Hot Rod Power Tour 2023

[tony-muscle]

Not yet in the official page but here is the unofficial route for this year:

June 12 - Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia
June 13: South Carolina State Fairgrounds, Columbia, SC
June 14: Rockingham Speedway, Rockingham, NC
June 15: zMax Dragway, Concord, NC (Charlotte)
June 16: Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN

Edit: corrected typo so I added Atlanta on 6/12

 

[tony-muscle]

I am already booked for this year. Anyone going from here?

 

[Kilgon]

I am already booked for this year. Anyone going from here?

I have to give you a gigantic "Your The Man" for your commitment to going every year. I wish I had the energy and faith in my cat to drive it so far. It's true car enthusiast like you that make the Power Tour what it is. I know it's a ways off yet but I hope you have a trouble free and great time. Don't forget to keep us posted as you have in the years past.

 

[PoFoMoCo]

I have to give you a gigantic "Your The Man" for your commitment to going every year…

Agree 100%. I can’t wait for your posts on the Tour.

 

[tpj71mach]

That sounds like a lot of fun, unfortunately, my Mustang won't be done and broken in by then. Maybe 2024 it should be completed and I will have logged enough miles to trust it going that far.

 

[72MustangSprint]

If my work schedule permits I would probably do Bristol and maybe a little earlier. Need to get car sorted .

 

[tony-muscle]

I hope to see some of you there. This year the total would be about 2,300 miles, which would be 500 less than last year. Most of the miles are actually driving from Wisconsin to the start and from the end. The actual tour drives are shorter this year.

 

[tony-muscle]

I have to give you a gigantic "Your The Man" for your commitment to going every year. I wish I had the energy and faith in my cat to drive it so far. It's true car enthusiast like you that make the Power Tour what it is. I know it's a ways off yet but I hope you have a trouble free and great time. Don't forget to keep us posted as you have in the years past.

This is nothing compared to my next ambition, which is the One Lap of America. The OLA involves a lot more driving plus tracking the car - it would involve 3,000-4,000 miles in 7 days. I need to find me a like mind passenger and maybe figure out a trailer to bring stuff along.

 

[Tnfastbk]

Announcing the Route for HOT ROD Power Tour 2023!

HOT ROD Power Tour returns in 2023 with five stops in the southeast region.

www.motortrend.com

 

[tony-muscle]

Announcing the Route for HOT ROD Power Tour 2023!

HOT ROD Power Tour returns in 2023 with five stops in the southeast region.

www.motortrend.com

Thanks for the link. I guess it is now official!

 

[Kilgon]

This is nothing compared to my next ambition, which is the One Lap of America. The OLA involves a lot more driving plus tracking the car - it would involve 3,000-4,000 miles in 7 days. I need to find me a like mind passenger and maybe figure out a trailer to bring stuff along.

Sounds like awesome trip to me. Once again kudos to you for taking on such a challenging trip. Keep us up to date on your planning progress.

 

[Idaho Chris]

I wish they'd run one of these out West. I guess the distances between tracks/venues is just too great.

Guess I'll be living vicariously through you again this year!

 

[72MustangSprint]

I wish they'd run one of these out West. I guess the distances between tracks/venues is just too great.

Guess I'll be living vicariously through you again this year!

Back in the day we went from Detroit to California on power tours

 

[RIBS]

Question for those experienced in the tour. I live in Atlanta, want to do the leg to Columbia where I have friends. My wife will attend.
so when I go to buy, I see multi day.I assume that what I need.
so then the description is (2 credentials). Then you buy quantity. 1,2,3 etc…

so is it 2 credentials, 1 person multiple days? Or is it 2 people credentials for multi days?

Do I need to buy 1 multi day package or 2?

 

[tony-muscle]

Question for those experienced in the tour. I live in Atlanta, want to do the leg to Columbia where I have friends. My wife will attend.
so when I go to buy, I see multi day.I assume that what I need.
so then the description is (2 credentials). Then you buy quantity. 1,2,3 etc…

so is it 2 credentials, 1 person multiple days? Or is it 2 people credentials for multi days?

Do I need to buy 1 multi day package or 2?

Yes, you will need a multi-day for attending Atlanta and Columbia. I have always purchased the Long-Haul so I can speak only for those. When I buy "one", it is really two credentials since it includes the driver and a passenger.

 

[7173Mustang]

Are there any photos from prior trips? Just to entice others to try to participate to some extent?

 

[tony-muscle]

Are there any photos from prior trips? Just to entice others to try to participate to some extent?

Here are links to previous years posts:

Hot Rod Power Tour 2022 - June 14-17 - Memphis, Nashville, Birmingham, Pensacola, Atlanta

It is going to the Southeast this year. I already reserved my hotels. Who is joining this year? PS: I am doing the Long Haul

7173mustangs.com

Hot Rod Power Tour 2021 - Journal

I am starting this thread so all of you attending and/or driving the HRPT can post pictures. I am looking forward to this adventure and looking forward to meeting those attending from this site.

7173mustangs.com

 

[Tnfastbk]

3 Things I hated the most about last years power tour

1. The miserable heat...........Nothing can be done about that, it is what it is but is was miserable.
2. The new cars.............I think there should be year limitations. If a new car wants to go they should do two Power tours New cars and Old cars.
3. My car broke terminally in Pensacola.............Stuff happens LOL

 

[tony-muscle]

The HRPT is a traveling car show where you will meet a lot of people with different backgrounds, approaches, likes and dislikes. There will be all kind of cars, from very old to very new, from foreign to domestic, from drag racers to track racers to drifters, from stock to performance to rotisserie to race cars. What is for sure is that there will be cars that you hate and there will be cars that you love. There will be parts of the tour that you love and there will be parts that you hate. An important aspect about the tour is the drive and comradery between participants. You have to be ready to be hot (south and summer), be ready to be stuck in traffic (5000 cars going through small towns), be ready to be in line the first day to check in and a few other nuances that I may be forgetting. If you can get past these you will have a great time.

PS: one of the aspects that I enjoy the most are the drives in between venues when I am passing all the different cars that are part of the tour. My car show is while I drive. Then you stop to get gas or at a rest stop and you are guaranteed to find 5 to 50 cars that are part of the tour.

 

[RIBS]

Yes, you will need a multi-day for attending Atlanta and Columbia. I have always purchased the Long-Haul so I can speak only for those. When I buy "one", it is really two credentials since it includes the driver and a passenger.

Thanks, so one multi day should cover driver and 1 passenger?