2025 Muscle Car Adventures Road Tours

Wisconsin back roads are perfect for driving your Muscle Car the way it was meant to be driven. Our guided tours are designed to give you some of the best of Wisconsin's back roads.

The number of Muscle Cars in each tour will be limited to 15 - 18. In addition, some tours will have required fees for samples and tours as indicated in the tour description. For planning purposes, we have printed all fees at the tour stops. They’ve always been there but now they are indicated up front when you register.

Staging for all Muscle Car Adventure road tours will be in the road adjacent to the registration area 15 minutes before launching. As is our policy, we will launch all tours on time. You will receive a route map of all tours you have signed up for in your welcome packet.

Please also remember that most brewery and winery tours require closed toe shoes. We can’t emphasize this enough. . . every year someone forgets – please don’t be the one. Also, don’t forget to get gas before your tour!!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION – TOUR DESCRIPTIONS

“SCENIC” – This will be a relaxed, leisurely drive through the countryside. Take in the scenery and the beauty of the land and enjoy the sights of the countryside driven in a relaxed manner.

“SPIRITED” – These tours are for drivers (and their co-pilot) who are confident in themselves and their cars and who enjoy driving their Muscle Cars in a more aggressive manner as the opportunity presents itself on a tour. Slower, more cautious drivers should either drive from the back of these tours or limit themselves to “scenic” tours for maximum enjoyment of everyone.

Hot Laps at the Dells Raceway Park will be available from 3:00pm – 5:00pm on Thursday, September 19 and from 8:30am - 10:30am on Friday, September 20. All of the tours scheduled for Friday will stop at the track at the end of their tours except Tour #1 that may not be able to return in time to go to the track. Anyone else who would like to experience hot laps may travel to the Raceway on their own; or, we will lead a group there from the registration area at 2:45pm.

Your guide will schedule a rest stop on all long drives.

Please join us for the Sunday morning brunch and awards presentation. (Brunch is included with your registration). Guided tours will have a maximum number of cars for each tour.

Please call Ed Saari at 309-530-9235 with any questions or arrangements for a separate guided group tour.

Many wine and beer tastings will have a tasting charge.

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Join us on Thursday on either a scenic or spirited tour in the morning and ending at Dells Raceway Park for Hot Laps from 3:00pm – 5:00pm.

Tour 1 – 9:00am - Led by Rob & Sherri Davis - Spirited - Driftless Glen area, Honkers Restaurant, Wilsons Pottery, Baraboo Candy and more

This scenic tour was designed by a local, Joe & Sue Weibler and it features the Driftless area or Wisconsin along the Wisconsin River with another great scenic route back to the Resort. Along the way, you will first stop at Baraboo Candy to pick up some snacks and then you will travel to Honkers restaurant for a wonderful lunch. On the way back you will travel on an amazing route through the county to Chula Vista Resort.

3:31 driving time – 149miles

Tour 2 – 9:30am - Led by Eric & Vickie Kiernan - Scenic - A fun trip with lots to do – Edge-O-Dells, Carr Valley Cheese & Burr Oak Winery

Edge-O-Dells Bar & Restaurant is a Wisconsin Dells’ local favorite located just 20 minutes with a full menu, daily drink specials. They have a large inside eating area plus a very large deck outside to eat if the weather is nice and Barb says it will be nice so this will be a great place to have lunch before travelling on to the Carr Valley Cheese Factory in Mauston and then to Burr Oak Winery.

Carr Valley is a fourth generation cheese company in Wisconsin that makes over 100 varieties of award-winning cheeses, and you will be visiting their factory store.

Then it is on to Burr Oak Winery just a short trip up the road where they are one of the area’s leading wineries, wine shop and wine tasting destination since 1997. With 18 different varieties of red, white and dessert wines, they’re sure to have a wine variety you love!

1:25 driving time – 61.3 miles

By popular request we will again offer two track days at Dells Raceway Park.

The first day will be on Thursday, September 19 and the track will be available for participants in Muscle Car Adventures from 3:00pm - 5:00pm

On Friday, tours except tours 3,4,& 7 will go to the track from 8:30am - 10:30am

Join us at the Tavern at the Golf Course at Chula Vista Resort for a Meet 'n Greet from 5:00pm - 7:00pm. There will be a cash bar available.

Bring your Muscle Cars, your stories and enjoy with your friends.

Friday, September 26, 2025

Dells Raceway Park 8:30am - 10:30am

All Friday tours will travel to Dells Raceway Park at the start of their tours for hot laps on this amazing 1/3 mile paved asphalt track.

If you are not on a tour, you may obtain directions from the registration area and drive to the track yourself.

No helmets, no tech requirements, just you and your Muscle Car on the track driving however you want. It is you and the track!

Come and enjoy this unique driving experience.

These tours overlap; therefore, you may only choose one tour on Friday

All Friday Tours will go to Dells Raceway Park first except Tour #3, #4 & #7 - Please do on Thursday

Tour 3 – 8:00am – Led by Rob & Sherri Davis - Spirited -Harley Davidson Power Train Operations, The Mineshaft Restaurant.

This is a free, thirty minute, factory tour where you can see how your engine and transmission were born.

On the way home you will stop at the Mineshaft Restaurant as we did in Tour 4. While the original Mineshaft started in Green Bay, this one is every bit of an interesting place to visit and eat. Originally called “The Commodore”, this converted cocktail lounge was purchased in 1975 by brothers Tom & Will, along with their parents Dan & Dorothy Masters. In 1982, the tavern became a partnership between the brothers, then remodeled to look very much like an old mine shaft, where it borrowed its present name. Shortly thereafter, the first expansion took place and a kitchen was added, popular food choices as well as having a very large game room.

4:22 driving time, 273 miles

Tour 4 – 8:30am – Spirited - We will take you on a fun MYSTERY TOUR. This tour will take you to new stops and cruising some of the best spirited roads ever!

This year’s is just a great tour to an amazing destination.

You will love the lunch and that’s all we can tell you because of course it’s a mystery!!

This will be a Mystery Tour like no other to celebrate the 12th Anniversary of Muscle Car Adventures. Be ready to cruise through beautiful Wisconsin with the thrill of your Muscle Car in action! Come drive with us!!

As always, you won’t find out where you are going until the day of the tour but sign up early and enjoy the newest mystery tour. We know you will not be disappointed!!! Please review our definition of scenic and spirited on the web site.

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Tour 5 – 9:00am – Led by Chris Peters and Sarah Lang - Scenic - Mid-Continent Railway Museum and Historic Train Ride, the Log Cabin Family Restaurant and Baraboo Candy

Step back in time with a 55-minute round-trip train ride through rustic rural settings in restored 1915 railroad coaches. The seven-mile, 55-minute round-trip train ride on a former branch line of the Chicago & North Western Railway nestled in a valley between the Baraboo Hills in rural Sauk County. Passengers ride in restored steel coaches built a century ago. An authentically attired conductor will call “all aboard!” before the train leaves from a historic wooden depot, built in 1894.The cost of this amazing experience will be $16.00 per person.

Then visit the Mid-Continent Railway Museum filled with a nationally renowned collection of restored railroad equipment and displays from the 1885 – 1915 era of “The Golden Age of Railroading”. Mid-Continent is much more than just a train ride. Explore the indoor/outdoor museum filled with award-winning restorations and railroad exhibits. In all, there are over 40 train cars and locomotives on display and more under restoration.

After the train experience, you will have lunch at Log Cabin Family Restaurant in Baraboo and then travel to Baraboo Candy Factory as you return to Chula Vista Resort.

www.midcontinent.orgwww.baraboocandy.com

Tour 6 – 9:30am – Led by Eric & Vickie Kiernan - Scenic - LaClare Goat Farm, Creamery and lunch

At LaClare Creamery, everything is about pursuing perfection in flavor and quality to produce distinctly delicious goat cheese.

Their world-class cheese blends their passion for Wisconsin cheese making traditions with unmatched attention to detail. They are dedicated to clean taste and extraordinary flavor, with freshness at our core. Whether it’s the creamy canvas of our chevre infused with unique flavors or our robust hard cheeses, you’ll taste our commitment immediately.

It all begins with our milk. LaClare is one of the only 100%-domestically produced goat cheese brands in the country; we source milk exclusively from dairies within 10 miles of our creamery, reducing miles traveled and less CO2 emissions. The animals’ balanced diet of grains and forage yields only the finest milk. With quick and careful handling between our farms and creamery, this high-quality milk allows our cheeses’ signature clean flavor and freshness to flourish.

Through a self-guided tour, explore their Visitor Center and learn about LaClare Creamery and Saxon Creamery cheeses and their cheese making operations.

Then take a behind-the-scenes look at their cheese making process, from the viewing windows. They make over 15 different cheeses on-site!

Head outside to visit the goat silo, a fun new way to meet the goats. Next, make your way over to the barn to see the 500 doelings onsite...you may see a donkey or llama in the pens too! They have some resident chickens in the barn.

Baby goats are available to see in the viewing room.

After your tour, you will stop by the cafe and enjoy one of our delicious sandwiches or a crisp, delectable salad featuring our cheeses. We have expanded our outdoor dining area to allow more guests to stretch out, relax and enjoy a tasty lunch or cheeseboard.

4:22driving time, 206 miles

Tour 7 – 10:00am – Led by Charlaine & Chris Sliwerski - Scenic - East to Amish Country

The Amish tour east to view some amazing scenic Amish areas.

Our most complete Amish tour ever! #1 Rule, watch out for slow moving buggies and what they leave behind!!

You will cruise east to an Amish community in Green Lake County travelling the back roads by and through the little town of Dalton and Kingston.

You will stop at some wonderful Amish businesses, Oven Fresh Bakery featuring freshly, homemade baked goods including cinnamon rolls, a variety of breads, cookies, pies, jams, and much, much more as your first stop.

Next you will stop for lunch at Wayside Repair Restaurant in the heart of Amish Country. Yes, it’s an Amoco filling station but also a wonderful restaurant right in the heart of the Amish countryside.

Then you will cruise to Salemville Cheese Factory (Kingston Creamery) with its award-winning blue-veined cheeses crafted in the heart of Wisconsin. They make 3 types of blue cheese: Amish Blue, Gorgonzola and a smoked blue cheese. These cheeses are renowned for their smooth, earthy flavor that perfectly accentuates burgers, salads and cheese plates. If you are lucky, they will give you an overview of the cheese factory.

You will then stop at an Amish Produce store to see what is for sale that day.

Most, if not all, of these businesses in Amish Country only take cash – so bring plenty!!

2:07 driving time, 93 miles

Saturday, September 27, 2025

Tour 8 - 7:45am - Spirited - An exciting day at the drags - Led by Joe Morgan - Join Joe Morgan

Muscle Car Adventures is pleased to repeat a great Spirited Tour to the 2024 event. We did it in 2023 and you have asked for it again in 2024!!

They call it Hillsboro Drag-Away!!

Who doesn't love a day at the drag strip? There has just never been one close enough, but now that has changed. Recently an avid racing group in Hillsboro Wisconsin made arrangements to lease a local airport for use as a 1/8 mile dragstrip.

They have professional timing equipment, and run weekly programs throughout the summer. You will arrive at the track at about 8:45.

Cost to race will be $35 for the entire day, and spectators are free. Drivers should have a helmet, long pants, and closed-toe shoes for safety. The track offers food and beverage options.

Plan to join this tour for some great straight-line racing!

Tour 9 – 8:00am – Led by Chris Peters and Sarah Lang - Scenic - Milk Source Dairy Farm, Clearwater Harbor Waterfront Restaurant and Lunch Creek Vineyards & Winery

This is an amazing first stop. At this dairy farm you will see an operation that milks 5,000 cows three times a day. No words can describe this operation – a must see visit.

You will travel to the New Chester Milk Source Dairy Farm. In Grand Marsh, Milk Source was founded in 1994 by 3 couples — each from multi-generational Wisconsin farm families — and traces its roots back to 1965 when a small 30-cow dairy farm was started in Freedom.

Milk Source operates quality dairies in Wisconsin and the Midwest, producing milk that is used to make cheese, butter and other dairy products.

For lunch you will travel to Clear Water Harbor, a beautiful restaurant. Clear Water Harbor is in Waupaca, WI - a lakeside hub for summertime fun. The local restaurant has been owned and operated by the Meighan family for two generations, it’s the perfect place to grab a bite to eat and take in the beauty of the Chain O’ Lakes.

On the way back to Chula Vista Resort you will stop at Lunch Creek Vineyards & Winery that is a locally owned business. The decor in the tasting room was designed using reclaimed barn boards from a building that previously stood in the winery's current location.

On the property they have a large variety of apple, plum, and cherry trees, and several varieties of blueberries, raspberries, rhubarb and strawberries that will be used in the production of wine.

https://www.milksource.comwww.clearwaterharbor.com www.lunchcreekwinery.squarespace.com/

3:34 driving time – 171 miles

Tour 10 – 8:30am – Led by Rob & Sherri Davis - Spirited - Throttlestop -Capones - Ziegler Winery

Throttlestop is venue with all types of automobiles and motorcycles for sale on consignment. It’s a very neat place to visit and dream about that car you had, wished you had or want to have!!

Capone’s Restaurant was originally built in 1846 as the Stage Coach Inn and Fuhrman Hotel and had earned a place on the State Historical Registry and is said to be one of Al Capone’s stops when traveling between northern Wisconsin and Chicago.

Capone’s is popular for our Burgers, Sandwiches, Wraps, Brats, Hot Dogs, Pizzas, Wings, Salads, and Friday Fish Fry.

Capone’s is also popular for reports of hauntings. Inside the restaurant, there were claims of pizza pans being thrown in the kitchen, a beer glass flying off a counter and the scent of perfume wafting through the air. Outside, visitors and passersby reported seeing movement and lights in the third floor windows and even the figure of a woman.

Following lunch you will travel to Ziegler Winery. Their property was purchased in 2015 with the dream of owning their own large vineyard and winery. Established along the east shore of Lake Winnebago, we are located within the Wisconsin Ledge AVA, a region where the area’s temperate climate rivals that of some of the best wine-growing regions on earth.

The vineyard has grown to over 7000 vines on approximately 12 acres. We currently grow eleven All New World Northern hardy hybrids – the only grape varieties that can withstand the frigid Wisconsin winters. All of our vines were hand planted with the help of our wonderful family and friends. We harvest by hand and every wine is crafted and bottled on our property.

In fall 2018 they started their first vintage. Over 6000 gallons (31,000 bottles) of wines were produced. All the wines are hand crafted and made in small batches so the attention to detail is second to none. From start to finish, 100% of the process is done on site. Their tasting room is one of the largest in the state, with two upper mezzanine levels – one side with upper fireplace, two larger lower levels for seating with a fireplace, an outdoor enclosed patio and a second patio.

This will be a fun tour!!

https://www.throttlestop.com/https://visitcapones.com/https://www.zieglerwinery.com/

3:17 driving time – 141 miles

Tour 11 – 9:00am – Scenic - is the same MYSTERY TOUR as in Group 1 but driven in a more scenic manner. ?? driving time, ?? miles

Tour 12 – 9:30am – Led by Eric & Vickie Kiernan - Scenic - Eagle Inn Restaurant, Broken Bottle Winery and both sides of Devil's Lake

We have never had a scenic tour like this travelling both sides of Devil’s Lake first the west side on the way to Eagle Inn Restaurant in Prairie du Sac and then the east side on the way to Broken Bottle Winery which opened in May 2019 as a sister winery to Baraboo Bluffs Winery. They offer one-of-a-kind wines, a large tasting bar with spacious indoor seating and two large front porches with additional seating.

2:17 driving time, 84.2 miles

Tour 13 – 10:00am – Led by Charlaine & Chris Sliwerski - Spirited - Lunch at Jonny B's in Pardeeville and Fawn Creek Winery

This will be just a short, fun trip to Jonny B’s in Pardeeville a small, friendly Wisconsin town on the banks of Park Lake where their slogan is “Every But Loves a Rub”! After your lunch you will travel the back roads to a favorite winery, Fawn Creek Winery. Fawn Creek is a relaxing winery nestled in the forests of Dell Prairie.

Their wines are all fermented, created and bottled on-site. In addition to offering traditional semi-dry table reds and semi-sweet to sweet table whites, we have found a niche in fruit-flavored grape wines of a sweeter nature such as Granny's Gold, a Granny Smith-apple-flavored Riesling, and Razz Prairie, a raspberry-flavored Pinot Noir.

2:15driving time – 106 miles

Sunday, September 28, 2025

The Sunday morning tours are all 60 miles and approximately 1 hrs 53 min driving time – 94 miles

Tour 14 – 7:15am – Led by Eric & Vickie Kiernan - Spirited - having fun - Up and away and let's go fast - Going right –

You will make a quick trip north with no stops through the Grand Marsh area and around Castle Rock Lake

Tour 15 – 7:30am - Led by Charlaine & Chris Sliwerski - Spirited – Ladies Driving - Up and away and let's go fast - Going right -

You will make a quick trip north with no stops through the Grand Marsh area and around Castle Rock Lake

Tour 16 – 7:45am – Led by Joe Morgan - Scenic –This is the same tour route as Tour 14 & 15 except you will be travelling in the opposite direction

Tour 17 - 8:00am - Led by Chris Peters and Sarah Lang - For Nickey Cars Only - This will be once again a great tour for all Nickey Cars - Hear them ROAR!!

Brunch

10:00am – Doors open for Brunch

10:30am – Brunch begins