It was a long scorching week on the 2010 Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour, but we would do it again at a moment's notice. With give or take 4,500 participants and thousands of spectators at each stop, every car enthusiast was in good company. There is no place like the Power Tour to find so many die hard car lovers. The participants varied from those driving their grocery go getter Buick Roadmasters to million dollar museum quality street rods.
MTI Racing was lucky enough to run the Power Tour alongside Jerry Magnuson and his team from Magnuson Products, maker of Magna Charger supercharger kits. MTI's Magna Charger equipped 750hp 2010 Camaro spent the week sitting in the Magnuson booth along side Jerry's famous custom 32 roadster, dubbed Magnitude. Jerry's roadster would most likely get the award for most expensive car on the tour. With eight years of work from Jerry and Chip Foose, the roadster came in well over the one million dollar mark. It takes a true car guy or girl (Maureen Magnuson) to take a priceless hot rod with less than 20 miles on the clock on a cross country road trip.
The big highlight for everyone at MTI was meeting all the enthusiastic drivers that we ran into on the road and everyone who stopped by the Magnuson booth. We met drivers of all sorts, but we were especially surprised at the overwhelming amount of new Camaros, C5 Corvettes, and C6 Corvettes.
Below is a compilation of our favorite Power Tour Twitter, Flickr and Facebook posts during the week, enjoy:
Power Tour Day 2 (our first day) - Springfield, IL:
3am + 700+hp = Route 66 by noon
Downtown Springfield, IL
Power Tour Day 3 - Du Quoin, IL:
Lunch at Mid America Motorworks
What is wrong with this picture?
Eat your heart out Mark Hamil!
Finally made it to the show in Du Quoin!
5th Gen Camaros On 2010 Power Tour:
We just love new Camaros and here are some of our favorites on the Power Tour...
Power Tour Day 4 - Bowing Green, KY:
GM was doing their part to help broken down Power Tour participants.
See full GM Power Tour blog article here...
It was a long hot afternoon in Bowling Green, but the spectators came out in droves.
Who would win, MTI Racing's Magna Charger Powered Camaro or.....
Power Tour Day 5 - Chattanooga, TN:
It was a rainy morning and everyone was trying to get their cars clean for the day.
You have to respect any woman who drives a Grand National in heals!
We still can't figure out who was more popular, Jerry or the Magnitude car. When Jerry stood in front of the car, no less than 10 people whipped out their cameras.
Power Tour Day 6 - Birmingham, AL:
Alabama must the most humid state in the Union, but it sure did bring out some nice cars to the autocross!
Cone Killer
So wrong it is right...
3 Holden VE Ute's (red, white,and blue) were shipped over by our friends down under. The unsubstantiated rumor going around was that each car took 3 months to get through customs and cost $10,000 to bring over. Could've been an El Camino if GM hadn't killed the project.
Power Tour Day 7 - Mobile, AL:
Here is a real long hauler!
A little turbo E-Tech action..
Take a look at the nice valve covers and alternator on the GM project E-Rod.
It is good to know that GM's Performance Parts team is still playing with 4th Gen F-body cars. Gotta love the LS9! We will be posting a new article on this car soon, so keep checking the blog.
Jerry and Maureen Magnuson receiving recognition from David Freiburger for driving their famous Magnitude on the Power Tour.
Magnitude Video:
Jerry and Maureen On Stage At The Power Tour:
