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2009 Car Craft Summer Nationals and RSE Demo Video
July 17-19, 2009 at the Minnesota State Farigrounds, St. Paul, MN

Ten years ago, we thought it cool when a '70 Nova made 494 rear-wheel horsepower on the dyno and the car count at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds topped 1,200 cars. In 2008, the Car Craft Summer Nationals in St. Paul had 5,000 cars, 30,000 people, and the winning car on the dyno made an eyeball-flattening 1,333.45 hp!

With GM Performance Division as the presenting sponsor, the show has climbed from merely a crowd of dudes doing burnouts to a gigantic mob of street machiners eating thousands of pounds of fried cheese curds. Every year, the Car Craft Nats hosts the Miss Car Craft contest, a dyno contest, and the mighty burnout contest.

2008's event was such a success that we are going to do it all again in 2009. Be there with your game on.

2009 Car Craft Summer Nationals
July 17-19, 2009
Minnesota State Fairgounds
St. Paul, Minnesota
Event Features
. Over 4,000 Cars On Display
Miss Car Craft Summer Nationals Contest
Shop The Performance Marketplace
Compete For Awards
Car Corral Area
Smokin' Burnout Contest
Meet The Staff Of Car Craft Magazine
Register Today & Save Some Cash!
Pre-registration price: $45
Pre-registration ends: July 12, 2009
Click here TO PRE-REGISTER or call 877-413-6515
New lodging reservation service! For hotel info visit www.horsepowerhotels.com or call 866-914-8922.
Jeff Smith explains the dynamics of Car Craft's Real Street Eliminator Launch Box Challenge!



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I am...I got an invitation to RSE. I have been trying to post on some Minneapolis forums to get info on where to stay, cruise, etc. The local ford forum let me sign up, but not post. I need to leave Tuesday to make it there by Thursday pm, so I hope I get a bunch of info before tomorrow.

Universtiy Ave is the place to be. Most of the time everyone after the show crusies there. Porky's a little fast food resturant fills up fast but you can chill just about anywhere that weekend.

How about hotels with a place to park my trailer? Most of the hotels they list are metro with underground parking. How bad is traffic? Could I get away with a suburban hotel and commute? Any recommendations?

Yea you could definetely do that if you wanted too. Traffic does get a little thick during carcraft, I mean there is 3000+ cars. Far as parking a trailer at a hotel you would have to check around and ask the people that work at the hotel your staying at. It would be a lot cheaper to get a hotel room thats 15-20 mins away instead of right near the fairgrounds thats for sure. When I didn't live in the cities thats what my friends and I would do, just get a room in a suburban area near by and drive over.