pring is finally upon us, and the MoPowered Tour only a few months away. Here is the latest updates on what all is going on!
You can see we have a lot going on.
This year I have double checked the morning stops actually exist and are open for breakfast! Dinner stops are just cool suggestions, they sound interesting. I hope to hit up every one and have a blast.
Dave Ferro and his crew from Totally Auto (
www.totallyautoinc.com) will be joining us just after the start of the Tour, bringing along his awesome Hemi Barracuda.
We're working out details for Detroit and Muskegon. Will keep you updated.
The VerHage Auto Museum is opening their doors to the Tour again on Monday. Definitely a cool place to see with all their vintage Mopar metal.
The busy day is Tuesday with two stops. After you check in at Mid-America, head on over to the Flat landers Motor Club (Mopar Guys) less then a mile away. It will have food, entertainment and shop tours with a bunch of very rare Mopars. Some seen in recent MCG issues, including the Richard Petty 64 Plymouth Tribute race car. After that we are heading to Performance Plus, famous Mopar engine and Mopar restoration business. Their 71 Hemi Cuda Convertible Tribute recently attended SEMA and appeared on SpikeTV's PowerBlock as well as attending the MCACN show.. We stopped there in 2010 and it was a blast.
Going from St. Louis to Miami is a mad dash across Missouri. It can take almost 6 hours. So instead of a stop during the route, afterwards we can all meetup at the cool vintage Waylan's KuKu Drive-in.
From Miami to Stillwater there is Kirk Auto Museum in Ripley, OK that has a bunch of awesome old muscle cars and race cars.
There is a lunch stop at Covercraft on the portion between Stillwater, Ok and Arlington, TX.
After the Long Haulers get together on Saturday, all MoPowered Tour participants are invited to Monster Mopar Weekend @ Gateway Int. Raceway (
http://monstermopar.com/spring-fling-st-louis-mo/). It is FREE entry Sunday to any MoPowered Tour Participants with the MoPowered Tour sticker on their car.
A group of MoPowered Tour cars will be traveling together there after the Long Haul Ceremony with a overnight stop in either Springfield, MO or Rolla, MO.
Don't forget to sign up by emailing us at
MoPoweredTour@yahoo.comAnd you can follow along with updates at
www.mopoweredtour.comwww.PowerTour2012.wordpress.comLet us know if you have any ideas or things we should see or do!
Arrival @ Detroit on Friday
Dinner @ Union Wood Shop 18 South Main Street Clarkston, MI,
Day One 6/2: Detroit
Breakfast: N/A
Stop: TBD
Dinner: Traffic Jam and Snug 511 W. Canfield Street Detroit, MI,
Day Two 6/3: Detroit to Muskegon, MI
Breakfast: Apple Annie's Kitchen & Bakery 28030 Gratiot Ave, Roseville, MI 48066
Stop: TBD
Dinner: Russ's Drive in, 3225 S. Henry Street Muskegon, MI 49441
Day Three 6/4: Muskegon to Champaign, IL
Breakfast: Toast N' Jams Leave @ 8 am
Stop: VerHage Mopar Museum, 341 East 7th Street, Holland, MI 49423
Dinner: Fat Sandwich Company 502 E. John St, Champaign, IL 61820
Day Four 6/5: Champaign to St. Louis, Mo
Breakfast: Marry-Ann's Diner 1510 S Neil St, Champaign, IL 61820 Leave @ 7:30 am
Stops: Mid-America/Flatlanders/Perf. Plus (Breakdown below)
Dinner:Pappy's Smokehouse 3106 Olive St. St Louis, MO 63103
7:30 We leave Marry-Ann's Diner
9:30 We arrive at Mid-America
10:30 We leave Mid-America after food/drink/bathroom break
10:32 We arrive at Flatland Motor Club (Mopar) 804 East Rickleman Ave, Effingham, IL 62401
12:00 We leave Mopar Restoration
1:00 Arrival @ Performance Plus Cylinder Head, 1511 U.S. Hwy 50 west, Odin,IL 62870
2:30 Leave Performance Plus
3:30ish Arrival @ Gateway
Day Five 6/6: St. Louis to Miami, OK
Breakfast: Donut Drive In 6525 Chippewa St, St. Louis, MO 63109 Leave @ 8 am
Stop: No Stop
Dinner: Waylan's KuKu Drive-in 915 N Main Street, Miami, OK 74354
Day Six 6/7: Miami to Stillwater, OK
Breakfast: Daylight Donuts 1831 N Main St, Miami, Ok Leave @ 8 am
Stop: Kirk Auto Museum, 6404 S. Ripley Road Ripley, OK 74062 918-372-4537
Dinner: Bad Brad's B-B-Q 3317 E 6th Ave, Stillwater, OK
Day Seven 6/8: Stillwater to Arlington, TX
Breakfast: Shortcake Diner 219 N Main St, Stillwater, OK Leave @ 8 am
Stop: Lunch stop at Covercraft
Dinner:Chop House Burgers 1700 W. Park Row Drive Arlington, TX 76013
Day Eight 6/9: Long Haulers Rock!
Breakfast: Good Day Cafe 830 Mayfield Rd. Grand Prairie, TX 75052 Leave @ 7 am
Long Haulers Meeting
