Springfield's Route 66 Festival Tops All Previous Records

The October 3rd State Journal Register of Springfield, Illinois, lauded the records set by this past weekend's Route 66 Festival.

The previous high of automobiles registered for the car show was just over a thousand. This year there were 1,169. Normally, only 600-700 cars make the Friday night cruise from the IDOT headquarters out on Dirksen Highway. This year, more than 1100 participated. I was along for a ride in Denny G's Corvette and this was a whole lot of fun with thousands of spectators lining the 8 or so mile route, all on alignments of Route 66.

Springfield police estimated attendance for the three days at 85,000 to 90,000.

Of course, there was the absolutely beautiful weather for the whole three days.

Mark September 26-28th for next year's festivities.

State Journal Register "Rt 66 festival a record-breaker" by John Reynolds

There were quite a few comments to the article. It cost $40 to pre-register and $50 the day of.  Some thought it was too high, but others said that it covered all three days. One person was particularly incensed by the parade as he couldn't get to where he wanted as all the roads with stoplights were blocked off by the police. Others said the person should have just said, "Oh well," and watched it.

I'll Be There, How 'Bout You? --RoadDog