Remembering 9/11, the 2009 Ride for Pride

[Immo]

A car cruise to the Pentagon in remembrance of all who were lost on September 11, 2001. Secondly as a show of support to all our servicemen and servicewomen who put their lives on the line to ensure our freedoms.

http://www.dcmodernmopar.com/phpbb/v....php?f=35&t=88

When: Saturday, September 12, 2009.

Time: RFP will depart at 2:00PM. Please make sure you are on time, and have fuel, stragglers will have to catch up. Some of us will arrive around Noon, to detail cars or catch up with those we have not seen in awhile, etc.

Staging area: Cameron Run Regional Park. 4001 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Va.
http://www.nvrpa.org/parks/cameronrun/index.php

Directions to the staging area from I95 North: Take Exit 174 Eisenhower Avenue Connector and turn left at the light at the bottom of the hill. Proceed to the first traffic light and turn right onto Eisenhower Avenue. Cameron Run Park will be on the left about a half-mile up.

Directions to the staging area from I95 South: Take Exit 173 Van Dorn Street and turn left at the light at the top off the hill. Get into the right lane. Proceed to the bottom of the hill, going under the Interstate and under the train tracks, and turn right at the first traffic light onto Eisenhower Avenue. Cameron Run Park will be on the left about 1.8 miles up.

Duration/Distance: RFP will travel 75 to 80 miles, and last about 2 hours. Please make sure you have enough fuel to complete the cruise.

Route: From Cameron Run Park, we will turn right onto Eisenhower Avenue and proceed to the first traffic light. We will turn left onto the Eisenhower Avenue Connector, and proceed to the first traffic light. We will turn left onto the on-ramp for I 495 East/I 95 North (Please read the following: the on-ramp to 495/95N has ongoing construction. The merge area is short and narrow. Be alert and safe while merging. There will be plenty of time to get back in line once on the highway.). We will continue around the Capitol Beltway (I 495), taking over the left lane, into Maryland and then back into Virginia. We will then exit onto I 395 North, and take the right-hand exit onto the HOV lanes after Edsall Road. We will follow the HOV lanes toward the Pentagon, exiting onto Route 27, and then turning into the Pentagon North parking area. The cruise will end at that point.

Conduct: No burnouts, No donuts, No racing, we are not at the track. BE RESPONSIBLE.

Vehicles allowed: F-Body V6/V8, Mustang/Cobra V6/V8, Corvette, Viper, GTO new and old, GN/GNX/Grand National, Impala SS new/old, old-school/classic muscle car/hotrod, GM/Ford/Chrysler nameplates, stuff like that. Also consider this statement by D. Charleton from a few years ago ... "It's not like if you show up you'll be turned away."

Please be sure to bring/have an American flag to put on your car, or something to show support for our servicemen/women.


This year's cruise again has a lot to live up to. Please help me make this 'a cruise to remember'. Let us come together and show that we remember what happened on that awful day; and that we support our servicemen/women.


Special traffic note: When the cruise starts, the on-ramp to 495/95N has ongoing construction. The merge area is short and narrow. Be alert and safe while merging. There will be plenty of time to get back in line once on the highway.

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Due to construction on the Capitol Beltway, the directions to the staging area via I95 North have changed. The new directions are posted below.

Directions to the staging area from I95 North: Take Exit 173 Van Dorn Street and turn left at the light at the top off the hill. Get into the right lane. Proceed to the bottom of the hill, going under the Interstate and under the train tracks, and turn right at the first traffic light onto Eisenhower Avenue. Cameron Run Park will be on the left about 1.8 miles up.

Special traffic note: When the cruise starts, the on-ramp to 495/95N has ongoing construction. The merge area is short and narrow. Be alert and safe while merging. There will be plenty of time to get back in line once on the highway.

[ChuckWagon]

I so would like to go to this! Have a great time folks and thanks for doing this!

We will never forget those that died that day.

[InvictuSRT8]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6J8zDzO4w8

[scottw60]

I was the only Crossfire there (as usual) there were supposed to be 2 or 3 others (deadbeats) grin.

Was the most interesting cruise I have been on, Paul you missed a doosy. Someone stopped some of the cars as we were leaving the park, and warned about burnouts, Half of the cars started out going the wrong way on the beltway, almost 3 accidents (with each other) before rt 50. Nothing but traffic from 95 to the Leigon Br. half of the cars not making it onto the HOV lanes, on 395, and the only 2010 Chevy Camaro went into the cuardrail on 395, and did not finish. He is a friend of mine from the Fredericksburg area. He e-mailed me Saturday night and told me he was OK, just a small dent to his brand new car though, he was crying. I have some pics on the Crossfire forum I do not have enough posts here to submit a link =) crossfireforum.org

[Bagged Mag]

wow i didnt realize all that went down. especially the camaro into the guardrail. here are my pics from the event.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...7&l=2a94f8ec0a