Anyone planning on doing the Power Tour this year? I will be doing the Long Haul again. Its time to start making plans and reservations. www.Hotrod.com Here is the schedule:

Saturday, 6/7/08
Arkansas State Fairgrounds - Little Rock, AR

Sunday, 6/8/08
Missouri Entertainment and Event Center - Springfield, MO

Monday, 6/9/08
Heartland Park - Topeka, KS

Tuesday, 6/10/08
Nebraska State Fair Park - Lincoln, NE

Wednesday, 6/11/08
Iowa State Center - Ames, IA

Thursday, 6/12/08
Rochester Community & Technical College - Rochester, MN

Friday, 6/13/08
The Alliant Energy Center - Madison, WI

Saturday, 6/14/08
The Alliant Energy Center- Madison, WI

Hope some of you can make it, we always have a lot of fun and good memories. It is basically a HUGE carshow (say 4000 cars per day) each day of the week. Cruises every night, hanging out at hotel parking lots, and short drives every morning to the next city.

Here are some previous photos I've taken:

Power Tour 2004
https://ls1tech.com/PowerTour04/index.htm

Power Tour 2005
https://ls1tech.com/PowerTour05/index.htm

Power Tour 2007
https://ls1tech.com/PowerTour07/index.htm

 

damn, Im going to be in Germany on those dates. I want to make one of these sometime soon!

 

Definitely on my list of 'To-do's", but "having a power tour car" is slightly higher

 

Don't suppose you have an estimated cost for the trip? I tried to look on the hotel booking site but I didn't see any pricing back when we initially talked about it after lunch the other day.

 

I will be doing the last leg.

 

No way I can take off work for that long.

Would love to do it though, see a couple of friends sounds like good times.


What car are you taking Tony???

 

I'm interested although I'll have to take a look at my work/vacation schedule.

 

Its something I have always wanted to do. Like modsquad said, do you have a estimated cost, round trip? I can estimate hotels, cost of events, but gas varies state to state, and I know there are costs I'm not going to anticipate.

 

Marc, figure hotels are $80-120 per night usually. Then figure out your meals and gas budget. If you find a co-pilot you can split costs, two passengers and you split it even more.

You guys don't need fancy cars for Power Tour, it is more enjoyable looking at all the other cars than washing your own every stop. Some people just rent cars for the week or take their parts hauler on the trip. I haven't decided which car I'm taking yet. I probably won't decide until the week before I leave

 

Mapped it out from my house round trip. 2,890 mi – about 2 days 1 hour. So for me, roughly $500-600 in fuel. $700-1000 in hotel stays. Roughly $300-400 in meals. So on the high end, roughly $2000 not counting souvenirs or unexpected expenses. Costs could be reduced by packing a cooler & or preparing your own meals instead of eating out.

If I can get someone else to roll with me, $1000 for the trip isn't so bad for a week of seeing the country.

 

Is it too early to ask for those days off? I've always wanted to do power tour but never had the opportunity.

William

 

Never too late, always plan well ahead for vacation before someone else asks off for that time.

Here's my map, just edit in your home destination to see the generic route selected by googlemap. I'm sure the route could vary, but it should still be a close estimate for mileage & planning purposes. Let me know if I miss listed a stop, I didn't check it, but it should be right.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...62&ie=UTF8&z=5

 

I don't think I could ever convince myself of that.

 

That budget sounds about right. Once you do one Power Tour, you will want to do them every year.

 

BMR did it last year in their '07 work truck. Had the cool crank windows and rubber floor. Just had some wheels and a bumper cover.

https://ls1tech.com/PowerTour07/page...ille%20003.htm

 

Here ya go Aaron:

https://ls1tech.com/PowerTour07/page...0III%20070.htm

 

Yeah, I could definitely roll this trip in my dually, too bad it's probably sold here in a day or two. Ah well, House > Dually, even tho Dually would pull the house down, ala Lethal Weapon

 

Still working on it!

Easily this is one of the coolest/fun things you could ever do if you are a gear head.

 

Wont be able to make it this year.... I'll be in Hawaii with the family.

 

Yea, I've got that beat on all counts.

I hope you like Corn and Sorghum. Thats all there is to see on that run from Topeka-Lincoln-Ames.