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NCRS National Corvette Road Tours
“On the Road Again” to family fun in Saint Charles , Missouri!

In 2008, seven NCRS Corvette road tours are planned to the National Convention in St Charles, Missouri. Corvettes should be driven and these tours cover some of the most beautiful scenery in the USA! The Eastern, Michigan, Texas, Oklahoma, and California Tours will attend shows in Branson, MO, July 18th. Key Sport Shops in Rolla, MO will host all road tours on Saturday, July 19th for an evening of BarBQue fun and road tour story telling. Sunday, morning, July 20th, we will caravan from Rolla to St Charles where we’ll assemble for the parade to the Convention hotel site.

Other Tours To Be Arranged TBA Please contact Bill Sangrey with your specific interests.

NCRS National Corvette Road Tours
You must be an NCRS member to register and participate in these Road Tours. You must also register for the National Convention separately using the Convention Registration form. Proof of liability insurance must be sent with your registration showing insurance in effect during the tour dates. All cars must be properly registered, licensed and insured to operate on public highways. Hotel and general route information will be sent upon registration. Detailed routing information will be provided when you join the tour. For General Road Tour Information Contact: 2008 NCRS Road Tour Chairman Bill Sangrey 17 Sebastian Way, Carlisle, PA 17015, Phone (717) 243-3955.

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……………………………………........2008 NCRS ROAD TOUR REGISTRATION FORM………………………......………………
Name:______________________________________________________ Navigator:_________________________________
Address:___________________________________________________City:______________________________________
State/Province:____________________________ Zip/Postal Code:_____________________
Phone: (______) ______________ Cell Phone: (______)______________ Email:______________________________________
NCRS Membership # & Expiration Date:_______________________________ Year of Corvette Driven:____________________
Are you registered for the following? Flight® Judging____ PV®____ Star/Bowtie____ Founders____ Sportsman___
Indicate the tour for which you are registering:
_______ Eastern Tour _______ Carolinas Tour _______ Northeast Tour
_______ Michigan Tour _______ Oklahoma Tour _______ California Tour
_______ Texas Tour _______ Northwest Tour
Road Tour Registration Fee: (Includes: 2 shirts, 2 pins, 1 decal, 2 name tags, 1 2008 hat band) ............. $________
Sizes of Shirts included with Reg. Fee: ____Small ____Medium _____Large ____XL ____XXL ____XXXL
Road Tour Straw Hat(s) with band(s): ________ @ $15.00 Each .......................................................... $_________
NOTE: Same hat as last 4 years. Reuse your current straw Road Tour hat with the 2008 hat band
Dixie Stampede Group Dinner & Show (Branson, MO): ______ @ $45.00 Each..(Significant discount) ...... $_________
Extra Road Tour Hat Band(s):______ @ $7.00 Each .............................................................................. $_________
Extra Road Tour T-Shirt(s):______ @ $15.00 Each................................................................................ $_________
Extra Shirt Sizes: ____Small ____Medium _____Large ____XL ____XXL ____XXXL
TOTAL $_________
Payment Method: _____ Check/Money Order payable to “NCRS Road Tour” (Must be in US funds)
Visa/MasterCard #: _______/_______/_______/_______ Exp. Date: _____ / _____ Signature: ________________________

DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR THE ROAD TOUR IS JUNE 2, 2008!
MAIL ROAD TOUR REGISTRATION WITH PROOF OF VEHICLE INSURANCE COVERAGE AND REGISTRATION TO:
NCRS Road Tour, 17 Sebastian Way, Carlisle, PA 17015
I agree to insure my vehicle and property against loss, damage, and liability and to provide proof of such insurance to NCRS. I agree to assume the risk of any and all damages and injury and to indemnify and hold harmless NCRS, its officers, directors, agents, employees, and chapters for any acts or omissions that may result in the theft, damage or destruction of my property or injury to me or to others occurring during, or as a consequence of this Convention, whereever located.

Driver:__________________________________ Navigator:__________________________________ Date:______________________

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2008 Road Tours to St Charles, Missouri
The central location for the 2008 NCRS National Convention affords us an uncommon opportunity: no single Tour has to make a long trek. With today’s gasoline prices we can all appreciate that. The Tours converge in Missouri resulting in more than half of the individual tours spending two days together “On the Road Again”; including a special night in Branson, Missouri attending the Dixie Stampede show and dinner theater and hosting a special drive- in movie cruise event Friday. Saturday morning we’ll tour the Patch Collection at Dick Clark’s “57 Heaven”. Overviews of the individual tour plans follow.

Eastern Tour
The Eastern Tour led by Bill Sangrey will depart Front Royal, VA Tuesday July 15th to visit the Bob McDorman Collection in Canal Winchester, Ohio that evening. We overnight in Canal Winchester. Wednesday the Tour visits Zarika’s Garage a vintage race car restoration shop in Cincinnati, and overnights in Georgetown, KY (near Lexington). Thursday morning we visit the Gayla Driving Center a horse drawn carriage and wagon training center and carriage restoration shop. At the Gayla Center we’ll see horse drawn carriage driving demonstrations through an obstacle course with water and a course defined by cones similar to an autocross course. Tour members can also visit Keeneland Race Course to observe race horses training in the early AM or the Kentucky Horse Park. We will overnight in Paducah, KY on Thursday July 17th. Friday we’ll travel to Branson, Mo attending the Dixie Stampede dinner & show and overnight there. Saturday July 19th after touring “57Heaven” we travel mostly secondary roads to Rolla.

Northeast Tour
This will be lead by Ron Smith of Danbury, Connecticut. Contact Ron at 203-748-0809, Ron plans for the NE Tour to depart Bloomsburg, PA Tuesday July 15th. The Bloomsburg starting point is a one day drive from Boston, Long Island Montreal, and Western NY. The NE Tour will overnight on the 15th in Clarksburg, WV. Wednesday July 16th the North East Tour will join the Eastern tour overnighting in Georgetown, KY. Possible stops prior to Kentucky include the Johnstown Flood Museum, the Flight 93 Memorial, WV Museum of American Glass, and Carter Caves Park, KY. Members can join in Clarksburg as well, a one day drive from Toronto. Members can arrange with Ron to join anywhere in route.

Northwest Tour
The Northwest Tour led by Mike Doty of Yakima, Washington 509-480-0790, will depart Thursday July17th. Mike plans a bit of a quick run to the convention. The NW Tour will overnight near Ogden, Utah on Thursday and Friday night at North Platte, Nebraska. Saturday night the NW Tour will hook up with the other tour groups in Rolla, MO. Mike plans no sight seeing in route, just to enjoy the scenery cruising through Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. I-84 to I 80 to I 29 to I 70 to Rolla. 8 states in 3 days. Quote from Mike; “We’ll watch Smokey and the Bandit before we leave......”

Carolinas Tour
Led by Jimmy Gregg of Matthews, NC 704-577-2959. The Carolinas Tour will gather Wednesday evening July 16th at the Cherokee, NC Fairfield Inn. Expect gambling at the Harrah Casino. Thursday AM the Tour will head for the Cherohala Skyway (30+ miles of turns), Lost Sea (underground lake), and Tennessee Aquarium to overnight in Murfreesboro, TN. Friday AM the Carolinas Tour heads for the Nashville Country Music Stars Car Museum and the National Corvette Museum with an overnight in Paducah, KY. Saturday the Carolinas Tour follows scenic back roads to join the NCRS Road Tour “Last Night Out” in Rolla, MO.

Texas Tour
Led by Bob Demmel of Plano, TX, 972-377-2096. The Texas Tour departs Dallas July 17th joining the North Texas group in Greenville, TX east of Dallas and the South Texas group in Texarkana and proceeds to Hot Springs, AR for the night. July 18th after joining with the Oklahoma Tour in Hot Springs we’ll drive through Ouachita Mountains over to Conway, AR for lunch and then proceed to Branson, MO to join the tour events described above.

Northern California Tour
This Tour section, added since the last Driveline, will be led by Glorie and Art McNay at 530-662-7951. They’ll depart Sacramento, CA Monday July 14th. Glorie and Art plans for this trip include as much scenic byway travel and sites as the distance and time limits will allow. They plan for the route to embrace Bill’s Road Tour philosophy as much as possible; “It is not about the destination. It is about what we do, who we are with and the sites we see.” For example; traveling “The Loneliest Road in America” – US50 they’ll visit the Monarch Pass across the Continental Divide and Arches National Park.

Southern California Tour
Led by Jerry Louer of Corona, CA, 951-734-9818, will begin from Ontario, California on July 15, 2008 traveling Interstate 15 to Interstate 40 in California. We will follow Interstate 40 through California, Arizona, New Mexico, and northern most Texas. We will pick up Interstate 44 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma traveling north. We plan to arrive in Branson, MO on July 18, 2008 to join in the events planned there.

Oklahoma Tour
Led by Verle Randolph of Owasso, Oklahoma; (918) 272-1200; ) will depart Tulsa Thursday July 17th to overnight in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The Oklahoma Tour will join the Texas Tour in Hot Springs to travel to Branson, Missouri and the events there as described previously in the Eastern Tour synopsis.

Michigan Tour
Led by Richard DeMay of Farmington, MI 248-615-0148, departing Wednesday July 16th from Farmington Hills, MI traveling through the Midwest. The Michigan Tour will overnight in Indianapolis, Indiana Wednesday July 16th with a visit to “Fast Times Indoor Karting” planned for evening entertainment. Thursday July 17th the Michigan Tour will overnight in Sikeston, Missouri. Bill and Jo Ann suggest the Lambert Café for a truly unique dining experience – “home of the thrown roll”. “Got-a see it” to believe it. Day time stops planned along the way include the Corvette Classic Museum in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and “My Garage Museum” at Mid America Motorworks in Effingham, Illinois. Wednesday and Thursday overnight cities to be defined. The Michigan Tour will join with the Eastern, Texas, California and Oklahoma Tours for the events in Branson, MO Friday and Saturday traveling with those Tours to Rolla for the “Last Night Out”.

Southeastern Tour
I’ve added a South Eastern Tour. But the Tour leader is TBA – i.e., “To Be Arranged”. Bill needs a volunteer to lead a Road Tour section from the Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida area. That Tour could potentially pickup participants from other states on the route to Rolla. Hopefully the South Eastern Tour will decide to join the other Tours stopping in Branson, MO. Please contact Bill Sangrey at 717-243-3955

“Last Night Out”
All Tour sections will gather in Rolla, Missouri Saturday, July 19th. Tom and Alica Green (Key Sport Shop) will host a BarBQue at their home in Rolla. As we did in 2007, convention preregistration check-in for all Tour participants will occur at the “Last Night Out” in Rolla. No long lines when we arrive in Saint Charles.

Sunday July 20th “Caravan”
All Tour sections will travel from Rolla on US 63 to Jefferson City and to Saint Charles along the Missouri River on Missouri Route 94. The Tour will parade from Old Town Saint Charles to the convention site.

And Return Home
As an added benefit for Roar Tour Members I’ll try something new for 2008; I’ll coordinate the organization of return groups. I will not plan the specific return routes leaving that to the individual groups. However I intend to communicate the return plans among tour members from the same geographic areas or expected to travel similar return routes. I anticipate these groups will be relatively small with less formality, but at least these groups will provide some “safety in numbers” – particularly important to those Tour members driving the older cars.

Photo Courtesy of Bill Sangrey	Photo Courtesy of Bill Sangrey
2007 Boston Parade Staging with Road Tour Participants “Lead Car” and awesome MA State Police Corvette	2007 Boston Road Tour Lead Car Bill Sangrey’s planning something exciting for 2008