***NEW INFORMATION AS OF 3/9/10***

CUSTOMS 2 CLASSICS CAR SHOW + Mountain Run! Prescott Valley, AZ to Jerome, AZ

This is the new ELEMENT added to this event. My friends at EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY in Prescott, AZ are holding their 2nd annual car show the same day as our run. It is the CUSTOMS 2 CLASSICS 2010 car show, and they have been kind enough to invite all those that have planned on going on the run to attend the show as participants or spectators.

There will be plenty of food, family fun & entertainment, & a good # of cars to drool over. The folks at ERAU are expecting a turnout of 100+ participants for the show.

Our original plans for the MOUNTAIN RUN will essentially remain the same. The only thing that will change is the rally point & departure time!!!





This is the general timeline for the day of the show:

6am-7:30am - ERAU setup + VENDOR setup.

8-10am - Start the music. Show cars arrive, directed to parking locations and given welcome packet with instructions on registration. Fill out registration forms + their $10 and food donations.

10:30am - REGISTRATION CLOSES. NO MORE ENTRIES TO BE JUDGED.

10:30am-2:30pm - judging begins. Main attractions, lunch, Etc

2:30pm - judging complete, scores tallied and winners organized

3:00pm - music stops. Winners announced

3:30pm - raffle winners announced

4:00pm - clean up


Here's the run down for the MOUNTAIN RUN. I have this nice set of twisties right in my back yard here in Prescott Valley, Arizona. It is Arizona highway 89-A that takes you from the edge of Prescott Valley on into the history laden town of Jerome, Arizona. It's a huge tourist destination, with lots of sights to see, shops, & restaurants that are all well worth the visit.

Here is a link for more information on the town of Jerome:
http://www.azjerome.com/

I've driven this stretch of road several times since I've lived here in Arizona and it's tons of fun. The views through the mountains & valleys are spectacular, so bring a friend to sit in the passengers seat to take lots of pics or video...if their stomach can bear it! Those who tag along on this trip will definitely be hanging on to the "oh $#1*" handle!!! The road up to Jerome can be both relaxing & exhilirating depending on what type of driving mood you are in that day.

Here's a short Youtube video of a Ferrari & Porsche playing cat & mouse on 89-A on the way up to Jerome...

So this is how it will play out...

-Saturday from approx 10am-3pm will be spent at ERAU's car show.

-approx 3pm we will start packing up & prepping for the MOUNTAIN RUN.

-once we get to the top of the mountain, we can spend the afternoon hours taking in the sights, smells, & sounds of the old town of Jerome.

-then the rest of the afternoon can be spent either driving to our respective homes or you guys could stick around so we can show you the town of Prescott & the infamous WHISKEY ROW...but that's a whole other discussion!!! :yesnod

Let me know what you guys think!!!

Small road leading from Jerome to the public parking lot...


Plenty of parking!!!




The parking lot sits right by an old shut down copper mine...

 

Sounds good to me!!

I grew up in Prescott Valley, most of my family still lives in Prescott.

Another option is that we could meet at the bottom of Yarnell hill and come up from there. I would bet that is how the guys (at least me) will come up from Phoenix.

I have a number of videos of my car going up Yarnell, Whitespar and into Jerome.

 

Its a no go for me that weekend, I usually work on saturdays and that specific saturday is my brothers 21st birthday so I'll probably be in vegas

 

Lets try and plan a time that you can come.

Maybe a sunday would work better? Depending on the weekend I can do some sundays.

 

Sundays do work better for me as long as its not too early in the morning, my 16 hour shifts leave me pretty beat. But like I mentioned before that specific weekend is my brothers birthday.

 

How far is this area from Glendale?

 

Prescott Valley is about 90 minutes up I-17 or 150 minutes up US-60 and the mountain (fun) way. Jerome is another ~30 minutes from Prescott Valley.

 

sweet deal. hopefully i should be able to attend this

 

Yeah, we need to talk about when to do it. I'll be moving the weekend of the IOS trackday so I'll be soooo ready for a fun drive.

 

I've done this run, starting up Yarnell hill with my old Camaro Club, some nice twisties and great views.

 

this sounds like a blast. i could potentially be up for a drive...

 

Moving where!?!?!? Granted since you'll be going on the drive you'll still be in az but are you moving further away from me or closer? LOL

 

A little closer. North of 51st ave and Happy Valley.

 

OK good, I was hoping you werent going to move to prescott or something.

Let me know if you need help with anything, I can steal my dads truck

 

That would be cool. I may take you up on that as we make some trips over there. We close in three weeks.