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Old 08-21-2007, 02:11 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Woodward Dream Cruise 2008

Account is balanced carry over for next year not including patches and jersey's that still have to go in the account is.............

$1,333.51 A good start for next year!!

I will be doing a pdf file format next year with pre-registration for each event before the WDC weekend arrives. Fees will have to be pre-paid the first week of August 2008.


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2008 WDC Dates from Thursday, August 14th thur to Sunday, August 17th


Thursday, August 14th
Meet & Greet
Tailgate Pizza Party @ the Marriott in Warren

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Possible car pooling into Birmingham area and Chevy Triangle lot in shifts


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Old 08-21-2007, 02:15 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Better start planning So. California Nuts... Looks like it becoming a tradition... at least two of us must go!!!!
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Better start planning So. California Nuts... Looks like it becoming a tradition... at least two of us must go!!!!
How long would it take to actually drive our SSR to WDC? I'm just guessing 3.5 days @ 8 - 9 hrs a day.
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How long would it take to actually drive our SSR to WDC? I'm just guessing 3.5 days @ 8 - 9 hrs a day.
2.5 days for me. Already planned it out. More like 12 to 14 hours a day.
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How long would it take to actually drive our SSR to WDC? I'm just guessing 3.5 days @ 8 - 9 hrs a day.
I started at LAX and ended at someplace on Woodward and Mapquest said
Total Est. Time: 33 hours, 25 minutes Total Est. Distance: 2300.07 miles
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2.5 days for me. Already planned it out. More like 12 to 14 hours a day.
Don't think I can sit in the saddle that long per day. hdflstf, when was the last time you drove through Kansas/Nebraska? It can be boring hour after hour driving through miles and miles of corn fields.
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I would love to go back... with the SSR... But I can't do it in 2 1/2 days...I'd have to think about it... plan about 8 hours driving a day...
but MAN would that be fun!! (seed planted!!!)
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I've seen it...you do just fine!!
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but as a passenger.... that can be another story....
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but as a passenger.... that can be another story....
But that is true with most passengers... at least in my experience.. they hang on for dear life!! !!
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Interesting idea. We could drive it like another run I did a few years ago. Straight through - 6 hours on 6 off until we get there. Could get there in less than 2 days. That cuts my travel time almost in half - hmmm.
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Rally????
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According to Google (they seldom miss it by much) . . .

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How long would it take to actually drive our SSR to WDC? I'm just guessing 3.5 days @ 8 - 9 hrs a day.
Took 3 days to just Springfield ! !

From Valencia (closer than you ) it would take 36 hours (2307 miles). That would be AT LEAST 4 days @ 9 hours driving time, which really means 10-11 hours from the morning start to the evening stop to allow for lunch, potty, and fueling breaks.

Five days would be better so you wouldn't spend the 3 days in Detroit SLEEPING ! !

And then turning around and doing it all again BACKWARDS ! !


5 + 3 + 5 = 13 (takes the good looks out of 2 weeks)

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Love what I'm hearing ................if Steve and I can drive from Michigan to Arizona you can do it too
Approx. 2199 Miles each way and still enjoyed the late nights in Laughlin
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Charlie when planning these events you have to start right after the last one is finished in order to hold spots or make arrangements for the WDC weekend dates of 2008. With 1.7 mil visiting the Michigan area it's a good idea not to wait


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Took 3 days to just Springfield ! !

From Valencia (closer than you ) it would take 36 hours (2307 miles). That would be AT LEAST 4 days @ 9 hours driving time, which really means 10-11 hours from the morning start to the evening stop to allow for lunch, potty, and fueling breaks.

Five days would be better so you wouldn't spend the 3 days in Detroit SLEEPING ! !

And then turning around and doing it all again BACKWARDS ! !


5 + 3 + 5 = 13 (takes the good looks out of 2 weeks)

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I know you have to start early. I was just jerking your chain.

I know that for the Orphan Car Show in Ypsilanti, MI they have a planning meeting for the next year on the day after the current year's event. It DOES take time!

Let me know what you need help with.

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Those that visited for the Woodward Dream Cruise might be interested in a little history.
Woodward Avenue designated as M-1 was the very first paved concrete road in the world.

(And yes John, Asphalt roads do date earlier)
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Those that visited for the Woodward Dream Cruise might be interested in a little history.
Woodward Avenue designated as M-1 was the very first paved concrete road in the world.

(And yes John, Asphalt roads do date earlier)
The first paved road was laid down outside Detroit in 1908 at a cost of $13,534. It was made of concrete. Until then, a surfaced road was gravel, and often a horse was employed to pull a car out of the muddy muck. That first stretch of concrete immediately led to more paved roads. Still, driving outside the city limits was much like an off-road jamboree. Flat tires, broken axles, hip-high mud and bone-dry gas tanks made motoring adventurous, and oftentimes hazardous. But that didn't keep Americans from buying cars.
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Hi Ray,

[I wasn't going to post anything because I figured that Woodward Ave was indeed the first concrete road in the world....but then I found this

Bellefontaine, OH:

In 1889, in the true spirit of American innovation, George W. Bartholomew proposed the first concrete pavement to city officials of Bellefontaine, Ohio. Although the first automobile would not appear for another ten years, Mr. Bartholomew was convinced that the cement he was producing in his small laboratory could be used to produce a hard, durable paved surface.

After two years spent convincing citizens and city officials and by agreeing to donate all the materials, Mr. Bartholomew received permission to build America's first concrete pavement. There was a stipulation - he had to post a $5,000 performance bond and guarantee that the pavement would last for five years.

Completed in 1891, the first section of concrete pavement, an 8-ft.-wide strip of Main Street along the side of Bellefontaine's Courthouse Square, was an immediate success. Local businessmen petitioned to have the entire block around the Square paved with concrete. In 1893, Court Avenue and Opera Street were paved. Columbus Avenue and the remainder of Main Street followed in 1894. The 1894 project was built by William T.G. Snyder, a Bellefontaine roadbuilder and America's first concrete paving contractor.


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Credit for first surfacing a rural U.S. public road with Portland Cement Concrete pavement is generally conceded to Wayne County, Michigan. A one-mile section of Woodward Avenue was opened on July 4th.

Before preparing specifications, Wayne County commissioners visited Windsor, Ontario, Canada, the first North American city to pave streets extensively with Portland Cement Concrete.

The Wayne County "first" was also preceded by:

The Long Island Motor Parkway Company, which laid the first concrete pavement on a private right-of-way for an auto racing course in 1908.

Bellefontaine, Ohio's first concrete street pavement in the Western Hemisphere in 1891.

Connersville, Indiana's small stretch of concrete alley in 1890.

The earliest ever Portland Cement Concrete pavement is attributed to Inverness, Scotland, in 1865
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One day Ray...I will learn my lesson and stop being a PITA....but it doesn't look like it will be today


(oh and the first asphalt paved road?:?:?
The first asphalt paving was laid in Newark, New Jersey, in 1870)
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