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The
LATEST

ADVENTURE

BARRETT-JACKSON ROAD TOURS
ARE FOR THE DRIVERS

You could spend a lifetime
exploring the scenic drives
of the United States, all as
beautiful as they are diverse. The
Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Road
Tour aims to do just that. Since the Tour’s launch in
October 2020, Barrett-Jackson has explored the land
in America’s Southeast and, in May 2021, the striking
landscapes of the West. With beautiful state parks,
rugged coastlines and verdant hills, the topography of
the Western United States made it the ultimate locale
for drivers. And that is precisely what the Barrett-
Jackson Collector Car Road Tour is all about: driving
and sharing the passion for all things collector car.
Beginning in Scottsdale, Arizona, and ending in
Tacoma, Washington, Barrett-Jackson’s May Road
Tour wound through five states, covered 1,800
miles and featured nearly 50 stunning vehicles.
The eight-day journey traversed some of the most
scenic and challenging roads the American West
has to offer – including the legendary Route 66. The
tour took participants through the sunset-colored
rock formations of Sedona through the soaring the journey, participants were invited to experience
temperatures of Death Valley, the snow-dusted the twists and turns of the incredible Spring Mountain
mountains of Mammoth, California’s towering Motor Resort and Country Club in Pahrump, Nevada.
Redwoods and up the twisting shoreline of Oregon’s Drivers had the opportunity to pilot the 8th-generation
Highway 101 to the emerald forests of Washington Corvette around the track as instructors from the Ron
State – all while visiting famous landmarks and Fellows Performance Driving School taught them the
automotive destinations along the way. ins and outs of the circuit and even took a few lucky
The May road-going adventure visited some of the participants for some hot laps to show off what the
best car collections and museums on the West Coast, mid-engine C8 Corvette can really do.
including a private tour of the exclusive Brother’s Additional stops along the way included a visit to
Collection in Salem, Oregon, as well as Shelby the Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield, California, as
American in Las Vegas and a thrilling visit to the well as a visit to Martinez, California’s The Cobra
Blackhawk Museum in Northern California. During Experience – a museum dedicated to preserving the

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