C5-Fest Caravan Rally Points Across the US

[Rookie13]

This is an opportunity for you to gather up all the information from your Regional Forums and collectively post the meeting points for your Camaro Group so others can see who and how they can meet up for the trip. We will all be eventually passing through a major city - the more the merrier.

Some people are traveling small distances and have over 40 cars in their Caravan. Some people might be reluctant to discuss the details of their route if driving solo. This thread will alert the masses who may be traveling through and give them an opportunity to PM your Caravan Leader and coordinate a tag-a-long, off the Forums.

Please list the following information. Feel free to update your location as things change, provide whatever you think is useful, add whatever necessary. You can even have braggin rights in here with "Who has the largest Camaro-Caravan?"

(The more information you include in your post, the more likely you are to be found in the Search results for new visitors.)

EXAMPLE:
City: Wichita, KS
Meet Location: WalMart parking Lot at I-35 and Broadway Exit (on the west side)
Date: 9:00am April 14th 2010
Route of Travel: I-35 South to Oklahoma City Link up, West on I-40 thru Little Rock, AR - stopping in Birmingham, AL for the night.
PM Contact: KansasCamaro (PM me to be added to the list)

Who's coming:
1.
2.
3.
etc...

[IROCanSS]

Monroe, MI - Beaverdam - Cincinnati - Knoxville - Chattanooga - Atlanta - Valdosta

ALL TIMES ARE Eastern Daylight Time (EST +1 for daylight saving time which starts March 14)

If you are coming from a different time zone or an area that doesn't recognize DST, please plan accordingly!



Date: Thursday, April 15th 2010

Meet Location in Monroe, MI - 11 AM:

Cracker Barrel
1101 Ternes Drive
Monroe, MI

Directions to Cracker Barrel: I-75 S exit 15 for Dixie Hwy toward Downtown Monroe, Turn right at N Dixie Hwy, Take the 1st left onto Ternes Dr - Depart restaurant about 11 am for Beaverdam.
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Meet Location in Beaverdam, OH - 12:30 PM:

Flying J Travel Plaza
420 East Main Street
Beaverdam, OH 45808

After fuel and a short break, we will leave at 1 pm to meet up with the Cincinnati group. Our travel time is approximately 2.5 hours.
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LOCATION A: Meet Location in Cincinnati, OH: 3:45 PM
Meeting at the rest area on I-75 southbound in Walton, KY, mile marker 177. It is 15 miles south of Cincinnati on I-75.
Route of Travel: I-75 south. Departing rest area about 4:00 pm Thursday, April 15, stopping in Knoxville, TN for the night.
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LOCATION B: Fuel/rest stop (optional) - Berea, KY


Date: Friday, April 16th 2010

LOCATION C: Meet Location in Knoxville, TN: - DEPARTING: 6:00 AM SHARP

Best Western Cedar Bluff
420 North Peters Road
Knoxville, TN 37922

We will all meet at the hotel in the morning and depart at 6:00 AM. Please have your vehicles fueled up and ready to go at 6:00 AM. If you are meeting at the hotel, please be there early.
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LOCATION D: Meet Location in Chattanooga, TN: - ARRIVING: 7:30AM, DEPARTING: 8:00 AM SHARP
Meeting at the Georgia Welcome center on I-75 southbound Georgia mile marker 352.
Route of Travel: I-75 south. Departing rest area about 8:00 am Friday, April 16, heading to Atlanta, Ga.
We will allow 15 minutes at the rest area to use the RR and get settled in with the other group. We will head out for ATL at 8:00 sharp.
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LOCATION E: Pit stop: MTI in Marietta, GA As we travel through Georgia, just north of Atlanta, we will be stopping at MTI for their open house. We plan to arrive about 9:15 am and stick around about an hour. Their address is:

MTI
1190 Hayes Industrial Dr
Marietta, GA 30062

Click HERE for information on the MTI open house!

We need to head out of MTI by 10:00. This will allow an hour to get through ATL... FINGERS CROSSED. If we run late, that will cut into our time at Summit Racing because there is big group meeting us there and we are set to leave Summit at noon.
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LOCATION F: Meet Location in Atlanta, GA: - ARRIVING: 11:30 AM, DEPARTING: 12:30 SHARP
Meeting at Summit Racing, 20 King Mill Road, McDonough, GA 30253
We will allow 1 hour at this stop to fuel up, get some lunch and do some shopping at Summit if you like. I allowed a little extra time for the groups to get through Atlanta traffic.

Summit Racing
20 King Mill Road
McDonough, GA 30253

*** Some drivers will be picking up the group in Macon, GA. We are not scheduling a stop here but there will likely be a group staged and I will contact someone with the group so they could join up. We should hit Macon about 1:30.

If you have never been to a Summit Racing retail store, it is really something to see. We will depart Summit Racing at 12:30 sharp and head to the FEST! The last 230 miles should be pretty impressive with such a large caravan!
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LOCATION G: VALDOSTA, GA!

TOTAL TRIP:

Route of Travel: I-75 South Departing Knoxville 6:00AM, travelling to Chattanooga.
Departing Chattanooga at 8:00AM, travelling to Atlanta.
Metting up with the Central group from OKC.
Departing Atlanta (Summit Racing) at 12:30 noon and heading to Valdosta.
Plan on arriving in Valdosta by 4:00 PM.

DISCLAIMER:
Key to the success of such a large caravan is making sure we stay on time. Times and meeting points are being determined for all routes and locations. It is imperative that we maintain the time frames indicated. The times will be set to allow a limited amount of time for groups to meet up and move out. When you select a meeting point, be there BEFORE the specified meeting time. Groups will need to depart the meeting locations at the specified times as to not be late to the next stop. The groups will be in contact with each other to update on progress along the way. Individual drivers may want to have contact information of the other members of the group they are in.



PM Contact: jrhaus76 to be added to the list

Coming from SE Michigan:

CynAgain
mrbrans5
SScattergunSS (no car) :(
banshee (no car) :(
Riderover40
bonemaro
Iamjaybird
Knight_Rider
REVOLUTIONSS
Speed74SS

Meeting up in Cincinnati at rest area on 75 (in KY):

jrhaus76
Drew10
heinzd01
1 RD JEWL
odie5070
hrpiii
rjbjfire
Jamie Mac
Camaro Lover
SSZL575
Orange5thGen
Jetsco
streetshark
V1C1OUS - + another car
Speagle - meeting around Lexington
'10ssrs - meeting around Lexington

Meet up in Knoxville with:

Mr. Brownstone (meeting Friday morning)
Danny Thomas (meeting Friday morning)
megatron (meeting Friday morning)
flht99b (meeting Friday morning)
tnbabyrooster (meeting Friday morning)
KILLER74Z28 (???)
OldSchoolCamaro (staying at Best Western)
Dave Coyle (staying at Best Western)

Meeting up in Chattanooga at Welcome Center on 75 (in GA):

Zebra
garagelogic
MustangKillr
nhra stocker
Honey Bee
jrpxxii
Kathy63
havoc1327
Ssmokes and akelly
Rookie13
cerberus
Yellowjacket - Roush Mustang
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miketebo22 (SD route)
big boss (SD Route - picking up in Nashville)

Meeting up at MTI with:

The Montreal Group:

Rickray
Christcringle
ACS Coposite
Hiney1 - the REAL bumblebee color!
Luckynuts
Canadiancamaro

AND

colemanvoice
michael's maro
El Diablo

Meeting up at Summit Racing with:

The OKC/Kansas group:

tbarber87
supercop29
cybercoaster
abygale
mamaro
fonegod1
1969fbody
ylogen5 (Birmingham)
brokinarrow
67RSconv
camaro_eddie
SKCsfirstCamaro (Little Rock)
ousoonersgirl
ramsey
reddevil
spinetexas
Dr. Jekel

Georgia drivers meeting at Summit Racing:

ZAPSSRS (GA)
herkman (GA)
Hammer70 (GA)
Blade (GA)
musclecargirl (GA)
Agent Atomic Orange (GA)
GenetX (GA)
Greyfox (GA)
BigPat (GA)
Alan67 (GA)

Joining in along the way south of Summit:

brickyard - (Warner Robins exit)
tjohnson0817 - (Warner Robins exit)
Diana54321 - (Warner Robins exit)
mzdennis74 - (Warner Robins exit)

[01pewterz28]

***Updated 3/29/10***

See new updated thread w/ info on the Flordia rally to Camaro 5 Fest
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73945


For those traveling from Central Florida, South Florida, East Coast (Daytona or below), and West Coast (Crystal River and below) caravan/meeting point to Camaro5 Fest 2010 (details below).

We will have TWO meeting times for our caravan up to Valdosta. The 1st meeting time is at 8:15-8:45am and head over to Crackle Barrel for Breakfast, for those who cannot meet up that early the time we plan to depart Crackle Barrel in Ocala is no later than 11am this is where we will ALL meet up and head to Valdosta (in the back lot at Crackle Barrel). This time frame should put us at the host hotel between 1-1:30pm (pending traffic)

PM me to be added to the list
Sean


1. 01pewterz28 (Sean) 2010 Black 2LT/RS
2. hawkman01136 (Mike) 02 Berger Hot Rod Camaro Z/28
3. CFPC_2010 and IOM Angell (Terry) 2010 IOM 2SS
4. LLevarge CGM 2SS
5. WildOne IOM 2SS/RS
6. RJ's SS Yellow SS
7. 69IROC(Allan) Car not sure which Camaro
8. Bowtie5 (Jay)
9. 1977and2010 (Josh)
10. bumblebeecamaro (2010 Transformers Edition 2SS/RS)
11. rubbel- Dodge Challenger
12. sharbaugh - IBM 2SS/RS
13. TripleX- Silver 2SS/RS
14. Jim Keliher-89 RS Convertible
15. Molutron- Sean M IOM 2SS/RS
16. mercuryman96
17.joes407x2 cars
18.GeneF- 2002 NBM Z/28
19.Thomas Stricklin- 95Z28 w/502 on the trailer
20. Jhmurphy CGM 2SS/RS
21.ernestogallo IOM 2SS
22.
23.


For those who plan to attend the 1st Annual Camaro5 Fest I am starting to plan for the road trip to Valdosta.

Here is the tentative route and plans.

-8:15am-8:45am meet up with others at the Ocala rest stop from the West Coast and other parts of Central Florida we will pull out at 9am and head to Crackle Barrel for breakfast (plenty of parking in the back lot for the Camaros and trailers).
-10:30-11:00am Anyone who could not meet up at the rest area or Breakfast can meet us here and we can pull out together and hit the road. We might be picking up some drivers from Jacksonville right after the I-10/I-75 exchange. As we get closer I will create a new thread to see who plans to attend the breakfast.

Travel time to the host hotel from Crackle Barrel is approx 2.5 hours

Cracker Barrel address
3801 SW College Road
Ocala, FL 34474-5725

Here is our route via Google maps if you need it.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=
105838010947541468505.00047f55d1c8dcf7fcfaa

[WildOne]

01pewterz28 -- Count me in on the CFL group. I know just the rest area as that is where my Vette group met for the 2009 Caravan. I assume that the meeting date is Friday April 16th?

[Legend]

RALLY POINTS: San Antonio, Houston, Lafayette and Biloxi

South TX Caravan to C5F: San Antonio Group starting point

Everyone heading in from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area or points near there plan to arrive in Houston, TX no later than 1PM to link up or meet in Lafayette LA at (time TBD) if you want to drive in to Biloxi, MS for the night. See the TX CARAVAN TO CAMARO 5 FEST thread (http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47363) for information on reserving rooms. Same for those in Houston/surrounding areas…see above thread to get your rooms reserved in Biloxi! Those coming from points farther away (west of San Antonio) can caravan if you want as well…the more the merrier!! Also...those on the MS Gulf Coast...would love to have you all join us as well!!

Start City: San Antonio, TX

Meet Location: Houlihan's at the Forum

Date/Time: 15 April 2010/830AM (pulling out at 845AM)

Route of Travel Day 1 (15 Apr 10): I-10 east to Houston, TX. Link up with Houston Camaros and those heading in from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area/route. Stop in Houston for lunch at (Need a Houston representative to set up lunch/meeting point) around 12PM. Pulling out of (Again, need a REP to help set up lunch/meeting point in Houston), Houston, TX at 1PM heading east again on I-10. Continue along route passing thru Louisiana to Biloxi, MS and exit I-110 South to Grand Casino Hotel and Resort. Stop for the night for some food and fun! (Should be around 7pm) (secured parking will be available...see thread above for details)

(Travel from San Antonio to Houston is around 183 miles or 3 hours and Houston to Biloxi is around 414 miles or about 6 hours 30 minutes)

Route of Travel Day 2 (16 Apr 10): Meet at 915AM in parking garage at Grand Casino Hotel and Resort, pull out at 930AM to I-10 east on our way to C5F!! Arrive at C5F around 4pm for sign in! LET THE FUN BEGIN!!!!

(Travel from Biloxi, MS to C5F is around 380 miles or 6 hours)

PM Contact: Legend

Who's coming?:

North Texas C5F Caravan :
1.Mosher
2.UnknownWarrior
3.FireWraith
4.AutobotBee
5.firefighter1

South Texas C5F Caravan :
1. Legend
2. 68blk/yel396
3. MLee
4. ajs69cam
5. Mitchbaze
6.Tag
7.C4
8.Viper1cobra
9.Kyle.Gilmour

[sharbaugh]

sign me up.. Coming from Bradenton and will meet you there.

[acatlover13]

I know there's a few from the Panhandle, FL area coming. We might could meet up with the group coming from Biloxi, if you know about when you will hit Hwy231/I-10. We should be about 3 hours from Biloxi.

[mlee]

Hey Legend... We will kick it around with the H-Town Camaro club members that are going, and set up a good spot for lunch on the way through here.

[Legend]

Originally Posted by mlee

Hey Legend... We will kick it around with the H-Town Camaro club members that are going, and set up a good spot for lunch on the way through here.

Thanks...going to be a good time!!!

[01pewterz28]

Originally Posted by WildOne

01pewterz28 -- Count me in on the CFL group. I know just the rest area as that is where my Vette group met for the 2009 Caravan. I assume that the meeting date is Friday April 16th?

Correct I have added you to the list

Thanks
Sean

[Whisper Jet]

RALLY POINTS: Crestview, Panama City, Tallahassee

Florida Panhandle Caravan to C5F

Start Location: 87 Depot gas station at I-10 exit 85 ( Next to Best Western )

Date/Time: 16 April 2010 / Departing at 8:00am

Route of Travel is to take I-10 East to Cottondale Exit 130 to meet up with the Panama City Group at the Hardees on the north side of I-10 about 1/4 mile up Rt 231 on the left (about 45 miles). Meet there at about 8:50am and depart at 9:30am. Next destination is Tallahassee Mall. Route is I-10 East to Tallahassee Exit 199 go south on US 27 for 1 mile and make a left turn on Allen Rd, go on Allen Rd for 150 yds and make a right turn just pass the gas staion on the right to enter the Mall and the parking lot is to the left behind gas station( about 70 miles). The plan is to meet the Tally Group there at 11:45pm ( remember time zone change at mile marker 160). Plan is to depart at 12:30pm and head east on I-10 to Madison Exit 251 go north thru Madison up to I-75 just south of Valdosta.

All are welcome in Lower Alabama and Pensacola areas to join in on this ride to C5F. I'll get with Legend from the TX Caravan to see if they would like to meet up at the Tallahassee Mall for the ride in. Should make for a huge group riding into Valdosta.

PM Contact: Whisper Jet (PM me and I add you to the List)

1. Whisper Jet ( 87 Depot )
2. Orange10s.c. ( Hardees )
3. Acatlover13 ( Hardees )
4. 68/2010 ( Tally )
5. cruisingcamaro ( Tally )
6. Tusk ( 87 Depot )
7. TRSS2 ( Hardees )
8. ckcamaro ( Hardees )
9. jr32312 ( Tally )
10. punkdrum01 ( Tally )
11.
12.

[01pewterz28]

Originally Posted by sharbaugh

sign me up.. Coming from Bradenton and will meet you there.

Let me know if you want to meet up with us on I-75 in Ocala to cruise up

Sean

[LWM]

Are there any interested parties bound to Camaro Fest from points in VA or PA?

LWM

[Rafsanjani]

Originally Posted by LWM

Are there any interested parties bound to Camaro Fest from points in VA or PA?

LWM

The wife and I are contemplating it. We can't plan for next week effectively let alone April!