MoPowered Tour 2024?

Well I am not 100% sure if I’m going to do the Tour this year. But I thought I would grab my hotels now just in case. I can cancel later.

Monday, June 10th, 2024 – Beech Bend Raceway Park, Bowling Green Ky

Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 – Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, TN

Wednesday, June 12th, 2024 – L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, Louisville, Ky

Thursday, June 13th, 2024 – National Trail Raceway, Hebron, Oh

Friday, June 14th, 2024 – Lucas Oil Raceway Park, Indianapolis, In

And here’s the hotels I grabbed.

Sun Jun 9, 2024 – Tue Jun 11, 2024
Red Roof Bowling Green
3140 Scottsville Road Bowling Green, KY 42104 US
270-781-6550

Tue Jun 11, 2024 – Wed Jun 12, 2024
LaQunita Tuesday
140 Dixie Avenue, Lebanon, TN US
615-470‑1001

Wed Jun 12, 2024 – Thu Jun 13, 2024
Days Inn & Suites by Wyndham Louisville SW
4051 Cane Run Road, Louisville, KY US
502-447‑3700

Thu Jun 13, 2024 – Fri Jun 14, 2024
Days Inn by Wyndham Columbus East Airport
2100 Brice Road, Reynoldsburg, OH US
614-626‑6200

MoPowered Tour 2023 Shenanigans!

Hey Everyone!

Well I actually sat down and planned out the extra shenanigans we will have along the route, and they seem pretty cool. If you do not agree, well meh. I will be posting a Glympse Link every morning while at breakfast so if you get lost, you can find the group. We leave breakfast every day at 8am.


Day 1: Monday, June 12 –

Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia

Hotel
WoodSpring Suites Atlanta McDonough June 11-13
625 Industrial Boulevard, McDonough, GA 30253, United States



Day 2: Tuesday, June 13 –

South Carolina State Fairgrounds, Columbia, South Carolina

Breakfast
Gritz Family Restaurant
14 Macon St McDonough, GA 30253

Shenanigans Stop
Temple Auto Salvage
7303 Two Notch Rd, Batesburg-Leesville, SC 29006

Hotel
La Quinta Inn by Wyndham Columbia SE / Fort Jackson
7333 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, South Carolina 29209


Day 3: Wednesday, June 14

Rockingham Speedway, Rockingham, North Carolina

Breakfast
Mr Bunky’s Restaurant & Market
10441 Garners Ferry Rd Eastover, SC 29044


Stop
Darlington Race Museum
1301 Harry Byrd Hwy, Darlington, SC 29532


Hotel
Days Inn & Conf Center by Wyndham Southern Pines Pinehurst
805 South West Service Road, Southern Pines, NC US

Not from this museum

Day 4: Thursday, June 15

zMAX Dragway, Concord, North Carolina

Breakfast
Mac’s Breakfast Anytime
1904 N Sandhills Blvd Aberdeen, NC 28315

Stop
Fayetteville Area Transportation and Local History Museum
325 Franklin St, Fayetteville, NC 28301

Hotel
Comfort Suites University – Research Park
7735 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC, 28213, US


Day 5: Friday, June 16 – Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee
Breakfast
Famous Toastery
8933 Jm Keynes Dr Ste 2 Charlotte, NC 28262

MoPowered Tour 2023 is a Go!

Sorry about the delays in updates. This year has been a real kick to the gut! It’s just one thing after the next after the nest.

I finally got my hotels sorted out, I’ll post them at the end. Right now Hot Rod has posted their official route for the 2023 Hot Rod Power Tour. I see a few things we can check out, I’ll call them this week and see what I can line up.

More info will come in the next week or so. Keep watch here and on Social Media.

Here’s everything from Hot Rod on the Power Tour, all the stops and even the route directions.

https://www.motortrend.com/events/2023-hrpt-route-announcement/

Here’s the hotels I was able to work out. I get into town on Sunday, with the Power Tour starting on Monday.

Day 1:  Monday, June 12 – Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia

Wood Spring Suites Atlanta McDonough June 11-13

625 Industrial Boulevard

McDonough, GA 30253, United States

1-470-781-5500

Day 2:  Tuesday, June 13 – South Carolina State Fairgrounds, Columbia, South Carolina

La Quinta Inn by Wyndham Columbia SE / Fort Jackson

7333 Garners Ferry Road,

Columbia, South Carolina 29209

1-803-764-9547

Day 3:  Wednesday, June 14 – Rockingham Speedway, Rockingham, North Carolina

Days Inn & Conf Center by Wyndham

Southern Pines Pinehurst

805 South West Service Road,

Southern Pines, NC US

1-910-692‑8585

Day 4:  Thursday, June 15 – zMAX Dragway, Concord, North Carolina

Comfort Suites University – Research Park

7735 University City Blvd

Charlotte, NC, 28213, US

1-704-547-0049

MoPowered Tour 2022 Update!

Well the time is almost upon us. Here is the final breakdown on everything that has been worked out.

I added a new stop, Columbia Motor Alley on the first travel day. It is a restored car dealership and gas station. It has been seen a bunch on ‘American Pickers’.

Also I’ve added all the morning breakfast meetup spots. All look interesting and unique! Excited to try a bunch of new places.

The powers that be released the actual Power Tour route a few weeks ago. I tweaked it for out purposes. Here you can get the information on the original route.

https://www.motortrend.com/events/hot-rod-power-tour-2022-dates-locations/

And here is the modified Map I created with the additional stops.

Don’t forget that on Friday I am peeling off, but will end up at Atlanta Motor Speedway for the end of the Tour. It’s a long slog, so best thought is to cannonball there.

Hot Rod Power Tour 2022

  • Monday, June 13
    • Venue
      • Liberty Park
      • Early Maxwell Blvd, Memphis, TN 38104
    • Hotel
      • Best Western
      • 8635 US Highway 64, Memphis, Tennessee 38133
  • Tuesday, June 14
    • Breakfast
      • Wally Hatchet’s
      • 6439 Summer Ave, Memphis, TN 38134
      • LEAVING @ 8 am
    • Venue
      • Nashville Superspeedway
      • 4847-F McCrary Rd, Lebanon, TN 37090
    • Shenanigans
      • Rusty’s TV & Movie Car Museum
      • 323 Hollywood Dr, Jackson, TN 38301
      • Columbia Motor Alley
      • 801 Woodland St, Columbia, TN 38401
    • Hotel
      • Comfort Suites
      • 226 North Thompson Lane, Murfreesboro, TN, 37129, US
  • Wednesday, June 15
    • Breakfast
      • Maple Street Biscuit Company
      • 911 Medical Ctr Pkwy, Ste A, Murfreesboro, TN 37129
      • LEAVING @ 8 am
    • Venue
      • Hoover Met Complex
      • 5508 Stadium Trace Pkwy, Hoover, AL 35244
    • Hotel
      • Days Inn
      • 1800 Riverchase Drive, Birmingham, Alabama 35244
  • Thursday, June 16
    • Breakfast
      • First Watch
      • 4741 Chace Cir, Hoover, AL 35244
      • LEAVING @ 8 am
    • Venue
      • Pensacola Fairgrounds
      • 6655 Mobile Hwy, Pensacola, FL 32526
    • Shenanigans
      • Wellborn Muscle Car Museum
      • 124 Broad St, Alexander City, AL 35010
    • Hotel
      • Days Inn
      • 710 North Palafox Street, Pensacola, Florida 32501
  • Friday, June 17
    • Breakfast
      • Ruby Slipper Cafe
      • 509 S Palafox St. Pensacola, FL 32502
      • LEAVING @ 8 am
    • Venue
      • Atlanta Motor Speedway
      • 1500 Tara Pl, Hampton, GA 30228

The MoPowered Tour 2022!

That’s right, we’re back!

The Hot Rod Power Tour is back on for June, but 5 days again like in 2021.

Here is all the information on the actual Hot Rod Power Tour, including registering for the actual tour. I do recommend it!

This is where our party comes together. I’ve planned so far a few stops, and there is one change for the end. The last day, it is a long one, 5 hours without any detours or such. There is nothing on Saturday anymore, so once you are done on Friday, that is it. Also I have an old friend who lives off the route I plan on seeing before they get deployed. So the MoPowered Tour will be Monday through Thursday, and I’ll catch up with you guys at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

https://www.motortrend.com/events/hot-rod-power-tour/

Here’s my breakdown of the side trips and hotels I have planned so far. I’m still looking up breakfast stops and one extra stop on Wednesday.

  • Monday, June 13
    • Venue
      • Liberty Park
      • Early Maxwell Blvd, Memphis, TN 38104
  • Hotel
    • Best Western
    • 8635 US Highway 64, Memphis, Tennessee 38133
    • (901) 372-0000
  • Shenanigans
    • ?
  • Tuesday, June 14
    • Venue
      • Nashville Superspeedway
      • 4847-F McCrary Rd, Lebanon, TN 37090
  • Hotel
    • Comfort Suites
      • 226 North Thompson Lane, Murfreesboro, TN, 37129, US
      • (615) 869-0950
  • Wednesday, June 15
    • Venue
      • Hoover Met Complex
      • 5508 Stadium Trace Pkwy, Hoover, AL 35244
  • Hotel
    • Days Inn
      • 1800 Riverchase Drive, Birmingham, Alabama 35244
      • 205-208-1461
  • Thursday, June 16
    • Venue
      • Pensacola Fairgrounds
      • 6655 Mobile Hwy, Pensacola, FL 32526
  • Hotel
    • Days Inn
    • 710 North Palafox Street, Pensacola, Florida 32501
    • 850-483-1107
  • Shenanigans
    • Wellborn Muscle Car Museum
    • 124 Broad St, Alexander City, AL 35010
  • Friday, June 17
    • Venue
      • Atlanta Motor Speedway
      • 1500 Tara Pl, Hampton, GA 30228

If you have any comments or questions, you can email me at MoPoweredTour@yahoo.com or on any of my social media.

Ryan Brutt

MoPowered Tour 2021?!

Well hello fellow Mopar Peeps! Two years! How crazy is that?!

I did not know if anyone was following, but the Hot Rod Power Tour is proceeding, later in the years and at a reduced size. Here’s the dates and locations of the Tour.

https://www.hotrod.com/events/power-tour/

HOT ROD POWER TOUR 2021 SCHEDULE
KICKOFF / Day 1: Monday, Aug. 23 – Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio
Day 2: Tuesday, Aug. 24 – Montgomery County Fairgrounds, Dayton, Ohio
Day 3: Wednesday, Aug. 25 – Lucas Oil Raceway, Indianapolis
Day 4: Thursday, Aug. 26 – World Wide Technology Raceway, St. Louis, Missouri
Day 5: Friday, Aug. 27 – State Farm Center, Champaign, Illinois

Fortunately the Woodward Dream Cruise is the Saturday right before the Power Tour in Detroit, so I’ll be there and then leave Sunday to check in over at Norwalk.

I’m not exactly sure how things are going to go this year. I’m going to do my rough plan for the Tour, see some cool stuff, eat at some neat locations. If you have any recommendations, please let me know!

Fortunately, the last two stops for me, I do not need hotel rooms. But here is what I have for the first three days.

Day 1: Monday, Aug. 23 – Summit Motorsports Park Norwalk, Ohio
Baymont by Wyndham Sandusky
1711 Cleveland Road, Sandusky, Ohio 44870 (419) 625-4700

Day 2: Tuesday, Aug. 24 – Montgomery County Fairgrounds, Dayton, Ohio
Super 8 by Wyndham
155 Monarch Lane, Miamisburg, OH US (937) 866‑5500

Day 3: Wednesday, Aug. 25 – Lucas Oil Raceway, Indianapolis, Indiana
Quality Inn & Suites Brownsburg – Indianapolis West
31 Maplehurst Drive, Brownsburg, IN, 46112, US (317) 852-5353

That’s all I have right now, I’ll update things as I get through them. If you have any questions you can of course email me at MoPoweredTour@yahoo.com or any of my social media.

Ryan

MoPowered Tour Maps and Full Itinerary

I went through and put together Turn By Turn maps for the MoPowered Tour and our off road excursions.  Still waiting to hear back on one of the stops.  It’s the only day we don’t have anything special going on.  I’ve also added in another railroad museum, the Mad River & NKP Museum.  It is a block off the Power Tour route on the last day.  It isn’t huge, so it should be a nice quick stop before the end.

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Here is the full Google Map for the MoPowered Tour.  I’m not doing turn by turn directions this year, I never followed them last year and nobody on the tour did I believe as well.  If you want them, let me know though.

MoPowered Tour Google Map!

And here is where I will be posting updates, GLYMPSE links and any other quick updates too.  Even if you don’t have Facebook, it is a public page so you can still view the group and click links.

MoPowered Tour Facebook Page

Here is the entire breakdown on the Tour, Day by Day.

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Day 1 June 8th (Charlotte) Zmax Dragway (6570 Bruton Smith Blvd, Concord, NC 28027)
Dinner BBQ King (2900 Wilkinson Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28208) Bring a chair!

Day 2 June 9th (Charlotte to Martinsville) Martinsville Speedway
Breakfast: Breakfastime (1170 Copperfield Blvd Concord, NC 28025) LEAVING @ 8 am
Stop: McCandless Museum (with Herb McCandless) (1448 Industry drive, Burlington, NC 27215)
Venue: Martinsville Speedway (340 Speedway Rd, Ridgeway, VA 24148)

Day 3 June 10th (Martinsville to Bristol) Bristol Motor Speedway
Breakfast: Skips Restaurant (900 Starling Ave Martinsville, VA 24112) LEAVING @ 8 am
Stop: Wood Brothers Racing Museum? Virginia Motorsports Museum? Old Cranks Museum?
Venue: Bristol Motor Speedway (151 Speedway Blvd, Bristol, TN 37620)

Day 4 June 11th (Bristol to Sparta) Kentucky Speedway
Breakfast: Old Lighthouse DIner (2520 W State St Bristol, TN 37620) LEAVING @ 8 am
Stop: Old Gulf Station (1837 Main St, Tazewell, TN 37879)
Stop: Parkette Drive-In Restaurant (1230 E New Circle Rd, Lexington, KY 40505)
Venue: Kentucky Speedway (1 Speedway Drive, Sparta, KY 41086)

Day 5 June 12th (Sparta to Indy) Lucas Oil Raceway
Breakfast: Welch’s Riverside Restaurant (505 Main St Carrollton, KY 41008) LEAVING @ 8 am
Stop: Hayden Historical Museum Inc. (6715 W County Rd 20 S, North Vernon, IN 47265)
Venue: Lucas Oil Raceway (10267 East, US-136, Indianapolis, IN 46234)

Day 6 June 13th (Indy to Ft. Wayne) Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Breakfast: Flap-Jacks Restaurant (633 E Main St Brownsburg, IN 46112) LEAVING @ 8 am.
Stop: Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society (15808 Edgerton Rd, New Haven, IN 46774)
Venue: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (4000 Parnell Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805)

Day 7 June 14th (Ft. Wayne to Norwalk) Summit Motorsports Park
Breakfast: Liberty Diner (2929 Goshen Rd Fort Wayne, IN 46808) LEAVING @ 8 am
Stop: National Automotive & Truck Museum (1000 Gordon M Buehrig Pl, Auburn, IN 46706)
Stop: Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum (253 Southwest St, Bellevue, OH 44811)
Venue: Summit Motorsports Park (1300 OH-18, Norwalk, OH 44857)

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MoPowered Tour 2019! Here’s the Plan!

Well here we are, coming into the final straight.  They just released the official Power Tour route the other day.  I do not have my turn by turn adapted ones.  But here’s the link to the originals for now.  They have the print version, and a google maps link for phones!

Hot Rod Power Tour Offical Tour Route

I will post my GLYMPSE link every morning on the MoPowered Tour Facebook Page, so if anyone gets lost, you can find us again.

MoPowered Tour 2019 Facebook Page

But here’s the usual cool stuff that we’re going to do on the sides, including our breakfast spots.

Day 1 June 8th (Charlotte)
Dinner BBQ King (2900 Wilkinson Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28208) Bring a chair!

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Day 2 June 9th (Charlotte to Martinsville)
Breakfast: Breakfastime (1170 Copperfield Blvd Concord, NC 28025) LEAVING @ 8 am

Stop: McCandless Museum, 1448 industry drive, Burlington, NC 27215 (with Herb McCandless)

Venue: Martinsville Speedway

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Day 3 June 10th (Martinsville to Bristol)
Breakfast: Skips Restaurant (900 Starling Ave Martinsville, VA 24112) LEAVING @ 8 am

Stop: Wood Brothers Racing Museum? Virginia Motorsports Museum? Old Cranks Car Museum?

Working on this one, just left some messages.

Venue: Bristol Motor Speedway

Day 4 June 11th (Bristol to Sparta)
Breakfast: Old Lighthouse Diner (2520 W State St Bristol, TN 37620) LEAVING @ 8 am

Stop: Old Gulf Station? Parkette Drive-In Restaurant

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Venue: Kentucky Speedway

Day 5 June 12th (Sparta to Indy)
Breakfast: Welch’s Riverside Restaurant (505 Main St Carrollton, KY 41008) LEAVING @ 8 am

Stop: Hayden Historical Museum Inc. (Small Gas Station)

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Venue: Lucas Oil Raceway

Day 6 June 13th (Indy to Ft. Wayne)
Breakfast: Flap-Jacks Restaurant (633 E Main St Brownsburg, IN 46112) LEAVING @ 8 am.

Stop: Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society (Nickel Plate 765)

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Venue: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

Day 7 June 14th (Ft. Wayne to Norwalk)
Breakfast: Liberty Diner (2929 Goshen Rd Fort Wayne, IN 46808) LEAVING @ 8 am

Stop: National Automotive And Truck Museum (Thanks Pat for the Pic!)

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Venue: Summit Motorsports Park

If you have any questions or comments or ideas, let me know.  You can contact me through social media or just through email MoPoweredTour@yahoo.com

MoPowered Tour 2019!

The full list of HOT ROD Power Tour stops will include:
• KICKOFF on Saturday, June 8: zMAX Dragway in Concord, NC.
• Sunday, June 9: Martinsville, VA, venue TBA.
• Monday, June 10: Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN, a first-time venue for the tour.
• Tuesday, June 11: Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, KY, a first-time venue for the tour.
• Wednesday, June 12: Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, IN.
• Thursday, June 13: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, IN, a first-time venue for the tour.
• FINALE on Friday, June 14: Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, OH.

Here’s the hotels I got.  If you want to chill by us, get them quick!

Sleep Inn Concord – Kannapolis
1120 Copperfield Blvd.,
Concord, NC, US, 28025
+1 (704) 788-2150

Baymont by Wyndham Martinsville
78 Commonwealth Boulevard W,
Martinsville, VA 24112
+1 276-638-0478

Days Inn by Wyndham Bristol
1014 Old Airport Road,
Bristol, VA 24201
+1 276-644-0014

Quality Inn
141 Inn Road,
Carrollton, KY, US, 41008
+1 (502) 732-6661

Quality Inn & Suites
31 Maplehurst Drive,
Brownsburg, IN, US, 46112
+1 (317) 852-5353

Red Roof Inn Fort Wayne
3017 W Coliseum Blvd
Fort Wayne, IN 46808 US
Call 260-483-0091

Red Roof Inn Sandusky – Milan
11303 US Route 250
North Milan, OH 44846 US
Call 419-499-4347

MoPowered Tour 2018: Driving Directions

I went through and nailed down our driving directions.  We aren’t doing something every day, so we’ll follow the original route on those days, but we start at a unique location, so I did add those in as well.

We should be checking out some cool spots and meeting some awesome people.  I’m getting excited.

You can DOWNLOAD all the turn by turn directions

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xzzc1yhdievj0kn/AADvg9cnJkJy9fWVCKPYakPTa?dl=0

Here’s the online Google Map of the route

https://drive.google.com/open?id=16hjc6_LlhNah0jOzE3_H7BlXCYU8eQBZ&usp=sharing

ALSO I need to know who is coming to the Wellborn Museum stop and the McCandless Museum stop so we can plan accordingly!
Don’t forget to sign up and let me know you’re coming!  MoPoweredTour@yahoo.com
YOUR NAME;
YEAR/MAKE/MODEL/COLOR OF YOUR MOPAR
STOPS YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING
CELL PHONE NUMBER FOR USE ON TOUR- (text capable)
EMAIL ADDRESS
HOW MANY IN YOUR RIDE

 

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