Overview

I expect cold beers at Norwalk mister!!!!

DAY 5 - LUCAS OIL INDIANAPOLIS RACEWAY PARK (Home of the NHRA U.S. Nationals) - FINAL DAY The Columbus Ohio sky line Red Line Oil is one of the Power Tour sponsors and these are two of their vehicles. I ran with them from the Ohio state line until the outskirts of Indy. Who'd think an old Dodge Rampage with a mid-engine, fuel injected 392 Hemi would be that quick and nimble? The Indianapolis sky line We are here - Lucas Oil Indianapolist Raceway Park! Yeah! Made it! BB is parked for the final time. I got a great spot, right next to the road to the staging lanes and the exit road. One last look at Project X Here is a look at the track Staging lanes entry point Grandstands A view looking down the track - more on that later. I made it again - I'm an official Long Hauler for this year's Power Tour! Three years in a row - twice with BB! There is one last thing I need to do.... 2024_0614_121108_054.MP4 2024_0614_121308_056.MP4 ET: 17.378 Seconds R/T: .221 MPH: 75.95 Black Beauty is a consistent low 17 second car. I'm happy with that. Time to head home - it took six hours instead of five because of construction and traffic around Indy - between the I-465 Loop and getting onto I-69. Once I got onto I-69, I only had to stop once for food and gas. Thus ends this year's Hot Rod Power Tour adventure. No idea where we will be next year, but I'm betting that since we've been moving north ward, I'm guessing we will be in the midwest somewhere, perhaps even Michigan. I did learn that there will be a 5-day Power Tour West later this year. Dates and locations are TBD but that an announcement should be made in the next few weeks. I just hope it isn't in the middle of December again. I hate the idea of trying to drive across the Rockies at the start of winter. Vail Pass on I-70 with snow is not a lot of fun. Ask me how I know? 2024_0614_121208_055.MP4 Be careful what you wish for Last Indian! You might get it!!!!

Ditto for me. Hey you were only about 2 hr from me! Should of dropped by!

Glad you had a safe trip.

D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F. mate! I driove almost 9 hours total yesterday. Three hours to drive from Columbus to Indy, and then with construction delays, another six from Indy back home. So I am beat! I’m going to crash tonight and I’ll post the final day later this weekend.

Well done too frosty 0.200 is a good reaction time 👍👍👍👍

A purple girl !!!!

Or Brian Wilson, Wouldn't it be nice if............

You know who Kevin Bloody Wilson is? Wow. He's naughty.

Kiwi - I don’t know how to cook toilet paper but I do know how to brown one side! ….and why does your last comment sound like the makings of a Kevin “Bloody” Wilson song?

oh geses !!! your quick !!! hahahaha i could show you guys some real shit ! but this is the internetty thing , it wont be nice

Another stellar day. Congrat's on your win!

DAY 4 - NATIONAL TRAILS RACEWAY - Hebron, Ohio 2024_0613_130955_040.MP4 2024_0613_131055_041.MP4 First things first 17.120 Seconds 78.74 MPH Reaction Time: .200 Sec And I beat the gray/silver Dodge Dakota that was next to me! YES! King's Island amusement park 71 T-37 Holy Wa Der Eh? A Cankunistani on Power Tour! He's from Ontario - near London, eh! Take off hoser! Living the Dream! As I am standing near the main stage, up rolls Mike Cotton (silver S10 Blazer - his daily driver), Lucky Costa and his Galaxie Wagon, and in the red '57 Chevy is Jeff Lutz from Street Outlaws fame! This '57 is a charity build that will be auctioned off next year for children with disabilities. Finally not one, but two - count em! Two Yugos! This is in no way suggesting that they weren't being a rolling environmental disaster area while parked either.

FASTER! FASTER! YOU FOOL! YOU FOOL! It's not "YOUR STOOL! YOUR STOOL!

wow! great to see a vf in the usa ! i am onto it !!! extra unblocking under way !!!!!

Congrat's my Bday is in Aug too. The week before Dream Cruise.

What??? Where am I going? In August? My birthday is in August. Okay then, let's do it. Kiwi - start unblocking extra toilets. We're off to Michigan and Hooters!

Yup. 632 cubic inches, 1004 HP naturally aspirated with EFI!

far out ! thats justA sexy !!!

Day 3 - L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium - Louisville KY - home of the University of Louisville Cardinals football team I'm finally leaving Bowling Green for the last time. Bye bye Corvette Museum! I decided to cannonball straight up I-65 instead of doing the route. I had 2 hours to go plus a time zone change ahead of me (Central back to Eastern time). Gojng past Dinosaur World! At first I thought this was a new steel building, then I realized that it was a roller coaster. Our destination - or so I thought. It turns out we were in the parking lot on the opposite side of the road from the staduim. These is a walk way under the road that connects this massive parking lot to the staduim. The stadium itself was hosting a summer football camp and we were not allowed to park on that side. This was not obvious, plus they didn't open the parking lot until 11:15, so early arrivers (like me) had to find some place to park and wait until the parking area opened. This 1957 GMC Fire Truck is mounted on a 1988 dually chassis with a modern Vortec 350 V8. This is same truck I saw in Beech Bend doing the auto cross!! I was impressed. Still has the original fire call signs from back in the 50s on it. Shag from the show "Iron Resurrection" was co-hosting main stage duties today. I was able to shake his hand, get an autograph, and talk to him. This is his first Hot Rod Power Tour. He's blown away at the size and diversity of cars and people. He's loving it. He told me a story about Pompa, the guy they are constantly scaring and setting off firecrackers around him? Well last season they stole his motorcycle and did a custom build on it. In spite of what some people say about reality TV being staged, Pompa's reaction to his motorcycle being unveiled is genuine. He was literally shaking and crying at the same time. He didn't know what to do with himself at that moment. He had no idea that Joe Martin and the team had stolen his motorcycle. It seems that Pompa is a busy man on his real job. It takes him away from home for weeks, sometimes months at time. So when he is home, he tries to be in the shop. Shag says he brightens everyone's day. He's quite the uplifting spirit when he's around. He just likes being around the shop. It makes him and the rest of the crew happy when he is there. What surprised me was what Shag told me Pompa does for a living. He is federal OSHA inspector!! That's why he can be gone for long stretches at a time! According to Shag, he is very good at his job! Shag also said it is funny to see what everyone drives to work. We see Shag's Chevy pickup. It's nothing special. It is unmodified except for the wheels. It's his daily driver. Mike drives a beater Honda Accord. Everyone drives beaters to work! This '55 gasser was drive from Florida and he's been driving it here on Power Tour. He's put about 700 miles on it so far this week. He said since he built this car, he's put 29,000 miles on it. A local TV person was filming his car while we talked. Found this one for Kiwi and Fitzy! A re-badge/un-badged (?) Chevy SS - a.k.a a Holden! Lucky Costa driving his Coyote-powered Galaxie wagon into the show! Why wouldn't you bring your ramp truck on Power Tour? Today the weather started to get much warmer and muggier. Early this week, the temperatures have been in the high 70s/low 80s. The rest of the week is expected to get even hotter, pushing high eights/low ninetys by Friday.

VERY impressed Friburger. You never follow the course or stay between the lines! Our snowman kicks ass!

Looks like a good time!

Day 2 - Driving from Bowling Green to Nashville Superspeedway Hitting the road from Bowling Green to Nashville. We drove SW out of town and then heads back SE to get to the track. Nice rural towns along the way. Coming into Nashville and it's skyline What? How the heck did I end up in Greece? Oh right. This is the Parthenon. A full scale replica of the Acropolis in Athens, It was build in the 1920s and finished in 1931 for the Tennessee Centennial. However, the full size statue of Athena was not built and installed until the 1980s. It took another 20 years to complete the gilding process to the marble. Athena was completed in 2002. Athena is 93 feet tall! Nike, the Goddess of Victory in her hand is over 6 feet tall! Thsee bronze doors are 7.5 tons each, are 6.5 feet wide, 24 feet high and 1 foot thick. Meanwhile back at the track.....Vice Grip Garage> A Derek Bieri fan! Oh there is Derek and his wife.,,,and three of their trucks from YouTube and Roadworth Rescues They were selling VGG swag. The line was really long for this. He was not in Bowling Green either. Project X again.....I noticed it has hydro boost brakes on it too. I meet up with my old pal from last year's Power Tour and Roadkill Nights - Lucky Costa! Kevin Tetz - from Trucks!, Car Craft, and many YouTube videos was walking the crowd. I found him near Derek's booth. Kevin did paint Derek's Giveaway Ford pickup too. Gotta love an engine that is taller than the roof! It was definitely going to turn into a dog day! I spied this car near the Pilot Transport truck and I recognized it. This is Lucky's Galaxie wagon that they surprised him with on an episode og HRG last year. It is now Coyote powered and has working Vintage Air! An EFI 366 W-motor - making around 500 HP. Okay, I'm impressed! However, I suspect something isn't what it seems. The drive kits on the front of the engine looks suspiciously like an LS drive unit. I need to stare at this motor some more to be sure. No idea why these two good ol' boys are wearing helmets while standing in line to meet Derek. Either they signed up to be crash test dummies or they think they can get some qualifying laps in for the Ally 400 race coming up here at Nashville. Pit road and the start/finish line The drive back to Bowling Green. I took a portion of the route that folks will do tomorrow to go to Louisville. I spent one more night in Bowling Green. So I am halfway to Louisville already. Down town Lebanon Tenn. Some sort of confederate statue in the middle of a roundabout. Back in Bowling Green! I decided to make a quick driveby of the Corvette plant and found this carrier full of new Vettes. Good timing. Tomorrow is L&N Staduim in Louisville KY. It is home to the Louisville Cardinals college football team.

Oh, one last thing from yesterday. 2024_0610_131039_028.MP4 2024_0610_131139_029.MP4 If you look carefully, the time was 48.02. The modified truck boys were doing 33-34 seconds easy. No world record on fire but I had fun. I will probably do it again. I did the drag strip and the auto cross back to back!

For safety reasons, you are not allowed to pass the pace Vette or other cars. You are expected to try to maintain a 4-6 car distance between cars. Yeah right. No speed limit per se. Just go as fast as you are comfortable with. The pace car driver will speed up or slow down depending on what the pack is doing behind him.