Chevrolet Lists Activities at Woodward Dream Cruise
 

– Each August, more than a million car fans flock to Detroit’s legendary Woodward Avenue for the motorized equivalent of Woodstock. Enthusiasts from around the world gather to celebrate the time when tail fins symbolized American success, and the rumble of a V-8 engine was the soundtrack for summer romance.

This year, the Woodward Dream Cruise will be part of Chevrolet’s Centennial celebration, with events and activities for the press and public over a four-day period. Following are highlights of Chevy-related events at this year’s Dream Cruise.

Wednesday, August 17

GM Design Car Show
The GM Design team will host a car show on Wednesday from 1 to 9 p.m. at the Northwood Plaza on the SW corner of Woodward and 13 Mile Road. The show will feature personal vehicles owned by members of the Design team, along with live musical performances.

Thursday, August 18

Chevrolet Centennial Woodward Parade
Chevrolet will kick off the Dream Cruise with a parade on Woodward Avenue starting at 2 p.m. on Thursday. The parade will feature 50 Chevrolet Volts and their owners in town for Volt’s first Cruise, 20 employee-owned Chevrolet heritage vehicles, the new Camaro ZL1 and Chevrolet Sonic, and vehicles from the GM Heritage Collection. The parade will start on Woodward Avenue at Long Lake Road, travels south to I-696, and returns.

Performance Division and Performance Parts at Memorial Park
The Performance Division and Performance Parts display will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Memorial Park on the NE corner of Woodward and 13 Mile Road. The display will include a collection of classic engines and modern crate engines. Attendees will be able to watch professional engine builders from the GM Performance Build Center in Wixom, Mich., disassemble and reassemble a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 engine, and see how the masters do it. The E-ROD emission-compliant 1955 Chevy Bel Air hot rod will be featured, along with other concept, classic, and current hot rods. Technical experts will be on site to answer Cruisers’ questions.

Friday August 19

WWJ Newsradio 950 Motown Muscle Breakfast
Camaro Chief Engineer Al Oppenheiser will participate in the Motown Muscle breakfast and panel discussion from 8:15 to 9:30 a.m. at Duggan’s Irish Pub in Royal Oak. The new Camaro ZL1 will be on display. Jeff Gilbert and John McElroy will host the panel, which will also include representatives from Ford and Chrysler. The public can register online.

Performance Division and Performance Parts at Memorial Park
The Performance Division and Performance Parts display will be open Friday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Memorial Park on the NE corner of Woodward and 13 Mile Road.

Saturday, August 20

Chevrolet Activities, Birmingham Triangle
Chevrolet displays and activities start at 8 a.m. Saturday and run through the conclusion of the Cruise at 9 p.m. Some 60 cars will be on display, ranging from heritage vehicles to the new Volt, Sonic, Cruze Eco, and Camaro ZL1. Also on display will be vehicles from the “Transformers” movies, and a selection of Indy 500 pace vehicles. Visitors will be able to capture themselves with a Time Splice 3D camera. Guy Fieri, host of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” is bringing two of his personal Camaros, and will be signing posters from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Chevrolet Dealer Parade
Detroit-area Chevrolet Dealers will parade from 8 Mile Road to Pontiac, then back to 16 Mile Road, starting at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Chevrolet Pit Stops
Chevrolet is setting up pit stops in three locations on Woodward Avenue where cruisers can stop in an air conditioned area and have their classic cars photographed in front of murals depicting three historic diners. Locations are:

-Art Van, 32310 Woodward Avenue, Royal Oak (south of 14 Mile Road) – Ted’s Drive In
-CVS, 30900 Woodward Avenue, Royal Oak (at 13 Mile Road) – The Susie Q
-Jax Kar Wash, 27054 Woodward Avenue, Royal Oak (at 11 Mile Road) – Totem Pole
Hours of the Pits Stops are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Performance Division and Performance Parts at Memorial Park
The Performance Division display will be open Saturday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Memorial Park on the NE corner of Woodward and 13 Mile Road

awesome becky! thanks for sharing. i will definately be checking out the heritage/design show on weds after i get off work at 6. it was a great time last year with great people (some of the GM guys really have amazing classic cars...)

and a bunch of other activities thru the weekend.

I will be out there most of the day on Thursday, Friday evening and of course all day Saturday.

The design show will be selling cool T-shirts again like last year. Be sure to stop in and pick one up.

Thanks Becky :thumbsup:

I'm going to try and make it everyday all day. :happyanim:

Be sure to check out all the Woodward threads daily for updates.

I ran into Becky and Joe tonight on Woodward............:w00t:

Becky had her IOM Pace Camaro out.......:thumbsup:

:sm0:.. IOM....:thumbsup:....
..:D

The traffic is building ...

I love the passion .......
:happyanim:

Today's weather is looking FANTASTIC. Looks like another GREAT day to spend down on Woodward. I will be back out there sometime around 4 pm with my son this time.

I'll look for you Mike. How many times have you filled the tank now? :D

I started with a full tank on Monday, topped it off on Wed. morning and again this morning. I have put on over 250 miles in just cruising from home to Woodward, doing laps and then back home again. More miles tonight and then some more miles tomorrow.

It would be a whole lot easier to cruise if I had an automatic, but at my age, my left foot gets damn tired real quick in a moving parking lot.

Had a blast last night, and I'm looking forward to Saturday's parade. I might cruise a bit after the parade, but it'll depend on just how much of a parking lot it becomes.

I will say that cruising yesterday was a whole lot more civilized than the Dowriver cruise was a month or two ago.

Even with the large collection of Chevy's in one massive group with all the horsepower (esp the Vetts), I never heard anyone light the tires up.

We accelerated a bit briskly from time to time, but still everyone was on their best behaviour. Of course the frequent appearance of various LEO's may have had an influence.

the Downriver cruise on the other hand was total chaos with people lighting their tire up left and right. Between the people in front spitting rubber chunks onto your hood, and the ones in back of you threatening to climb up your bumper as they do thier burnouts......

Very well behaved.

I was out cruising tonight....:happyanim:

Very fun crowd...:wub:

Nobody got crazy....:thumbsup:

Just a lot of car fans!
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