Heading up to the Finger Lakes
We’ve just wrapped up putting the finishing touches on our sold-out inaugural Empire State Tour. Highlights of this tour will include opportunities to drive on both the current Watkins Glen track and the historic road course, a trip to the Northeast Classic Automobile Museum, and a visit to the Corning Museum of Glass.
And of course no trip to the Finger Lakes is complete without driving routes along the beautiful lake shores and taking in the beauty of the region’s famous waterfalls - two things we’ll be doing plenty of.
A Few Spots Remain on the Bluegrass Tour - Will You Claim One?
Next up after the Empire State Tour will be our Bluegrass Tour through the backroads of Kentucky.
Due to the intimate nature of our historic host hotel, we have decided to reduce the maximum number of cars we take on this tour to 20. As of this writing, we still have a couple of spots remaining on this tour.
This tour is truly one of our staff favorites. It combines near-peak fall foliage and unexpected scenery with virtually no traffic to make four days of unique driving. When we head east out of Berea KY, our home base, we are instantly in the Appalachian Mountains, and the driving rivals anything we’ve seen in North Carolina on the Smoky Mountain Tour. We also head west into bourbon country and experience the topographical feature known as “the knobs”. While not as intense as full-on mountain driving, the Bluegrass Tour driving experience thrilled our guests last year.
If you have never been to this area before, we can’t recommend it highly enough, and we hope you’ll let us show you everything there is to enjoy in Kentucky. Last year‘s guests told us it was perhaps our best itinerary yet.
Classic Motorsports Road Tours Schedule Set for 2025
We’re happy to announce that we have our schedule set for 2025. Regular participants will notice that while we have been putting on three tours each year; we have been rotating around to different locations to keep things fresh and interesting for repeat guests. View the full schedule of upcoming events here. All tour dates and locations are subject to change.
All-New Orange Blossom Tour - March 9-14, 2025
First up on the roster, we have an entirely new east-coast-based Orange Blossom Tour. For 2025, instead of leading into the Amelia Island Concours weekend like we usually do, we’ll be immediately following it.
We have inked a deal with the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront, the nicest resort on the World’s Most Famous Beach. We are making arrangements to drive on the track at Daytona International Speedway, and we will be visiting several Old Florida treats like the original Marineland and The Alligator Farm in St. Augustine. We will also visit the Brumos Collection and other collections we have never been to before.
If you enjoy the beach, racing history, good food and great weather, this will be the tour for you. The resort is less than two hours from the Amelia Island Concours. Click Here to Register.
The Smoky Mountain Tour Returns - June 8-13, 2025
We will once again be returning to Asheville, NC for our ever-popular Smoky Mountain Tour. We have found new collections , roads and attractions to make this tour fresh and different from previous years.
The Empire State Tour Will Also Make a Comeback - Dates TBA
We are also planning to bring back the Empire State Tour in late summer or fall of 2025. Dates will be announced soon after the completion of this year’s inaugural Empire State Tour, so stay tuned for updates!
Gauging Interest: A Possible New Tour in the Florida Panhandle
We have been exploring the Forgotten Coast of Florida and the incredible history and roads of southern Georgia. We have found cool car collections, amazing beaches and some of the best seafood we have ever eaten. We feel we could put on a fantastic tour out of Apalachicola, as the historic Gibson Hotel is a stellar property that is walking distance from great bars and restaurants. The time frame would be April-May in 2026, depending on interest level. The weather is perfect that time of the year, and the summer crowds will have not yet arrived.
Please drop me an email if you are interested: Tim@classicmotorsports.com