Above is a picture of us. From left to right. My Friend Noah Conner, Father Doug Rohelier, myself Austin Rohelier and Grandfather Gary Rohelier.
We are taking 2 trucks, my 1998 F150 Stepside and my Dad’s 1975 Chevy C10.
The trip is for 5 cities in 5 days.
- June 10th 2024 – Beech Bend Raceway Park Bowling Green, KY
- June 11th, 2024 – Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, TN
- June 12th, 2024 – L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium Louisville, KY
- June 13th, 2024 – National Trial Raceway Hebron, OH
- June 14th, 2024 – Lucus Oil Indianapolis Raceway Indianapolis, IN
Here is a picture of the route, printed on this T-Shirt. 🙂
Day 0: Sunday June 9th, 2024: Today was just a travel day. Alicia made amazing scrambled eggs with sausage in it, at 7am for us. We left around 7am, and traveled about 400 miles to Elizabethtown, Kentucky. We arrived around 6:30pm. Trucks did relatively well. My dad’s C10 pickup seems to run hot on the freeway. May need to install an electric fan to help cool things down.
Day 1: Monday June 10th, 2024: We got up around 7am. Had breakfast at our hotel in Elizabethtown, and hit the road. First stop was Advance Auto Parts, where we decided to work together and install a electric fan on the front of the radiator of the C10. We then hit the road for Bowling Green, KY. We had minimal issues. The C10 is staying cooler now. We safely arrived in Bowling Green, checked in, got our Long Haul Credentials and made it to the venue at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, KY. Look at all the cars parked in the field. (See below).
Day 2: Tuesday June 11th, 2024: We got up pretty early. Around 6am. We packed up in Bowling Green and hit the road for Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, TN. This is the furthest south the trip goes this year. Once again, beautiful weather. Saw lots of cool cars. Here are a few pictures. By the way, traffic was crazy today!
Day 3: Wednesday June 12th, 2024: We got up and said goodbye to Lebanon, Tennessee and are heading to back north to Louisville, Kentucky. Traffic was much better today, we spent most of the day at cruising speed.
Day 4: Thursday June 13th, 2024: Once again, up early (trying to keep ahead of massive bumper to bumper traffic). We skipped the hotel breakfast this morning, in favor of stopping at Hardys. We said goodbye to Louisville, KY and are headed to Hebron, OH to visit National Trail Raceway. This is about a 240 mile trip. While on our way to Hebron, OH – Unfortunately, the C10’s transmission developed a crack in the bell-housing and took it out of commission. We were only 7.9 miles away from National Trail Raceway…
In the F150, I drove us up to a U-Haul about 45 minutes away, and got us a U-Haul Truck and a Car Dolly. Then drove 45 minutes back to the gas station. We then drove to to National Trail Raceway but made it there as the venue was closing down. We then went to our Hotel for the night in Hebron.
Day 5: Friday June 14th, 2024: We are leaving Hebron, OH and are making our last stop to Lucus Oil Indianapolis Raceway in Indianapolis, IN. We have decided to tow the C10 on the U-Haul the rest of the way. We made it without much incident to Indy. The Power Tour staff had mercy on us, and punched our cards for Day 4 (They counted our Hotel in Hebron as making it), and for today Day 5. We are offically long-haulers (long U-Haulers??). Looking forward to next year.