The Tupelo Cruise!
March 13th 2010

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Event Schedule

10AM - 12PM

Cars arrive for show and shine and event registration.

   
10AM - 5PM

Show and shine / visit museum (Tupelo Auto Museum).

Show and shine at the museum parking lot. Come prepared to polish your ride and meet people from across the Mid South. Clubs bring your pop-up tents and banners to show your club pride! Music will be provided.
 
Brown bag lunch - Bring your own lunch or stop at one of the nearby restaurants to eat or pick one up. Tables will be set up inside for attendees to eat among the cars! There are lots of places in downtown Tupelo to grab a lunch to go and bring back to the museum. Click here for a detailed listing of places to eat.
 
NOTE: Entry fees for the museum are not part of event registration. Entry fees are $7.50 for non MCA members and $5.00 for MCA members (day of the event only).
   
1PM - 3PM
Tupelo Cruise Poker Run!
 

You came to Tupelo so now it's time to see the town!

This five stop poker run is hosted by the Gum Tree Mustang Club and will take you to five spots around Tupelo where you will pick a card. There is a $5 entry fee per hand and 100% of the pot will be divided up and awarded to the best hand (2/3rds of the pot) and worst hand (1/3rd of the pot). The more that play the bigger the pot!

Locations on the route include the Natchez Trace Visitor Center, Metro Ford, and Elvis Presley's birthplace! Other locations will be announced the day of the event.

Note: Poker run fees not included with registration.

   
5PM - 9PM

Evening Activities at the Tupelo Auto Museum

Price is $20 per person attending. Pre-registration is required for attendance to the dinner.

This is a catered event. In order to keep prices down we are opting for self serve buffet with paper plates, etc.

5PM - 7PM - Doors open for evening activities including cash bar and live band! Dinner guests enter free! $5 entry fee for everyone else.

6:30PM - Unveiling of recently restored 69 Mustang purchased by Vietnam vet new. This is a one owner and the car has been in a barn for the past 20-30 years!

7PM - 9PM - Dinner among the cars with guest speaker

Evening Menu

  • Tossed Salad (choice of 2 dressings)
  • Barbecued Chicken
  • Roast Pork Loin with Tomato Wine Sauce
  • Green Beans, Corn O'Brien & Mashed Potatoes
  • Rolls, Iced Tea, & Coffee
  • Peach Cobbler & Banana Pudding
   

Guest speaker: John Clor - Author of Mustang Dynasty

Veteran automotive journalist and author John M. Clor has owned, raced, worked on or written about Fords and Mustangs for nearly 30 years. Today, he manages www.FordPerformance.com for Ford Racing, and is also a columnist for Mustang Enthusiast and Mustang Times magazines, plus the Editor of SVT Enthusiast magazine. Clor's critically acclaimed hardcover history book, The Mustang Dynasty (www.MustangDynasty.com) remains a hot collectible in the Mustang community. Click here for John Clor's bio.

 
 
 
 

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