Wednesday the pace picks up, but how bad can it be? You will be traveling in your street rod along with other rodders all aiming at having a good time! Our first stop that day will be at the Advanced Plating facility in Nashville, Tennessee, with our own tour guide Steve Tracey of Advanced. Afterward, it's a short drive across town to visit the Gibson Guitar facility.
After lunch, it's back into our rods and time to head west across Interstate 40 toward Jackson, Tennessee, and then south to our evening stop in Holly Springs, Mississippi, about 30 miles south of Memphis. George Poteet will go from fellow driving companion to our host for the evening, which includes dinner and a tour of his collection of street rods. Yep, the day's drive will be well worth it.
Thursday morning will have us setting out on a 250-mile trip to Springfield, Missouri, through the Ozark Mountain area of Arkansas and to our weekend destination-the National Street Rod Association's Mid-America Nationals. This NSRA event has grown to include 2,100-plus street rods in a great Memorial Day weekend party.
If you want more information, a way to register, or just to get some questions answered, call the Road Tour Hotline at (800) 664-1362, or visit www.streetrodderweb.com and get the latest scoop. If you have some vacation time, are socially unemployable, or whatever your good fortune, this is going to prove to be a great 10 days and 1,372 miles of shear rodding ecstasy.
| Ocean City, MD to Springfield, MO |
| MILES | DATE | DAY | DESTINATION |
| 0 | May 19-21 | Friday, Saturday, Sunday | Cruisin' Ocean City, MD |
| 140 | May 21 | Sunday | Virginia Beach, VA |
| 344 | May 22 | Monday | Charlotte, NC |
| 422 | May 23 | Tuesday | Nashville, TN |
| 216 | May 24 | Wednesday | Memphis, TN |
| 250 | May 25 | Thursday | Branson & Springfield, MO |
| 0 | May 26-28 | Friday, Saturday, Sunday | NSRA Mid-America Nationals |
| Total Miles: | 1,372 miles |
| Total Days on the Road | 10 days |