America's Classic Sports Cars to Gather At America's Classic Ski Resort
30 July 1999
FEATURE/America's Classic Sports Cars to Gather At America's Classic Ski Resort
SUN VALLEY, Idaho:--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--July 30, 1999--More than 175 Corvettes, some dating from 1953 will converge on Sun Valley, Idaho as part of the largest single group road tour in the nation when the National Corvette Restorers Society celebrates its 25th anniversary in August.
Separate road tours of Corvettes and drivers will depart from San Jose, California, Mesquite, Nevada, Virginia and North Carolina, Ft. Worth Texas, and LaGrange, Oregon starting on July 31 and throughout the first week in August, arriving in Pocatello Idaho on Saturday, August 7. The cars will be available for viewing Saturday afternoon and evening at Cavanaughs Hotel in Pocatello. The following morning at 8am, a procession of approximately 100 classic American sports cars will begin the 172-mile parade to Sun Valley for 6-days of shows, technical sessions comraderie mixed in with championship golf, tennis, white water rafting and other activities.
A show and judging of the Corvettes will be open to the public at Sun Valley on Monday through Thursday, August 9-12.
Media Alert: Excellent local/regional media opportunities- great television and photographic material! The National Corvette Restorers Society has media contacts in each of the road tour groups to facilitate your coverage as they pass through your area: Northwest Tour - Road Tours leaving LaGrange, Oregon on Friday, August 6th and on to Pocatello and Sun Valley. Contact Chuck Berge: Cellphone: 703/629-0206
Northern California Tour - Depart Friday, August 6th from San Jose with stops at Sacramento Old Town, Reno (Hot August Nights) to Elko, Nevada, and on to Pocatello and Sun Valley. Contacts John & Beverly LeGate: Cellphone: 408/981-1200
Southern California Tour - Depart Friday, August 6th from Mesquite, Nevada, and on to Pocatello and Sun Valley. Contact Tim McKeon. Contact Tim McKeon: Cellphone: 661/573-6053
Colorado Tour - Depart Friday, August 6th from Denver. Stops in Steamboat Springs, Vernal, Utah, and on to Pocatello and Sun Valley. Contact Chuck Berge: Cellphone: 703/629-0206
East Coast Tour - Depart from Virginia and North Carolina on Saturday, July 31st for Cleveland, Ohio and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Sunday, August 1st through Joliet, Illinois and on to Albert Lea, Minnesota, through South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana and on to Pocatello and Sun Valley. Contact Chuck Berge: Cellphone: 703/629-0206
South Central Tour - Depart Ft. Worth, Texas, Thursday, August 5th with overnight stops in Leadville, Colorado & Rock Springs, Wyoming and on to Sun Valley. This tour will not stop in Pocatello. Contact John Smart: Cellphone: 214/679-2138