2018 HRPT things to See along what might be the Route.

[corvettedad]

There's also Cheaha state park/mountain in the Talladega national Forest, highest point in Alabama. It has some good curvy and scenic roads in and out. I suppose depending on the route you could actually stay there and pick the route up the next day

[Andy4639]

South Carolina and North Carolina have some great things to offer. NASCAR for one in a big way. Darlington is home to the http://www.darlingtonraceway.com/Abo...ar-Museum.aspx Harley knows the best about the Nascar teams and such up around Charlotte & Mooresville. We had a blast last time in Charlotte with his bunch.
North Carolina has a nice Zoo in www.facebook.com/nczoo/ or https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti..._Carolina.html
Charlotte/Concord has a great water park. https://www.greatwolf.com/concord
If you don't plan to leave and go straight home after Charlotte and have kids are grandkids this place is where I would book my weekend and stay here.www.greatwolf.com/concord it amazing!

Richard Petty museum also and we should try to contact Kyle Petty and have a stop at his place for the kids!

http://rpmuseum.com/

https://victoryjunction.org/ This would be a cool stop if we could set it up! Anybody got any contacts?

[a_d_a_m]

Dad and I have been scouring the map and came up with a few possibilities for our extracurricular stops...............

Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain/Incline Railway

between Birmingham and Atlanta Motor Speedway
Davey Allison Memorial in Talladega
Cheaha State Park

between Atlanta Motor Speedway and Darlington (((Probably going rogue this day.)))
Check-in at Power Tour, then head up to Covington/Conyers to see some of the old Dukes Of Hazzard filming sites.
We are staying quite a bit east of AMS in Madison, GA so we can get a head start on the long drive to Darlington.
Dad wants to drive through Augusta
War Between The States Museum in Florence, SC

Darlington, SC
Darlington Raceway Museum & NMPA HOF


between Darlington and Raleigh
drive past Rockingham Speedway?


on the ride home from NC to OH
Wood Brothers Museum (Stuart, VA)
or
Andy Griffith Museum (Mt. Airy, NC)

[1956NY150]

The official route may or may not be Route WE DRIVE.

this WILL be a good year For the Drive!

[Impala_Guy]

I always take the back roads from Raleigh to events at Charlotte Motor Speedway (US 64 through Asheboro, then Highway 49 to Concord). It's a nice, scenic drive on divided Highway and two-lane blacktop, passes a couple of big lakes and an really big junkyard, (Richard's Sales & Salvage in Denton NC) but that's only 2.5 hrs. Richard Petty's Shop has been a sponsor for the last couple of years and they are located in Randleman, NC, just north of this route. I wonder if that might be a lunch stop or at least a detour.

[Andy4639]

I always take the back roads from Raleigh to events at Charlotte Motor Speedway (US 64 through Asheboro, then Highway 49 to Concord). It's a nice, scenic drive on divided Highway and two-lane blacktop, passes a couple of big lakes and an really big junkyard, (Richard's Sales & Salvage in Denton NC) but that's only 2.5 hrs. Richard Petty's Shop has been a sponsor for the last couple of years and they are located in Randleman, NC, just north of this route. I wonder if that might be a lunch stop or at least a detour.

Charlies according to the magazine website yes it a official stop for lunch.

http://www.hotrod.com/events/power-tour/

Some more stuff to maybe do:

http://www.hamlethistoricdepot.org/

[htrdharley]

The Petty shop in Randleman is a cool place. The original garage where they started is still there. They also have a small museum and a shop where they build the late model stuff. two lane road in and out, be prepared.

That is a great part of NC to drive through...

[Impala_Guy]

[B][COLOR=#FF0000]Charlies according to the magazine website yes it a official stop for lunch.

http://www.hotrod.com/events/power-tour/

Ooops. I hadn't looked at the website at all. At least someone else had the same idea too.

[Andy4639]

I always take the back roads from Raleigh to events at Charlotte Motor Speedway (US 64 through Asheboro, then Highway 49 to Concord). It's a nice, scenic drive on divided Highway and two-lane blacktop, passes a couple of big lakes and an really big junkyard, (Richard's Sales & Salvage in Denton NC) but that's only 2.5 hrs. Richard Petty's Shop has been a sponsor for the last couple of years and they are located in Randleman, NC, just north of this route. I wonder if that might be a lunch stop or at least a detour.

I use to drive that way years ago when I would go to NCSU to pick up my brother at school and bring him home for the holidays and weekends. That was a fun trip everytime. I talking 76,77,78 before I got out of high school. It's probably changed a lot since then though!

[1956NY150]

I agree this could be the best full week drive in a while.

if we get a list of known car stops and drives, then compare to ? Route.

then make the drive YOU want to do
CB

[1956NY150]

Plotting The Stops

[stu yoakam]

I need to decide what stops, if any I want to go to. Two or three at most. Maybe check out Nashville or some place and come back after the second or third day.

[Andy4639]

Looks like a few things to do in:
Bennetsville NC.

http://visitbennettsville.com/points/

Pittsboro NC

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g49443-Activities-c57-t68-Pittsboro_North_Carolina.html

Fort Bragg NC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bragg

Asheboro NC

http://www.ncaviationmuseumhalloffame.com/index.html

[Vsolo]

A few years ago pumpkin took us on a route down the Lafayette Road just South of Chattanooga through the Chickamauga Battlefield. A beautiful drive, well worth it. The route might go that way........

That was a very cool trip, it was my first Power Tour, I have a great memory of you an Earl. (I was still not familiar with everybody)

We are traveling down some road, an at a stop light I see Ed get out of his truck, and start polishing the front on the hood of Earl.

I'm thinking, man this guy really has OCD about waxing his car to to get out an polish it at a red light.

Well when we finally stop, I find out that just before the red light some bird pooped on the hood of Earl. :O

I don't blame you for getting out and taking care of that issue (This might not sound funny now, and it might have been one of those "had to have been there moments")

[1956NY150]