he drove the Totally Auto built LEAD Vehicles through the years and, rather than try and slow these guys down, we are offering an alternative; ride with the dogs up front or hang back and enjoy the scenery.
Either way, the MoPower Tour has a place for you.

In the past, we threw a bunch of parties, made a bunch of plans and then never even showed up. Not purposely, mind you, just circumstances like blown Road Runner engines, kids spraying us with mace, (while driving), cars falling in swimming pools and the like, kept us from making it to some of our own cool stuff.
Now, with sensible Ryan at the lead and the Masters of Mayhem free to come, go and do as they please, the MoPower Tour just got ALOT more interesting!
Driving the "Camera Car" loaded with both still cameras and HD video, the Totally Auto / MCG guys are free to roam, photo cars for the magazine and shoot off at speed into the horizon. They will also be doing Video for MoprTV!

Daily web postings will continue too.......... But with a twist.

The antics you have become accustomed to when Dave and Rob join forces will more than likely continue and will be posted HERE at totallyautoinc.com.... Daily.......We hope.
Ryan, on the other hand, being much more responsible about the whole thing, will continue his blog EVERY EVENING at http://powertour2011.wordpress.com/
There, you will see many of the food stops, (doughnuts?), planned activities and actual Power Tour coverage from a his point of view.
Congrats to Ryan for the 2010 coverage he penned in Mopar Collectors Guide Magazine and thanks again buddy for your help this year! Look for Ryan in the Blue Challenger shown below;

TENTATIVE TOUR STOPS, SCHEDULE AND DATES
PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN AS WE UPDATE INFORMATION

Saturday, June 4
Cocoa Beach, FL Port Canaveral

Sunday, June 5
MoPowered Tour Special Stop Planned (tentative) at the Garlits Museum
Dave is calling Mark Tremonti, Mopar guy and lead guitarist from the band CREED to tag along!
Hot Rod Power Tour destination; Valdosta, GA South Georgia Motorsports Park

Monday, June 6
Montgomery, AL Montgomery Motorsports Park

Tuesday, June 7
MoPowered Tour Special Stop Planned at The Wellborn Muscle Car Museum
Hot Rod Power Tour destination; Nashville, TN LP Field

Wednesday, June 8
MoPowered Tour Special Stop Planned (tentative) Resto Shop Tour
Hot Rod Power Tour destination; Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Thursday, June 9
Muskegon, MI Downtown Muskegon

Friday, June 10
Detroit, MI Metro Beach Metropark

Saturday, June 11
MoPowered Tour Special Stop Planned (Pending Rob) Mopar Party @ Chrysler Museum

Detroit, MI Long Haulers Ceremony (Location TBD)

Remember - the Mopowered Tour is a family friendly event and we highly encourage you to bring your son, daughter, wife, Mom, brother, whoever, along for the ride. We guarantee, after a week of high horsepower hijinks on the road, they'll either love or hate hot rods forever!

Differing from years past, MCG will NOT be giving out free Mopowered Tour shirts (FYI: There is no corporate sponsorship or help from Chrysler again, this year, so it's all out of pocket once again in 2011.), however, they are still free when you subscribe or renew your subscription to MCG along the way. There will only be a limited number of these really cool, custom Tour-shirts, so hit Rob or Ryan up early! Shirts will be available for $15.

Don't forget, we don't charge to be a part of the Mopowered Tour, however, if you're going to participate in any of the festivities at the Hot Rod Power Tour venues, you'll need to pay to play with them — which we highly encourage you do so at hotrod.com.
Speaking of signing up; Be sure to do so by emailing the following to mopoweredtour@yahoo.com

YOUR NAME;
YEAR/MAKE/MODEL/COLOR OF YOUR MOPAR
STOPS YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING
CELL PHONE NUMBER FOR USE ON TOUR- (text capable)
EMAIL ADDRESS
HOW MANY IN YOUR RIDE
T-SHIRT SIZE PREFERRED ($15 each)

Remember, signing up with us is free but it helps us to get an idea on body counts for shirts and activities. Cell number helps should plans change on the road. We may be texting changes, detours, party info, etc., from the road.

Stunts and/or action sequences depicted are performed by or under the guidance of trained professionals on a closed road course and are for illustration purposes only. The stunt sequences shown on this Website could be extremely dangerous (if untrained) and should under no circumstances be attempted or duplicated by any individual. In other words, do not try this at home. Although illustrated for entertainment purposes, this Corporation in no way supports any antic or form of street racing. Wanta' race? Do it at the track!

UPDATE 4/1/11
The Stolen '67 Barracuda MoPowered Tour 08 LEAD Vehicle has been FOUND!!!! No, this is not an April Fools joke. It's for real and being re-restored, complete with New-Generation HEMI at Totally Auto's shop as this is written. Besides jumping up and down with JOY, Dave is prepping the car for the 2011 MoPowered Tour, complete with Dash and fender cams to film the whole tour for MoprTV. Yes, you read it right and heard about it here first at totallyautoinc.com! Read more about it in the next edition of Mopar Collector's Guide Magazine!

NOTE FROM DAVE FERRO; Hey guys, I just want to send out a big THANK YOU to all who were looking for and suppling leads on my car. It's home, it's safe and we already stripped it to metal for a new paintjob. For over 25-years the #1 most asked question I get at shows is where is or do you still have that 67 GTX, (the answer is yes). To date........ that question has only been topped by, what ever happened or did you ever find that '67 Barracuda," and now to that, I can finally say, the answer is YES!

UPDATE 4/2/11
Here we go again, Rob keeps calling me telling me all kinda' cool ideas I'm not allowed to talk about.........YET!
Bill Uhl just made me smile with his news; He's taking his MOM in the now famous Totally Auto built 68 6PACK Beeper Convert!
Way to go Billy!

[thedodgeboys]

I hope the HRPT holds its Long Haulers Ceremony at the CEMA Show at the W.P. Chrylser Museum on the 11th

I will not be on the tour but will be comming from CA to attend the CEMA Show and it would be really cool to have them at the same place the same day.

-Steve

Looks like there will be a big party at the CEMA show after the tour, check it out.

http://www.cemaclub.org/

NHRA is bringing their rode show also it out to be a good time.

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

That should be cool, I think it might be the same one we're hitting up after the Long Hauler Ceremony.  I'll call Chrysler and ask.

Don't forget to sign up and send in all your information.

mopoweredtour@yahoo.com

[elacruze]

I'm confused. What nights should I reserve in what cities?

[elacruze]

Anybody?

Maybe I'm dumb, but I can't figure out what night to be in what city and don't want to be a day off with my reservations.

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Here you go, an updated itinerary with hotels some of the MoPowered Tour will be at.

Saturday, June 4th                     
Cocoa Beach, FL Port Canaveral                     
Morning Meeting Spot: N/A                     
Stop: N/A                     
Hotel: Comfort Inn & Suites, 3901 N Atlantic Ave Cocoa Beach, FL 32931, Phone: (800) 228-1222                     
                     
Sunday, June 5th                     
Valdosta, GA South Georgia Motorsports Park                     
Morning Meeting Spot: The Omelet Station, 5590 N Atlantic Ave Cocoa Beach, FL 32931                     
Stop: Garlits Museum: 13700 SW 16th Avenue, Ocala, Florida 34473                     
Hotel: Days Inn I-75 North, 4598 N Valdosta Rd, VALDOSTA,GA 31602, Phone: (800) 432-9755                     
                     
Monday June 6th                     
Montgomery, AL Montgomery Motorsports Park                     
Morning Meeting Spot: A J's Country Kitchen, 614 N Hutchinson Ave Adel, GA 31620                     
Stop:                     
Hotel: Comfort Inn-Gunter, 4480 N Chase Blvd, Montgomery,AL,  Phone: (334) 270-0099                     
                     
Tuesday, June 7th                     
Nashville, TN LP Field                     
Morning Meeting Spot: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, 9191 Boyd Cooper Pkwy Montgomery, AL 36117                     
Stop: Wellborn Muscle Car Museum: 124 Broad Street Alexander City, AL 35010                     
Hotel: Extended StayAmerica-Nashville-Vanderbilt, 3311 West End Ave, Nashville,TN, Phone: (615) 383-7490                      
                     
Wednesday, June 8th                     
Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Motor Speedway                     
Morning Meeting Spot: Arnold's Country Kitchen 605 8th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203                     
Stop: Finer Details: 121 Commerce Drive, Danville, IN 46122                     
Hotel: Comfort Inn & Suites-Airport, 5855 Rockville Rd, Indianapolis,IN , Phone: (317) 487-9800                     
                     
Thursday, June 9th                     
Muskegon, MI Downtown Muskegon                     
Morning Meeting Spot: Charlie Brown's Pancakes:1038 Main St Indianapolis, IN 46224                     
Stop:                     
Hotel: Shoreline Inn & Suites, 750 Terrace Point Road, Muskegon, MI 49440, Phone: 1-231-727-8483                     
                     
Friday, June 10th                     
Detroit, MI Metro Beach Metropark                     
Morning Meeting Spot: Toast 'N Jams, 3462 Henry St Muskegon, MI 49441                     
Stop:                     
Hotel: Red Roof Inn #7012, 31800 Little Mack Ave, Roseville,MI 48066, Phone: (800) 843-7663                     
                     
Saturday, June 11th                     
Detroit, MI Long Haulers Ceremony (Location TBD)                     
Morning Meeting Spot: JoMomma's Kitchen 39 N Main St Mt Clemens, MI 48043                     
Stop: MoPowered Tour Special Stop Planned (Pending Rob) Mopar Party @ Chrysler Museum                     
Hotel: N/A                     

[elacruze]

I'm in!

Now I have to finish the car...alternate plan B is to take the Sweptline.

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Don't forget to sign up!

[elacruze]

Don't forget to sign up!

LOL

yeah, I did that too. Hotel reservations are made, I got 5 nights at the same places as you.
I'll probably go up the 4th to register, since I'm only 2 hours away. I might go up the 3rd if things work out right.

[1970Moparmann]

I'm going from Chicago to Indy and finishing up the tour.  If anyone is doing the same and wants to caravan down, let me know.

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

There is a ton of updates on the site.  Take a look.

www.mopoweredtour.com

[ChgrSteve67]

Looks great.

Hope to see you guys at the CEMA Show.

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Yeah, the CEMA show should be fun!

There is a TON of new updates.  Take a look.

www.mopoweredtour.com