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Click on Roy Brizio's 55 Chevy to see more photos

at the first stop of the Rod & Custom Magazine

....... Americruise !

June 29 to July 1 -- 2007 Americruise -- Lincoln, Nebraska

During the Americruise event in Linclon, we'll once again have driving activities that'll keep you entertained. The first driving event will be an autocross course set up with cones in the parking lot. Each driver will be timed on each lap through the course, and, not surprisingly, the fastest time wins bragging rights and a trophy. If it's anything like last year, it'll be as much fun for the spectators as the drivers, as we're sure there will be plenty of tire smoke and wild action.

The opportunity to test your car's acceleration and braking will be available during the Go & Whoa contest. Your reaction time will be important as you accelerate in a straight line (we hope) and brake just in time to stop within a preset area marked with two lines. The car and driver who can do this in the quickest time wins. Smoking the tires right up until the time you have to slam on the brakes is optional but will bring the most response from the crowd. If participating in these two events sounds like something you need to do, your car must have seatbelts and go through a quick inspection to make sure it has stuff like working brakes and throttle return springs. If you have a roadster or convertible and want to participate, you'll need to bring a helmet (you know how insurance companies get).

(Click HERE to download the Americruise registration form)

Click HERE to REGISTER on-line

(Photo Courtesy Rod & Custom Magazine)

Tour stops are still being finalized and routes checked but we have some good

people and companies on board to help.

WEST COAST TOUR

Sacramento Vintage Ford is sponsoring the West Coast tour being lead by the Rod & Custom staff. We'll be meeting

at our headquarters in Placentia at 9:00am Friday, June 22 and hitting the road after some snacks.

We'll be heading north to Sacramento for the official kick-off at Sacramento Vintage Ford where we'll get a tour

and some grub in their very cool diner and at the BBQ. And maybe even some ice cream if we are good!.

After a good night's rest, (Darold at Sacramento Vintage is checking on rooms and rates. They have several hotels in the area), we'll be heading east. Winding our way through the mountains along Lake Tahoe and through

Carson City, Nevada, and ending up for the night in Winnemucca, Nevada. Winnemucca is the future home of the

America's Car Collection museum and we'll be treated to a tour of their restoration shop and a

glimpse of a few cars in the collection.

Over the next couple of days we'll eventually work our way by the Bonneville Salt Flats and through

Wyoming into South Dakota to check out Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse Monument.

From there we'll be cruisin' through Nebraska and into Lincoln on Thursday.

If you're interested in making the trip with us send Kevin an email kevin.lee@primedia.com.

Here we go!.....................

Friday, June 22
Meet at 9:00 at the Rod & Custom Offices in Placentia, California
Have coffee and donuts and make our way to Hwy 99 up to Sacramento Vintage Ford for a tour and some grub.

Night Stop – Sacramento, California
Total Miles - 415

These Hotels are within 5 minutes of Sacramento Vintage Ford and have offered a discounted rate for Friday June 22.

WELCOME! from the Marriott Sacramento Hotel! We're situated in upscale Rancho Cordova, the

Sacramento Marriott Rancho Cordova Hotel offers a distraction-free suburban location, yet puts you conveniently

close to the hub of Sacramento. An elegant 4 Diamond hotel for your business, leisure or meeting needs.

(Call 916-638-1100 and mention Americruise or West Coast Tour BEFORE June 1, 2007 for discounted rates)

Online (click on the Hotel picture above) enter one of the following group codes:

AMRAMRA for a king, single/double occupancy

AMRAMRB for a king, triple/quad occupancy

AMRAMRC for a room with 2 queens, single/double occupancy

AMRAMRD for 2 queens, triple/quad

Marriott Rancho Cordova

11211 Point East Drive
Rancho Cordova, California 95742
Phone: 1-916-638-1100
Fax: 1-916-638-5803

Marriott Central Reservations Call 1-800-228-9290

All-suite hotel with complimentary breakfast, nightly Manager's Reception, pool, whirlpool, exercise room and six meeting rooms. Suites feature microwave, mini-fridge, CD stereo, and two TVs, and some have full kitchens. Sacramento, business parks, universities and recreation are nearby.

(Call 1-916-638-4141 and mention Americruise or West Coast Tour Group ID: AC622 for discounted rates BEFORE June 4, 2007)

Hallmark Suites Sacramento

11260 Point East Drive

Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
Phone (916) 638-4141

Fax (916) 638-1045

Saturday, June 23
Leave Sacramento at 8:00 am and take Highway 50 by Tahoe and through Carson City and then make our way to Interstate 80 to Winnemucca, Nevada. Once there we’ll check out Americas’ Car Collection’s restoration shop and a few of their cars.

Night Stop – Winnemucca, Nevada
Total Miles - 320

Sunday, June 24
Leave Winnemucca east on Interstate 80 and drive through Wendover, Utah, by the Bonneville Salt Flats and continue through Salt Lake City to Evanston, Wyoming.

Night Stop – Evanston, Wyoming
Total Miles – 435

Monday, June 25
Leave Evanston, Wyoming, east on Interstate 80 to Rawlins, Wyoming, and take Hwy 287 to Hwy 220 east to Casper, Wyoming. While in Casper we can check out the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/NHTIC/tour.html).

Night Stop – Casper, Wyoming
Total miles – 330

Tuesday, June 26
Leave Casper, Wyoming, on Interstate 25 east and make our way towards Hot Springs, South Dakota. We’ll cruise up to Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse monument.

Night Stop – Hot Springs, South Dakota
Total Miles – 250 miles

Wednesday, June 27
Leave Hot Springs, South Dakota, and cruise into Alliance, Nebraska, and possible take a look at Carhenge. We’ll make our way east on Nebraska’s scenic Hwy 2 to Broken Bow, Nebraska, where we hope to meet up with some local rodders for a cruise-in.

Night Stop – Broken Bow, NE
Total Miles – 302

Thursday, June 28
We get up and have a hearty breakfast and hit the road for a causal drive into Lincoln. Should have plenty of time to wipe the bugs off and get ready for a action packed weekend.

Night Stop – Lincoln, NE
Total Miles – 180 miles

(Photos from a few of the Sacramento Vintage events)

Stay tuned right here for more details of the Sacramento Vintage Nor-Cal leg as they become available.

We're looking forward to another great cruise across the country and winding up back in Lincoln. Hope you can come along.

TEXAS TOUR

Painless Performance Products will be leading a tour out of Fort Worth, Texas, leaving the morning of Monday, June 25th. After a snack and a quick tour of the Painless facility, the group will drive to the Texas Motor Speedway for a tour and maybe a surprise or two. The group will cruise through Elk City, Oklahoma, and stop for a tour of the Route 66 museum. The next major stop will be Dodge City, Kansas, for a tour of Boot Hill and the Long Branch Saloon. Many other stops will be planned at local side road sites.

Rod and Custom of the Year Awards

(Courtesy Rod & Custom Magazine)

When we decided to hand out a Rod of the Year and Custom of the Year at last year’s event, we knew we wanted the winners to have to earn it. The two winners last year did just that. Jim Karls and his ’32 Ford roadster and Gary Kuck and his ’60 Corvette weren’t afraid to push their rides through the performance tests, as the final results showed. The Rod & Custom Rod of the Year is open to pre-1949 vehicles and the Rod & Custom Custom of the Year is open to cars manufactured from 1949 to 1964. For the Custom class, a ’62 Bonneville with an injected LS1 is as equally welcome as

a ’51 Merc with whitewalls; we’re looking for anything built to perform.

When our sister publications Classic Trucks and Custom & Classic Trucks saw the success we had with these awards they wanted in on it too. So if you have a truck but felt that it didn’t fit one of the Rod & Custom classes you’re in luck because there will be a Truck of the Year (early – pre-49) and Truck of the Year (late – 1949-1972).

Entrants who want to participate will need to be at the Americruise on Friday by noon and will be parked in a specified area. The R&C, Classic Truck, and Custom & Classic Trucks staff will go around and select the Top Five in each of their respective classes based on the following judged categories:

Exterior Design
Fit and Finish
Interior
Engine Compartment
Undercarriage

Once the Top Fives have been selected, it’ll start getting interesting. They will each be ran through a safety inspection, and then they will make some timed runs through the autocross course, do a 0-40–mph acceleration test and a 40-0–mph brake test on Saturday. The best car in each event will be awarded 100 points and the rest will be awarded a percentage of points based on how close they were to the best time. On Saturday night, these 10 cars will be required to participate in a cruise (Reliability Test) to somewhere in Lincoln. The cruise will be pass or fail—if you make it, you get 100 points, if not, you get none.

Click on the spark plug to check out the Sacramento Vintage Events page

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