The Suburban Journals in St. Louis has a lengthy article about the St. Louis Route 66 Festival, held at the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge. The reporter interviewed a number of roadies, including Joe Sonderman, Tommy Pike and frozen custard man Ted Drewes. A bunch of other St. Louis-area personalities and officials weighed in, too, … Continue reading Report from the St. Louis Route 66 Festival
Category: Events
It’s an election year …
... so TV networks are fanning across the country, including Route 66, to hear the people's voices about the presidential candidates. One is France 24, which ends up in the Route 66 towns of Rolla and Devil's Elbow to talk to an organizer of "Rednecks for Obama" and bikers at the Elbow Inn (great barbecue … Continue reading It’s an election year …
Fundraiser set for The Mill on Saturday
The Lincoln (Ill.) Courier has a preview on a fundraiser Saturday for the continuing restoration of The Mill in Lincoln. There will be a classic car show, food and a dance. Railsplitter Antique Auto Club has teamed up again with the Route 66 Heritage Foundation of Logan County to present the second annual car show … Continue reading Fundraiser set for The Mill on Saturday
Notes from the road
Actor Paul Newman, who voiced Doc Hudson in the 2006 Disney-Pixar movie "Cars," died over the weekend. I wanted to contact Route 66 author Michael Wallis, who played the Sheriff and served as a technical adviser in the film, about it but was out of town. Wallis confirmed to me Tuesday that he indeed had … Continue reading Notes from the road
Attendance at Springfield festival remains stable
Crowd numbers at the International Route 66 Mother Road Festival in Springfield, Ill., this past weekend were about the same as last year, reports the Springfield Journal-Register. The three-day event, which ended Sunday, had an attendance of about 70,000 people, with 847 paid, registered cars on display and more than 1,000 vehicles participating in the … Continue reading Attendance at Springfield festival remains stable
Art exhibit pays tribute to the road trip
The San Jose Museum of Art in San Jose, Calif., is hosting a major exhibit this fall called "Road Trip," a sometimes-whimsical exploration of that uniquely American experience. The museum's associate curator, Kristen Evangelista, put it together. According to this report from the San Jose Mercury News: The artists Evangelista chose for "Roadtrip" not only … Continue reading Art exhibit pays tribute to the road trip
Kudos to Edmond
The Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond has been criticized fairly regularly here for embracing its Route 66 heritage far too late, after nearly all of its historic treasures are gone. However, give Edmond credit where credit's due. According to the Daily Oklahoman, the Route 66 Classics in the Park Car Show and Craft Fair this … Continue reading Kudos to Edmond
Missouri Motor Tour slide show
Longtime roadie Kip Welborn participated in the recent Route 66 Association of Missouri's 19th annual Motor Tour and took his camera along. To view his photos, go here.
Videos from the Route 66 Rendezvous
There already are about two dozen videos posted from this past weekend's Route 66 Rendezvous at San Bernardino, Calif. Here are a few I found that capture the atmosphere of the event. Here's the Bigfoot 4x4 doing a wheelie after crunching a car. And there's always the burnout contest:
Musical TV series to be shot on Route 66
Greene HD Productions is taking to the Mother Road next month to shoot a 13-episode television series called "Rhythms of the Road." From the news release: Combining the successful Johnnie High’s Country Music Revue series aired during the past two years on the RFD TV cable network and Greene’s work on the award-winning Route 66 … Continue reading Musical TV series to be shot on Route 66