COUNTY LIFE
HOT ROD Power Tour rolling through Bowie Wednesday
HOT ROD Power Tour, the largest road trip in the world, with several thousand cars traveling to seven cities in seven days will pass through Bowie on Wednesday as the tour heads north out of Texas.
The 22nd running of Power Tour will be June 11-17 starting in Baton Rouge, LA and ending in Kansas City, KA on a route that includes highways and winding backroads.
According to Hot Rod Magazine officials there was a record number of participants for the tour, 6,095 drivers along the 1,500-mile journey, plus 2,120 drivers and cars making it on the Long Haul Gang for the entire week.
An estimated 116,000 spectators visited the stops throughout the week. Gearheads can join in at any point along the way. According to the tour schedule posted on the magazine website, the tour was scheduled for an 8 a.m. departure from Grand Prairie traveling to Oklahoma City.
The tour route notes an exit at U.S. Highway 81 at Bowie, following the highway all the way into Oklahoma City. Information on the Power Tour can be obtained at HOTROD.com.
Rick Laughton, president of the Piston Heads Auto Club, said the Power Tour is a pretty big deal and brings a huge amount of cars through a town.
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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