More mountain less desert..........

The eastern route has 2 top 10 drives in AZ and would be something new for this group. Makes no difference to me. I'm thinking about exploring the eastern route this fall before we nail it down.

#5r (Reverse)

Drive cool road. Sleep in Show Low Friday night. Drive cool road. Sleep in Safford Sat night.
Drive home will be a little longer but will likely be driving thru the desert in the morning instead of late afternoon. NV UT CO NM folks can do rt 191 again

Let me know and I'll go with you!

Justin: You got it. I'll contact you after summer.

I talked with James Patrick today. He is all in for a meet and greet. We will hook up next week to pin down some Friday dates that this group can choose from. Dates I am looking at are late March or early April. Remember we will have to work around his race weekends.

If we do route 5 because of my suggestion of 191 let me just say it was a hard beautiful drive. We traveled from north to south and if memory serves it to almost 3 hours to go from Hannagan meadows were we stayed the night to the 10. We were in a jetta not a 914 but it was still fun. Their was a sign reading " don't get out of your car wolf rehabilitation area." We saw big horn sheep and lots of deer in the road but no wolf's. This is a link to were we stayed http://www.hannaganmeadow.com/ they have a small cafe it might be a good lunch stop

What are the tentative dates ?

I am waiting for James at Patrick Motorsports to give me several weekend dates that don't confict with there racing schedule.

Greg - any update from James?

You mean the part in Illinois? The farther east you have it the better chance I have of getting there. By east I mean maybe New Mexico.

I like the idea of the Carefree highway from Phoenix to Flagstaff. To me any route 66 label should touch base the majority of the time with Route 66. The problem for Arizona people is that there is only so much of Route 66 you can see over the years and they want to see other Arizona drives.

Any one of the recommended routes has great driving and will meet the needs of most of the members. I lived in Flagstaff for eight years and have driven everyone of the roads mentioned. All great stuff!!

I would attend any place near I-40 south. I am coming from New Mexico and will only be able to attend the Saturday night event and meeting up with you somewhere enroute during the day.

we still have to complete the Route 66 California from Barstow on into Santa Monica; and, from Joplin, MO to Chicago, Ill.

As always, this is great event and should be attended by as members as possible.

Steve Hurt

Hi Steve - thanks for your input. I agree with pretty much everything you say. I'm one of those who wants to try a new route having driven the Flag/Payson/Winslow/Prescott routes numerous times. Any new route that can start in Phoenix (such as Rt 191 in eastern AZ) does not touch Rt 66 (AFAIK). I have no favorite and therefore want to select a route that is enjoyable in a 914 while maximizing participation. I'll get serious in planning after RRC. Let's continue to bump this thread so when the time comes to nail down the route I'll have input from attending members.
Thanks,
Michael

I recently visited the town of Williams, AZ which is 30 miles west of Flagstaff on Route 66. Williams is very much a town built on the themes of Rt 66-Classic Cars and Trains. Cool Main Street with lots of hotels/diners/shops/train-car stuff. I’m going to contact the town tourism person (not sure who that is yet) and see how they feel about hosting our group on Friday and Saturday nights. This option includes approx 100 miles of driving Route 66. Friday would includes lots of twisties/mountain roads and Saturday would be more straight highway/interstate.

Sorry for the sideways photos...I can't figure out why some turn while others don't...

Route 6:
Arrive Phoenix Thursday PM or early Friday
PMS tour Friday AM
Friday Drive PHX > Wickenburg > Prescott > Williams (182 or 238 miles - see below)
Overnight in Williams
Saturday Drive Williams > Kingman (lunch) via 90 miles of Route 66 > Williams via I-40 (243 miles / 3hr 55m according to Google)
Awards dinner Saturday night in Williams
Sunday - game over, go home

Friday drive short version:
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Friday drive long version:
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Saturday Drive to Kingman:
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I'll go if it touches Prescott.

Grandson is there.

I would go if I have my car done by then.
Or at least road worthy enough. Haha. Hot weather slowed me down.

Rich

I'm up for either of the routes, especially 89A from Sedona to Flagg, unless I'm behind a Winnebago...

Probably will drive the Spyder though as not sure I trust the 914 that far from home... (at least it is mid-engine)

Oh Hell yes, Michael. Excellent choice.

Probably won't be able to attend the Arizona drive, but I'll drive route 66 in the Saint Louis area instead.

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Michael,
Either would be great! We did the Williams-Kingman-Oatman-Laughlin run back in 2011 and its a cool drive.
Experience tells me the 182 miles on Fri might be better after an AM tour as we will make stops etc.

Here's what I got
TENTATIVE DATES:Thur April 19 - Sun April 22, 2018
Begin in Phoenix; ends in Williams, AZ

Thurs: Arrive Phoenix PM; BBQ at MOVEQIK's house (to be confirmed) or local watering hole.

Friday: PMS tour is iffy but if it happens that will be the morning agenda. If not the Phoenix Open Wheel Racing Museum is in the same area and I have a buddy who will give us a private tour. After tour, drive west on I-10 to Vulture Mine Road (good twisties) then north to Prescott via Highway 89 with a stop at the Granite Mountain Hotshot's Memorial ( Hotshot's Memorial subject of the 2017 movie Only The Brave). 165 miles/3h13m.

Saturday: Depart Prescott at 9:14 and head up 89A (more twisties) to Williams, AZ driving thru Jerome, Cottonwood, Sedona, and Flagstaff with a lunch stop to be planned. Banquet Sat night in Williams on Route 66. 123 miles/2h55m

Hotels, restaurants, etc. still need to be worked out.
Map below...let the comments begin

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What if I decide to drive my 911 instead of the 914, could I still attend?

Sounds great
Thank you

You bet...never hurts to have a donor car close by

Looks like a great route especially 89A... and I'll probably be in a 981 Spyder (at least it's mid-engine). And it won't conflict with the Indycar race in early April at PIR.

I may already be in Payson at that time, unfortunately, I will be in some sort of Toyota truck (again) ... but may have the '99 Beetle there as well (2007 Redux?)

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Cmon Mark, you haven't had a drivable 914 since I moved from the OC eleven years ago.

Huh?

Drove 'Howard' to the 2008 RT-66 - Winslow

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The 'BB' to the 2012 RT-66 - Lake Havasu (parked next to yours)

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... and to the 2015 RT-66 - Palm Springs

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... and to the 2015 WCR - San Simeon

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Sounds like a good drive. I doubt I'll have the 914 done by then but the 944 Cab should be ready.

I'm up for it. It will be interesting to see how many teener's complete the drive. The only problem I see is for those trailering. They'll need to double back.

Was that you??

I didn't think about that...but I don't own a trailer. Those coming from the north can leave a trailer in Flagstaff/Williams and drive 2.5 hr to Phoenix. SoCal'ers have to drive to Phoenix to get home.

I.m going to Prescott first and driving down to Phx.

Why would I tow anything behind my 914?

Your a nobody on this board until Elyut gives you the “Biz”.

I'm still a nobody

I like the route! I mean, I am a bit biased since it's all around my area

The car better be ready by then, if not, I've severely F'ed something up......

I will be there - routing alternatives all look good.

I am in Scottsdale for the winter so I am biased too...... / but having driven some of these mountain and canyon roads last 66 and when compared the drives to San Simeon thru LA and putting along PCH with the tourists, I would like to see the event happen out here where there are open roads and the only crazies one might encounter came in from places like Temecula and Capo Beach.....

That is assuming I can figure out my ignition issue by then..

Forest- trying to figure out where that picture was taken...can't see any seguaro cactus so wonder if it's AZ??

Just asked the map program for an estimate. 25-27 hours 1 way. Around 1800 miles to get there. On the other hand it sounds fun.
I am not wild about the big cities - my mom had a place in Apache Junction and the hour of quick moving freeway needed to cross Phoenix from the airport to her place was a bit demoralizing.
Is the plan to spend the first night on the outskirts? The drives all sound great. I am leaning towards running out in the 3.2, but I put headers not heat exchangers on it. Maybe the lower level runs will make that work out.

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Eagle mountain road desert center ca!

That's scary, having geo-tag data showing exactly where he was at a specific day and time when the image was taken ... now they know where he buried the bodies -

Still digging Pal.

I will be at Patrick Motorsports tomorrow morning. I will see if I can get James to schedule us in for a April 20th tour.

Confirmed tour of Patrick Motorsports at 9am on the 20th.

420

We are good to go Thursday at my place! I'll have seaweed burgers or something similar for ell-yut.

Hope the date holds, weekend before PCA Treffen in New Mexico so I can attend both during the trip west, might be in the 911 but plenty of time to figure that out.

Well, he's gone Organic on us, too! I'm thinking a fresh cow patty, medium rare, on a Whole Wheat Bun of course!