Day 3 – DuQuoin, Illinois. 325 miles from the start of the Power Tour. As anyone that has participated in a journey of this nature can tell you, you sometimes run into trouble on the road. However unlike cruises and rallies of yore, this voyage has saviors that tend to the flock of hot rodders and renders assistance to those in need. This knowledgeable and ever-giving team is made up of GM Performance Division’s best and is known as the “Motor Medics”.

If you were to call them out individually, this band of unsung heroes also go by Larry, Tim, Wayne and Bill. These guys live to serve and they serve free of charge to stranded motorists on the tour. As part of the Motor Medics team, they man the two Motor Medic trucks – which are cool enough in themselves to be in a car show. Gussied up with WWII-style medic truck livery these trucks mean business. In the 325 miles of the tour, the Motor Medics have performed countless rescue missions on hot rods of all kinds. A few of these missions include repairing a bolt that broke off in the head of Ford Cyclone, correcting an overheating issue in a classic Mopar station wagon, and welding an oil pan back together when someone made the mistake of leaving a jack stand underneath of their car while releasing the jack that was supporting it. To make sure they help every last person in need, this diehard team puts in over 14 hour days each day during the tour and our personal thanks and the gratitude goes out to them for their dedication.

In the ECOtec participant portion of the tour, Brian Lepree from Florida met up with the GMPD team in DuQuoin to show off his beautiful 2008 Sky Redline. Right now it’s a 100% stock SRL, but after some discussion with our buddy Bill Duncan, his next purchase will be part number 19212670 – the LNF Turbo Upgrade Kit. We’ve tried warning people about talking to Bill about the kit because once he starts talking in-depth about it, most people drive straight to the dealer to get it installed. So be wary that you may have to invest in new tires shortly thereafter.

Next stop… Bowling Green, KY! Hometown of the revered, respected and feared supercar – the Chevy Corvette.

Another day, another city for the HOT ROD Power Tour. Day 2 of the tour brought the celebration to Springfield, Illinois where the GM Performance Division met up with some new fans that have done some unique customization to their rides. Each different city brings out some new faces who come to check out what the tour is all about. Some even like what they see so much that they decide to finish the rest of the seven-day expedition with their new found friends.

First up on the new friends list are Bud McCuan and his son Brenton. They have a customized HHR Panel that they decided to pay homage to the Harley Davidson brand with. They did so by laying down custom paint scheme on the outside, real wood flooring on the inside with beautiful hand-laid pin-striping that adorns the entire tribute. Going on the HRPT is actually a high school graduation present for Brenton that he’s been looking forward to for some, and we can’t blame him as who wouldn’t want to embark on a seven-day, seven-city trek across the country with some of hottest cars in America. Notable mentions also go to a rare, purple AMC Pacer and supped up Chevy Vega that we think has seen its fair share of trips to the drag strip. Pictures of all of those vehicles can be seen been in the gallery.

The HOT ROD Power Tour is a journey and as such, not all the classic, tuned and tricked out vehicles make it the whole trip without experiencing some technical difficulty. However, GM Performance Division is not a group to ever leave a fellow enthusiast behind, so they created a special team dubbed the “Motor Medics”. This group’s task is to make sure that whoever starts the tour makes it all the way ‘til the end. We’ll have some more details on this hardcore team’s exploits tomorrow, including who they are and what they do to help their fellow car loving motorists while out on the road.

Check out all the pictures from Day 2 below and let us know if you’ll be stopping by any of the destinations of the HRPT in our comments section.