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• KICKOFF / Day 1: Monday, October 7 – In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, Pomona, Calif. (feat. drag racing) 
• Day 2: Tuesday, October 8 – Pechanga Arena, San Diego, Calif. 
• Day 3: Wednesday, October 9 – Riverside County Fairgrounds, Indio, Calif. 
• Day 4: Thursday, October 10 – Lake Havasu State Park, Lake Havasu, Ariz. 

• Day 5: Friday, October 11 – Radford Racing School, Chandler, Ariz. (feat. autocross)  

In 1995 the HOT ROD Magazine editors decided to pack a bag, fill up the tanks in their favorite project cars, and take a road trip from their home base in Los Angeles to the season-opening HOT ROD Power Festival event in Norwalk, Ohio. They made an open invitation to their readers and anyone else who wanted to join them. There were 16 long haulers on that inaugural Power Tour, covering 2,900 miles in eight days. Today, Power Tour is the world’s largest traveling car show, boasting over 6,000 long haulers and covering up to 1,000 miles in a five-day road trip. There were two tours a year in 1998 and 1999, but none during the COVID-era in 2020. Over the last 30 years the tour has visited 37 states and hosted hundreds of thousands of fans and tens of thousands of enthusiasts. 

 

Last year’s HOT ROD Power Tour West attracted over 700 long haulers and the single day attendees doubled the participant count to over 1,500. Participants came from 45 states and we saw license plates from as far away as Massachusetts and New Hampshire. There were also long haulers from Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and Ghana. We look forward to seeing you this October in Pomona!