You still have a couple of weeks to make plans to cruise out to Lincoln for the Americruise. The three-day event promises to be action packed, and the cars should be outstanding as well, if last year's attendance is any indication. If you have a few extra days and want to get an early start on the fun, try to catch up with one of the tours.
Painless Performance Products and Tim Bernsau from R&C will be leading a tour out of Fort Worth, Texas, leaving the morning of Monday, June 25. After a snack and a quick tour of the Painless facility, the group will drive to the Texas Motor Speedway for a tour and maybe a surprise or two. The group will then cruise through Elk City, Oklahoma, and stop for a tour of the Route 66 museum. The next major stop will be Dodge City, Kansas, for a tour of Boot Hill and the Long Branch Saloon. Many other stops will be planned at local side-road sites. The Painless Performance Products tour will cover about 800 miles, cruising on two-lane roads as much as possible, and arrive in Lincoln Thursday evening. Contact Dennis Overholser at Painless Performance (817-244-6212, ext. 1008) if you're planning to attend, so he can help you make the proper hotel and trip arrangements.
Sacramento Vintage Ford is sponsoring the West Coast tour being led by the R&C staff. We'll be meeting at our headquarters in Placentia at 9 a.m. on Friday, June 22, and hitting the road after some snacks. We'll be heading north to Sacramento for the official kick-off at Sacramento Vintage Ford, where we'll get a tour and some grub in the company's very cool diner. After a good night's rest, we'll be heading east, winding our way through the mountains along Lake Tahoe and through Carson City, Nevada, and ending up in Winnemucca, Nevada, for the night. Winnemucca is the future home of the America's Car Collection Museum, and we'll be treated to a tour of the museum's restoration shop and get a glimpse of a few cars in the collection. Over the next couple of days, we'll eventually work our way by the Bonneville Salt Flats and through Wyoming into South Dakota to check out Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse monument. From there we'll be cruisin' through Nebraska and into Lincoln on Thursday. If you're interested in making the trip with us, send me an e-mail (kevin.lee@primedia.com).
The event gets started Friday, June 29, at the Nebraska State Fair Park in Lincoln, Nebraska, and concludes Sunday, July 1. During the event, we'll once again have an autocross course set up, as well as a Go & Whoa contest to test your car's acceleration and braking.
Speedway Motors is opening the doors to its amazing museum for participants on Saturday night. If you've never been, this is worth the trip in itself; and if you have been, you know it's worth another look. We're looking forward to another great cruise across the country and winding up back in Lincoln. Hope you can come along.
Rod and Custom of the Year AwardsTime is running out to get your rod, custom, or classic truck ready to compete for one of the "of the Year" awards. R&C will be selecting a Rod of the Year and a Custom of the Year while Classic Trucks and Custom Classic Trucks magazines will be selecting Truck of the Year (early: pre-'49) and Truck of the Year (late: 1949-72).
Entrants who want to participate will need to be at the Americruise on Friday by noon so they can be parked in a specified area. The R&C, Classic Trucks, and Custom Classic Trucks staff will go around and select the Top Five in each of their respective classes based on the following judged categories:
* Exterior Design* Fit and Finish* Interior* Engine Compartment* Undercarriage
Once the Top Fives have been selected, each vehicle will be ran through a safety inspection, and then they'll make some timed runs through the autocross course, do a 0-40-mph acceleration test, and a 40-0-mph brake test on Saturday. On Saturday night, they'll be required to participate in a cruise (Reliability Test) to somewhere in Lincoln.
Such a Deal!Where else can you have this much fun for just $20? That's right, pre-registration is only $20 and includes a vehicle, a driver and co-pilot credentials (kids 15 and younger get in free), a goodie bag, and your chance to take part in any of the activities listed.
* Americruise Tours* Go & Whoa* Autocross Course* Rod & Custom Rod of the Year Competition* Rod & Custom Custom of the Year Competition* Truck of the Year Competitions* Manufacturers' Row* Super Prize Giveaways