NCRS 2010 Road Tour
We have some exciting plans for the 2010 NCRS Road Tour!
Visit the photo album from last years Road Tour to get a flavor of the fun that we had.
The 2010 Road Tour to Concord, NC has 8 sections which eventually join to form the National Road Tour. The Rocky Mountain Tour will travel east to join the Mid West Tour in Kansas City and continue to St Louis. The Texas Tour and the North Central Tours will travel to St Louis to join the Rocky Mountain and Mid America Tours. Another group (some say “dedicated’, others say “lost”) will travel west from central PA with me to join the four tours in St Louis. These five groups will tour the Kemp Museum in Chesterfield, MO Thursday afternoon July 8th and the Hunter Classics Museum the morning of July 9th. The National Tour, composed of the 4 tours and that crazy group from the east, will depart St Louis mid-day July 9th heading for an over night stop in Paducah, KY
Several changes have occurred regarding other Road Tours:
Mark Lincoln will lead the North East Tour departing the Boston area on July 9th headed for the “Banquet at the Farm” in Cumberland, MD. This drive is planned to be one day but some members of the NE Tour may decide to make it a more leisurely 2 day trip. Mark can provide details. The NE Tour will depart Cumberland, MD Saturday July 10th taking a route through West (By golly) Virginia headed for Asheville, NC. Ed Baldwin’s Mid Atlantic group was mentioned in the last article and at the top of the registration form. However, you could not sign up for it – no place on the form to do that. Sorry, that certainly was a mistake which confused many. The Mid Atlantic group which will depart Wilmington, DE July 9th is now listed on the form. Ed’s group will drive to the “Banquet at the Farm” that Friday and depart from Cumberland taking an eastern route through Charlottesville, VA on Saturday July 10th (that was another mistake I made).
Previously I listed a “Canadian Tour” as TBA (To Be Arranged). Dick Denison will lead a group from Canada and western NY to Cumberland, MD from Rochester, NY on July 9th. Thus the Canadian-WNY Tour name. This Tour will depart Cumberland Saturday July10th via with the Mid Atlantic Tour group.
One more area needs clarification – the Biltmore Tour:
All Tours will gather in Asheville; the Tours from St Louis, the Tours from Cumberland and the Florida Tour joining in Asheville. We will tour the Biltmore Estate both Sunday, July 11th and Monday, July 12th. 5 PM Sunday evening we have a guided tour of the Biltmore House. Guided tours are available after normal tour hours by arrangement for advanced reservation groups only.
Monday, July 12th our tickets will still be valid for the normal self guided tours of the estate. We’ll depart the Biltmore around noon Monday headed for Monroe, NC and the “Last Night Out” event at Dale Ledbetter’s.
And a few final points regarding the Tour arrival in Concord Tuesday July 13th; The trip from Monroe to Concord will take about an hour. The Tour will stop at a Gold Mine and the Dennis Carpenter Restoration parts plant and restoration shops along the route.
We’ll assemble for the “Arrival Parade” at the drag strip near Charlotte Motor Speedway. “Car of the Year” (1960) owners who were not on the Road Tour will join us there for the parade. The Arrival Parade will drive the mile or so to the Embassy Suites arriving shortly after noon.
If you have any questions please contact me at 717-243-3955 or ncrsroadtour@embarqmail.com
Bill Sangrey
National Road Tour Chairman