That's a Wrap! Super Ultra Mega Power Tour Photo Gallery from Day 7

Power Tour 2019 is over. For a week, thousands of cars from across the country assembled and took part in a parade that spanned 7 cities, 5 racetracks, and countless small towns on the backroads of America. This giant cruise is celebration of the automobile, the technology surrounding it, and the car enthusiast community and is unlike anything else in the world. For the past seven days, the tour was the biggest event of the year in these small towns. Mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, children, friends, and neighbors lined the roads to greet the noisy travelers with signs and cheers, coaxing drivers for a rev or a burnout.

For the long haulers, it’s a long and grueling week. Sure, a nice hotel bed and hot shower was there to greet you, but that much seat time is taxing. What’s more, no matter how tough, there’s a massive group of people who’ve turned this into a yearly tradition, with ten, fifteen, and even twenty Power Tours behind them. These are among the true champions of the community and for that we salute you. Each city also brought something new to the table. The Midwest and eastern states have long running histories and race tracks that we wish could talk. Hot Rodding culture may have a home in the west, but some of yesteryear’s greatest motoring talents and events emerged from the emerald landscape of Power Tour.

The popular styles or cars in each region along tour had an ebb and flow to it like the changing seasons. Trucks, wagons, muscle cars, drag cars, and pro-touring cars, they all have their hubs spread across the nation. The tour was also graced by some international participants from Australia, Germany, and even South Africa proving once again that the even truly is a global phenomenon.

 

Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio has gone from completely gridlocked to a ghost town. From the start, traffic was backed up for miles in every direction as cars filed in and in no time the fun runs down the drag strip were under way. In the blink of an eye, 3pm came around and it was time for the burnout contest. Ten cars lined up (two of which were exhibitions) to compete for bragging rights, a Hot Rod Magazine hat, and a fist-full of stickers. The field was diverse from a Frankenstein pre-war hot rod, daily driven Torino, a cream puff Nova, to a C-10 and turbocharged Nova.

The exhibitions were Jacob Davis’ LS-swapped 1967 El Camino and a Dodge Coronet cop car from Canada sporting a Hellcat drivetrain and red-smoke tires. Once they roasted some rubber the contest got underway which boiled down to the pre-war rat rod and the big-block C-10. The water in the burnout box instantly evaporated as the two drivers went full send but in the end, the C-10 with an 18-year-old high school graduate behind the wheel took the title.

Before the event wrapped up, David and Mike from Roadkill showed up in their most recent acquisition, a red and Bondo Fox Body Mustang that ran like crap and could barely spin the tires. The two traded their way through Power Tour all week long, jumping into a different car every day. They shot the beginning and end of an episode in in the burnout box surrounded by fans and event goers. The car struggled to burn ‘em down but after an okay burnout they called it quits.

As a first time Power Tour participant myself I was in awe the whole week and cannot express how much you need to go if you haven’t. It’s the ultimate gear head vacation. It doesn’t mater what you drive, jump in a car and do Power Tour. If you missed the trip this year or only made it out for a couple days, enjoy this giant photo gallery from day seven and we’ll see you next year!

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