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2009 AMSOIL / Street Rodder Road Tour

From the December, 2008 issue of Street Rodder
Nhra Road Tour Blog 2
After our Monday morning driver's meeting it was a short drive to Steve's Auto Restoration in Portland, Oregon. Owner Steve Frisbie and staff were waiting with coffee and donuts...
Nhra Road Tour Blog 1
The NHRA Wally Parks Museum is known for its incredible collection of hot rod artifacts that tell the story of the history of our hobby. A visit to the facility on the grounds of...
Sherms Road Tour Blog 3
With visions of riding Bob Panella's train still dancing in our heads, we had our daily driver's meeting at 8AM on Wednesday. It was a one-hour drive to Leonard Lopez's new Dominator Street Rod facilities...
Sherms Custom Plating Road Tour Blog 2
After Sunday evening in Morro Bay the Sherm's Custom Plating Tour rolled on towards Fresno, California. The drive across California Routes 46 and 41 was beautiful with rolling grasslands...
Sherms Custom Plating Road Tour Blog 1
The Classic Automobilia Road Tour ended on Sunday September 20 at the Northeast Nationals in Burlington, Vermont. While it was the end of one Tour it was actually the beginning of my cross country...
Classic Automobilia Road Tour Blog 3
After our fun evening at O'Brien Truckers in Charlton, Mass we were up and rolling as Thursday was the day we arrive in Burlington. Our first stop in the morning was...
Classic Automobilia Road Tour Blog 2
The Tuesday morning driver's meeting was exciting as we were joined by five very official and very serious Secret Service agents at the hotel where the Road Tourians were...
Classic Autombilia Tour Blog 1
The NSRA Nationals North in Kalamazoo, Michigan proved to be the perfect kickoff to the AMSOIL/Street Rodder. The September weather was great with clear blue skies and temperatures in the high...
2009 Willy Garage Road Tour Blog 3
After our Thursday morning driver's meeting it was time to get to Wendover and the Bonneville Salt Flats. It is just a two hour drive from Salt Lake City and everyone was very excited. Interstate 80 is a long straight...
2009 Willys Road Tour Blog 2
At the driver's meeting the morning after our visit to The Smith Collection of American Speed Museum, we all decided that we wanted to be adopted by Joyce and Bill Smith. Everyone was still talking about...
Willys Road Tour Blog 1 Group
Recently one of our sister publications, Hot Rod Magazine, published what they felt were 100 things that a car guy should do before he goes to the big race in the sky. The list included attending the NSRA...
2009 Merrilll Lynch Jones Group Road Tour Blog 3
Tuesday afternoon and evening on the Merrill Lynch Jones Group Road Tour there was a huge gathering at the Quaker Steak and Lube restaurant in Austintown, Ohio near...
2009 Merrilll Lynch Jones Group Tour  Blog 2
The Merrill Lynch Jones Group Tour continued on Tuesday morning with a visit to the Mid-Ohio Race Course in Lexington, Ohio north of Columbus. The drive across the rural areas...
Edward Jones Group Road Tour Blog 1
This year's 1952 Chevy two-door began its Road Tour life at Woody's Hot Rodz in Bright, Indiana. When we decided to attend the huge Syracuse Nationals in New York on the Merrill Lynch Jones Group Tour, Woodys was the perfect...
2009 Amsoil Road Tour Blog 2
The Wednesday morning drive on the AMSOIL Road Tour took us along Route 2 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It was a beautiful morning as we traveled along the coast line of Lake Michigan, taking advantage...
2009 Street Rodder Amsoil Blog 1
The NHRA Hot Rod Reunion was the final destination for the Vintage Air Tour but also the starting point for the AMSOIL Road Tour to the famous St Ignace Car Show in St Ignace, Michigan. After our Sunday morning...
Vintage Air Road Tour Blog 3
It was rise and shine Wednesday morning in Tupelo, Mississippi. Rick Love went over the scheduled activities at the regular morning driver's meeting. On tap for the day was a short drive...
2009 Vintage Air Road Tour Blog 2
After our evening in Lake Charles Monday morning was the beginning of Day 2 of the Vintage Air Road Tour. Trail boss, Vintage Air's Rick Love conducted the driver's meeting...
2009 Vintage Air Road Tour Blog 1
The second leg of the 2009 AMSOIL/Street Rodder Road Tour series is a cruise from the Vintage Air Headquarters in San Antonio, Texas to the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion at Beach Bend....
2009 Road Tour Logo Amsoil
When the folks at the Jones Group-Merrill Lynch in Youngstown, Ohio heard that the AMSOIL / Street Rodder Road Tour was coming to their town on the way to the Syracuse Nationals they knew that they wanted...
2009 Street Rodder Road Tour Coker Blog 3
On Wednesday morning it was rise and shine in Greensboro, North Carolina. Our destination for lunch was the garage and museum of Cecil Profitt. The trip to Cecil's in Windsor, Virginia would take about four hours and it was...
2009 Road Tour Coker Blog 2
After the car show and charity auction at Coker Tire on Saturday and the beautiful drive through the Smoky Mountains on Sunday, the Tour continued on Monday morning with a visit to Lokar Performance Products...
2009 Road Tour Coker Blog 1
It is that time again already and the first leg of the 2009 edition of the AMSOIL / Street Rodder Road Tour is off to a great start. The Coker Tour started Saturday May 9 with a car show and charity auction...
2009 Road Tour Amsoil Tour
June is always a busy month for street rodders across the United States. Great weather is finally upon us and it is time to hit the highway. For folks on the east coast the fun starts at the huge NSRA East Coast Nationals...
Coker Museum
Starting at Coker Tire and Honest Charley's Speed Shop in Chattanooga, Tennessee and ending at Cruisin' Ocean City in Ocean City, Maryland, the Coker Tire Tour is going to be eight days jam packed with...
2009 Road Tour Logo Amsoil
The plans have been made and our destinations decided. The schedule for the 2009 Street Rodder Magazine Road Tour is ready. This 14th edition of the "Cruise around the Country" series is very exciting as we return to some of our most popular events...
2009 Road Tour Logo Amsoil
2009 Street Rodder Road Tour Sponsors

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