Our Last Stop....Englishtown, NJ
Yesterday was our last day on the PowerTour. We cruised from Harrisburg, PA to Englishtown, NJ. Yesterday was another day of great weather - sunny and upper 80's (we hit some rain on the way home, but that was okay with us, as it did not affect the show or racing).
Tom and I started the day by loading up the PT Cruiser and heading to Panera Bread for breakfast. Tom was trying to find a Panera Bread since we first started the PowerTour. Lucky for Tom, Panera Bread was located directly across from the Hampton Inn that we stayed at.
After breakfast, we made a quick detour to stop in at CJ Pony Parts and say hello. Everyone at CJ was great, and we were given a quick tour of the facility. We even got to see the Mustangs that they were in the process of building. If I'm not mistaken, the one Mustang had Red Rust Encapsulator and Underhood Black being used on it.
Back on the road, Tom and I continued on to Englishtown, NJ. Today's drive was only 234 miles, so that was a welcome drive compared to yesterday's 350 miles. Shortly after 1:00pm, we pulled into the Racetrack. Englishtown was a great facility, and the fact that they allowed everyone that was part of the PowerTour to make drag passes, made it even better.
We saw everything running the quarter mile - Corvettes, Mustangs, 'Cudas, Novas, pick-ups, Vipers, Cobras, and much more. One of the coolest cars racing was a dark green Nova. This car was definitely a "sleeper". It looked stock and slightly ratty from the outside, but it ran consistant 10-second passes. 
The racing continued until a little after 4:00pm. After the racing wrapped up, Tom and I made one last pass through the cars on display, and then we packed it up.
I made it home at approximately 9:00pm last night. Both Tom and I were exhausted, but a little sad that our trip had come to a close. The PowerTour is something that exceeded my expectations. During the 'Tour, you get to experience first-hand how close-knit individuals in our hobby are. If someone experienced an issue along the way, others were willing to lend a hand, give the person the parts needed for the repair, offer a tow, etc.....
Once next year's 'Tour is announced, I'll definitely be signing up (maybe I can even talk my wife into coming along...).
The Eastwood Company
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Sorry to have not caught up with you at the Hbg. stop. Interesting that you noted the green Nova! He limped into the Farm Complex with a broken rocker, or might I say a snapped Joe Mondello custom offset billet T5160 Titanium Nitrided one-off rocker. The ultimate sleeper had the original hub caps on green painted 12" rims. These external styling cues gave way to a twin turbo monster under the hood with a complete fuel cell setup in the trunk. Stock ride height, they even left on the original bumper hitch for good measure! Unbelievable!