[08/22/2001] Team Mustang makes its mark on the 7th Annual Woodward Dream Cruise
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Over this past weekend, Team Mustang kicked off its yearly Woodward Dream Cruise festivities by holding their yearly Team Mustang Meeting and opening it to the public so that Mustang enthusiasts from all over could attend. The meeting gave a look at where the Mustang is at in the market place, and what Team Mustang''s goals are both currently and for the future. The meeting was run by Team Mustang''s own Art Hyde and featured several guest speakers, including Steve Saleen from Saleen Mustang,
Dario Orlando from Steeda Autosports, and Austin Craig from J. Walter Thompson. Following the meeting Team Mustang held a Cruise to Woodward to kick off their Fast Friday festivities for the Woodward Dream Cruise. Everyone got underway, of course, by doing burnouts one after another leaving the Ford World Headquarters parking lot. Now what a cool car company, huh?! It was quite a sight to see Ford Motor Company security blocking off the roads at Ford HQ for 300 plus Mustangs to do burnouts. Dan McClain, President of Mustang Works Magazine, even took part by driving Project Death Machine in the cruise and doing his own little burnout leaving Ford HQ. Then, once down at the Team Mustang lots in Ferndale, Michigan, everyone gathered in what is now known as Mustang Alley. A few hundred Mustang enthusiasts had there cars on display along with Ford''s own display vehicles.
On Saturday, the cruise went into full swing, and along with returning Mustangs to the lots several Mustang industry manufacturer''s had vehicles on display in Team Mustang''s Manufacturer''s row. Among them were a couple of Dario Orlando''s Steeda Mustangs, including the Steeda / Team Mustang technology car, a Mustang from George Huisman''s Classic Design Concepts, Kenny Brown''s six cylinder race Mustang that is said to eat Corvette''s, a few Roush Mustangs, and even two Sean Hyland Mustangs.
Officially, more than 40,000 vehicles and 1.4 million people attended this one weekend event, which is now the largest single day/weekend event in Michigan each year. Unfortunately, it did end up raining some this year on Saturday evening, and off and on throughout Sunday. However, the cruise was still a big success. Be sure to check out our photos from Ford HQ and Mustang Alley, along with our streaming video of the Team Mustang Meeting!
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