There are some other points that have been finalized and should prove to be a lot of fun, such as the Pima Air and Space Museum on Tuesday, June 13, for those on Leg 2 (Vintage Air) out of San Antonio, Texas, onto the Father's Day show in Pomona, California. The next night should also prove interesting as the leg stops for dinner at Barry White's Street Rods in Corona, California, and right across the street is Marcel's Metal Shaping. It will be fun to see what new cars are being built from scratch at both shops.
On Wednesday, June 21, Leg 3 of the Road Tour will stop at Zipper Motors and will be treated to dinner and a great 26-mile nighttime drive through Monument Valley, which is across the "street" from Zipper Motors. Remember that the next day the lunch stop will be at Streamline in Denver, Colorado, with dinner in Pueblo at the NSRA Kickoff Party.
The fourth leg of the Road Tour should also prove to be very interesting as it heads from the Blue Suede Cruise in Norwalk, Ohio, to the NSRA Nats in Louisville, Kentucky. However, it's the excitement that will be generated at the vintage drags with four Nostalgia Drag Racing Classes; eight Nostalgia Super Stockers; 12 AA/Gassers; four alcohol-burning Nostalgia Funny Cars; 10 nitro methane-burning front-engine fuel dragsters; Scott Shockley's twin-engine, jet-powered 1957 Chevy truck; and "Big Daddy" Don Garlit's driving an early version of Swamp Rat! Oh, did we mention that there will also be a Saturday night rock 'n' roll show? This leg of the tour is going to start off with the proverbial bang.
Later on in the summer, the sixth leg, which runs from the magazine offices in Placentia, California, to Sacramento, will stop by Roy Brizio Street Rods and Sanderson Headers. For those of you not aware, both shops are literally side by side and share the same parking lot. How's that for one-stop shopping?
Well, there is another dose of what you might expect from this summer's Road Tour. It is all about fun for yourself, your family, and with your street rod. While the sites will be great and memorable, the "real" stories may very come from the rodding heroes who will be in attendance on each of the legs. That's where the rest of the story will be told. For more information on the Road Tour, check the ad in this month's issue, call the Road Tour's toll-free number at (888) 664-1362, or visit www.streetrodderweb.com and sign up.)