Hot Rod Power Tour 2015 - various locations - 6/6/2015 - 6/13/2015

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June 6 – Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wisconsin
June 7 – Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois
June 8 – Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison, Illinois (St. Louis)
June 9 – Memphis International Raceway, Memphis, Tennessee
June 10 – Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover / Birmingham, Alabama
June 11 - Centennial Plaza, Gulfport, Mississippi
June 12 – Lamar Dixon Expo Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
June 13 – Lamar Dixon Expo Center – LONG HAULERS ONLY*
*Saturday, June 13th, is not open to the general public. The venue will only open for the Hot Rod Power Tour Long Hauler ceremony.

MULTI-DAY REGISTRATION:
$80 – Early bird registration online through midnight PST, 1/16/15
$99 – Pre-registration online from 1/17/16 through midnight PST 5/23/15, when online registration closes.
$125 – Registration on site at Power Tour

ONE-DAY REGISTRATION:
$35 – Early bird registration online through midnight PST, 1/16/15
$45 – Pre-registration online from 1/17/16 through midnight PST 5/23/15, when online registration closes.
$55- Registration on site at Power Tour


The group that runs this will be putting out hotel info, I am doing research now on hotels so there should be lots of options.

Yes I know this is still a long time away but I wanted to get the dates on the calendar. Looks like they will be releasing the route sometime time this month, but you never know.

I have every intention of doing the whole tour next year. It will start in WI and head west then south, well at least that is the speculation.

Any information I get I will update the first post.

Still waiting on dates and more information on this. Seems so far away.

I wanna go! I wanna go!

It is on my schedule for next year but still no dates or places released yet. Hopefully soon.

So last weekend someone slipped and posted a little bit of information on the website so hopefully this means all the details are coming soon.

This is what was showing before they deleted it:

June 6th through June 12th

Milwaukee, WI
Champaign, IL
Madison, IL (St Louis, MO)
Memphis, TN
TBA
TBA
Baton Rogue, LA


The info is gone now and nothing was confirmed so this might not be it. There is no date set to release all the info on dates and hotels but as soon as I see it I will get it put up.

What I need to know is who all is interested in doing any part of this trip.
My goal is to do the whole thing and then spend a few days after the end over in New Orleans.

I just want to make sure we know who is going, even if its just one leg so we can try to stay in the same hotel. I probably will not get to book my hotels until Feb but we still have plenty of time. I want to see what rates they have and what I can get so if you can give me a few days once the information is released to look at rooms and rates maybe we can all be together.

Also if anyone wants to do the tour but do not want to put the miles on your car right now I have three open seats in my car. We can work out some sort of deal.

I've been to TBA. Ugliest babies you've ever seen. And the place is crawling with them. I can't imagine wanting to have a car show there or any other event.

Lol

You two are less than helpful lately.

First post updated with dates and locations. They are still working on one place it looks like so I will be adding information.

Also thinking about heading over to New Orleans for a few days afterwards. Not sure for how many days so will update that as well.

I'll probably be joining in till at least St Louis.

Yay. Hotels are out there. I'm not booking til March. Once I book I'll post where I'm staying. Will also work on meeting spots in the mornings so we can try to be together.

At the moment we are in.

IM THINKING OF DOING THIS ALSO, DODNT KNOW IF I WILL DO WHOLE TOUR OR JUST HALF, I DO KNOW ACCORDING TO THE HOTEL WEBSITE, THE TBA DATE IS IN BILOXI MISS

The more I have had time to think about this I might only be doing part of this.

Right now I am leaning towads just this part:

June 6 – Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wisconsin
June 7 – Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois
June 8 – Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison, Illinois (St. Louis)
June 9 – Memphis International Raceway, Memphis, Tennessee


There should be autocross as one stop, thinking either Gateway or MIR so that will probably be a deciding factor. Since my car is high milage and I am about to make a 16 hour trip by Jeep from FL to IL in a few days I don't know if I will be waiting to be in the car for a week.

Going to figure it out by Feb and start booking hotels then. I know from the FB pages a lot of people have booked, most of the hotels on the list released are booked but I have a few idea for alternate places to stay so if I can figure that out I will post up.

Over the xmas holiday im start looking into hotels, im try to stick with one brand and just go from there. Rack up some points while we're at it. If its still feasible we are doing the entire run and spending an extra day in New Orleans. We'll start back Tuesday and drive half way then be back home Wednesday. Then we are taking off Thursday for Minnesota til that Sunday. So that Monday me and my car will pro fall out.

Ok so they still have not figured out the TBD.

This is the plan I am leaning towards now. Looking to pick the tour up in Champaign and go through to Memphis. There should be autocross at either Gateway or MIR. Might stay an extra day in Memphis not sure yet, still up in the air. I know I need to figure out what I am doing because I know hotels are filling up.


June 7 – Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois
June 8 – Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison, Illinois (St. Louis)
June 9 – Memphis International Raceway, Memphis, Tennessee


It is 158 miles 2 hours 30 mins to get from Palatine to Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois.

It is 176 miles 2 hours 35 mins to get from Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois to Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison, Illinois.

It is 303 miles 4 hours 30 mins to get from Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison, Illinois to Memphis International Raceway, Memphis, Tennessee.

Champaign to Memphis is my plan as well.

Well then I should change my plan then....

These are the four I have reserved but there is a chance I might back out of AL and TN, just will see how things are around then.


Was cheapest through:
http://www.travelplanners.net/default.asp?pid=67423&sid=41664

Hilton Garden Inn
1501 S. Neil Street Champaign, IL 61820
RATE: $112.00
Use the link above to book online
ONLY KING BEDS AVAILABLE



Four Points by Sheraton
319 Fountains Parkway Fairview Heights, IL
RATE: $99.00
Use the link above to book online


Holiday Inn
160 Union Avenue Memphis, TN 38103  
RATE: $149.00
Use the link above to book online


Courtyard Birmingham Colonnade
4300 Colonnade Parkway, Birmingham, AL 35243
RATE: $109.00
Use the link above to book online
ONLY KING BEDS AVAILABLE

Hmmm

You know you wanna!

Champaign, St. Louis, and Memphis, then extra day in memphis then back to IN then back to MI

Hilton Garden in-champaign

4 pts by Sheraton-st louis fairview heights

and Holiday inn memphis downtown (Beale St)

gonna be fun fun fun

If anyone is going for sure please let me know and I'll add you to the Facebook event. If you aren't on Facebook I'll keep you updated.