The 2010 HOT ROD Power Tour has been good to the entire GM Performance Division team. The GMPD guys met some of the most passionate and dedicated car people in the country straight from day one of the tour. Some of who even took the time to stop by the GMPD display to say “thanks” for coming back to the tour for 2010. This gesture meant the world to everyone that manned the GM presence at the tour as these guys are serious about performance and even more serious about taking care of people.

The final stop of the 2010 HOT ROD Power Tour was in Mobile, AL. After eight days of traveling and seeing an eclectic variety of hot rods, one model in particular was the most prevalent among the group. Can you guess which one? If you said 1957 Chevy Bel Air Coupe, sorry, you’d be dead wrong. However, if you guessed the 2010 Chevy Camaro, you’d be right on the money! The 5th-gen Camaros came out in force throughout the tour and those that didn’t have one got the chance to sit in one of the models on display to gauge for themselves if the champion muscle car was a right fit for them – most of them couldn’t stop drooling so we just chalked those up as a yes.

Traversing (gotta love the GM model pun) the over 1400miles of the tour from start to finish, the whole GMPD is all smiles after spending time with America’s finest automotive enthusiasts. Day eight of the tour ended on board the WWII Battle Ship, Alabama, for the final awards ceremony. On board the ship, a 2010 Indy Pace Car-replica Camaro was given away as well as two GM Performance Parts Crate Motors that were sure we’ll see back next year stuffed under the hoods of a couple hot rods.

Straight from the mouth of GM Engineer Bill Duncan, “What a thrilling end to wonderful tour experience.” Aptly put Bill.

On behalf of all of us here at GMTunerSource.com and on behalf of the guys and girls at GM Performance Division, we’d like to thank everyone that participated in the 2010 HOT ROD Power Tour. And for those that didn’t make it out to one of the stops, what’s wrong with you?! And we expect you front and center on day one at next year’s tour.

In the meantime, feel free to peruse through our final gallery of images from day 7 & 8 of the 2010 HOT ROD Power Tour below:

As anyone who has ever been to Alabama in the summertime would have known, Day 6 of the HOT ROD Power Tour was a scorcher! A little heat isn’t enough to scare away car enthusiasts though, so they did what any self-respecting gearheads would do – they held an autocross session. With a first place prize of $1,000, you'd better believe a lot of guys and girls tossed their hats into the ring. In total 157 cars but you’d never guess who finished 11 out of the pack.

You may remember Tommy Kiedis, who we met a few days back. He owns a barebones-factory-not even the owner’s manual removed-stock 2006 Cobalt SS Supercharged and has never placed himself or his car on an autocross grid before. As many Cobalt SS owners know, the Cobalt is a true performer and where it lacks in other areas it makes up for in just raw performance ability. With some amateur hotshoe action from Tommy behind the wheel, his Cobalt was able to make its way into the top 10 out of 100. By the time all 157 cars had left their tread on the track, Tommy was able to come away with an 11th place finish! After such a strong finish, GM Engineer Bill Duncan had a heart-to-heart with Tommy and let him know that if he would step up to the LSJ Stage 2 kit and Option B intercooler setup, he could have easily come away with a much higher position. Tempting words for Tommy and advice that we hope he takes right to his dealer so he can see what the rest of the Cobalt community has been clamoring about for the past few years.

Motor Medic report – 25 cars on Day 6 alone! Great job guys!

The final stop is in Mobile, AL. The 2010 HOT ROD Power Tour is coming to a close so let’s see what awaits at the close of this seven day madhouse of hot rodder heaven!

Pictures of the Day 6 are below so check them out.