OVERVIEW:
Carolina Relic Run 2024
April 17-21, 2024
Riverbend (formerly Shadowlands) Campground
200-216 Mullinex rd
Troy, NC
Registration now open:
OVERVIEW OF THE EVENT:
The Carolina Relic Run is in it’s 9th year and was conceived and created to gather and admire vintage Toyota Land Cruisers, AKA “Relics”.
With a weekend of picturesque North Carolina Mountain camping, Uwharrie trail riding, great food, live bluegrass music, raffle prizes, a Relic car show, and a family friendly atmosphere you’ll be sure to have a great time! We invite owners of all Toyota 4 Wheel Drive vehicles of any year to be part of the weekend of fun. For the owners of Relics, there will be a Relic specific car show and varying difficulty of group trail runs coordinated for like-minded drivers and their vehicles with build dates of 1990 and prior. Also new to this year:
Inaugural Swap Meet: Bring those old spare parts, accessories, tools, and camping gear to sell or trade
The event is organized by the Olde North State Cruisers, a not-for-profit chapter of the Toyota Land Cruiser Association (TLCA). Uwharrie National Forest is approximately 51,000 acres in size and offers outdoor activities including hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, fishing, swimming, boating and approximately 20 miles of trails designated for off-roading.
What to Expect if you go:
- 4 nights of camping in a field or under trees your choice (no hookups – limited hot showers) – don’t feel the need to show up early, but shady space is limited.
- 5 days of Uwharrie Forest off-roading access ($5 per day/vehicle (not per person) fee payable at the Eldorado Outpost, just outside of camp, to ride the trails – annual pass is also available)
- Again for 2024 – ***Friday trail rides at Grand Overland property. (Grand Overland trails are not open to CRR attendees without ONSC STAFF)
- Bring food. (grocery store is 30 mins – Outpost Grill/Grocery is close by but limited in selection)
- Friday night pot-luck dinner – please consider contributing and regardless of that, dig in! – Prize for best tasting dish
- Friday night Live Bluegrass Music from our talented friends: Hotwax and the Splinters
- “Relic” Car Show with Trophies Saturday afternoon
- Costume Competition : dress like the build date of your Cruiser – open to all model years and participants (Kids prize for costume competition, too!)
- Table Raffle with Incredible Prizes – (Buy bulk ticket packs in advance or pay full price at the event)
- Driver Raffle Prize – BIG PRIZE TBD
- Saturday Night Carolina BBQ feast included in event fee
- Southern-style family and dog friendly environment
- Swag and a welcome pack – Early bird registration now over, T-Shirts may be available at the sign in table
- Below please find the draft schedule of events (subject to change). Please PM me with suggested revisions and additions.
Events & Activities:
(day 1 and 2 have no official activities planned, the official events begin on Friday night with the potluck/live music)
Wednesday, April 17th
Camp opens for Early Bird Campers at 3pm – Check in at the registration tent or with a ONSC BOD member before setting up.
Please set up in areas shown on the map. If you’re unclear, please ask before setting up. We don’t want to have to ask anyone to move.
Wheel or enjoy URE at your leisure, preferably with a friend! There are no official URE trail groups hosted by ONSC on Wednesday.
Feel free to bring your toys! (RC Cars/Trucks/Drones, Kids Ride Ons, Games, etc).
Observe Quiet Hours based on your map location.
Thursday, April 18th
Continued setup – Vehicle inspections will begin 9:30 – 11:30am or as inspectors become available.
Wheel at your leisure. There are no official URE trail groups hosted by ONSC on Thursday.
Observe Quiet Hours based on your map location.
Friday, April 19th
Vehicle Inspection and Check-In continue 9:00-11:30am.
Grand Overland trail groups will depart for that property as leaders are matched with groups of similar capabilities. There will be a limited number of groups, and nobody will be allowed access unless part of an official ONSC Staff-led group. Be prepared
People wishing to wheel the URE forest trails instead are encouraged to reach out to ONSC staff to link them with others who wish to do the same. There are no official URE trail groups hosted by ONSC on Friday.
6PM – POT LUCK DINNER (optional but encouraged)
- Some limited outlets for crock pots will be available
- Please consider cooking campfire style food to bring
- Winner will be announced after the music
7PM – LIVE MUSIC from HOTWAX AND THE SPLINTERS
- NC natives with their blend of fast picking bluegrass
- Dancing and hootin/hollerin is encouraged!
Nighttime trail rides are always an option – please be responsible and safe.
Observe Quiet Hours based on your map location.
Saturday, April 20th
9:00-10:30am Remaining Vehicle Inspections/Check-in/Line-up (volunteers and trail leaders needed!).
– Relics should line up and group by trail difficulty for the “RELIC RUN”! Non-Relics will congregate in their own equally special groups (this is for photography reasons).
9:00-10:30am – Groups begin to leave camp. Your route, difficulty and path are all up to the leader of your group. Want to be a trail or road trip leader? Volunteers needed!
We’ll send out groups of trucks in waves starting at 9:30am-ish.
Lunch – “Relic Run” groups should be done by lunch time but your trail leader might continue if there is enough interest, so be prepared with a trail map to peel off and service road yourself back to camp if you’re done for the day! The Outpost makes great greasy gas station style food and is close by. Or pack a lunch to bring and eat on the trails, then link up with other Relics or Non-Relics as you see fit.
3:00pm – SWAP MEET participants will set up in the designated area adjacent to the pavilion. Bring a table if you need one.
4:00pm – RELIC CAR SHOW All Relic trucks MUST be lined up in the field at Riverbend and remain “on show” for the rest of the evening. A small team of judges will review the lineup and winners will be announced after the raffle. Please fill out your provided information ticket (CAR SHOW INFO) and pass to the registration desk. A number will be assigned to your truck for use in the “fan favorite” voting. Please prominently display this number on your vehicle to help with voting during the show. If your vehicle has particular non-obvious type things you want to showcase, please consider making a card for your windshield that outlines these details for the judges. This will help!
TO KEEP IT FUN, YOU CANNOT WIN THE SAME TROPHY 2 YEARS IN A ROW.
Current list of prizes:
- Oldest Relic
- Iron Butt Award (furthest driven to the event in their Land Cruiser)
- Longest Continuous Ownership
- Best Patina
- Best Original
- Best Modified
- Best “Dress Like your Cruiser” Costume – Adult *
- Best “Dress Like your Cruiser” Costume – Kids (17 and younger) *
- Fan Favorite *
- Best in Show
* voted on by the event participants – not the judges – this is what your number is for.
6:30-7:00pm – LAST CHANCE TO PURCHASE RAFFLE TICKETS
7:00pm – Dinner catered by Fuller Flavor, an award winning BBQ circuit competitor. This is their first year with availability for the event and we are ridiculously excited to have them!
~~TABLE RAFFLE CLOSES AT 7:30PM – last chance to choose your prizes!~~
8:00pm – Dress Like Your Cruiser Contest
- Dress in period correct attire for the year that your Toyota Truck was made
- Open to all years, even Non-Relics! C’mon, let’s see what June of 2011 looks like!
- Kids are encouraged to participate (separate prize will be given for the winning under 17 participant).
- Crowd enthusiasm determines the winners so get ready to scream!
8:30 PM – Raffle Drawing
- Grand prize: TBD (1 ticket is given for each driver registration)
- Remaining items will be in a Table Style Raffle
- Take your general raffle ticket(s) and keep one of the two halves somewhere safe.
- A table will be set up by Registration with amazing prizes, or photographs of them with containers for tickets.
- Choose which fantastic prize(s) you’d like to win and put the ‘other’ half of your ticket(s) into the container. **Tickets that are folded, ripped, torn, or otherwise “not flat” will be discarded if drawn. Too many people have complained about those shenanigans despite our best use of children, with no interest in the outcome, as ticket pullers…sorry.**
- No need to write your name on it – just keep the half with your numbers on it and bring it to the raffle!
10:00pm-ish… Campfire, tall tales and great friends!
Observe Quiet Hours based on your map location
Midnight – Music and all campfire chatter must be kept to a minimum
Sunday, April 21st
No official activities are planned.
Feel free to ride the trails and leave when you’re ready. Please clean up after yourself and pack your trash out with you or place it in the trash trailer along the treeline, just downhill from the bathhouse, as you leave camp.
Riverbend will remain open until late afternoon for your lazy checkout needs…We hope you had a great time, made some new friends and created some lasting memories! Please share your pics in the “CRR 2024 Photos” thread that will be posted on MUD after the event. Captions and your memories would be awesome to include!
EVENT LOCATION MAP: (MAP IS APPROXIMATE – CAR SHOW AREA WILL BE MARKED WITH CONES)
Campsite Details:
We will have CRR signs out along the last 1-mile from all directions like we did last year in order to help newbies and those with trailers who might be forgetful!
From HWY 109 you will turn onto Mullinex road. Follow approx 0.5 miles and make a left up a gravel entrance (we’ll have a sign out). Riverbend sits on 51 acres, some wooded and some wide open. There is a covered pavilion on location that has bathrooms and showers. As you pull in to the right of the pavilion you will find the wooded section prime for tent camping. Trailers, campers and RV’s have full access to the fields but please park any empty trailers where indicated. On the map you will see a blue oval.
We do have a “QUIET CAMPING” area for those who desire that. Strategically placed on the other side of a small hill, this should allow those of you with light sleeping or younger kids a spot that’s away from the potential late night noise. Which is a nice segway into this:
Family Friendly:
Like all other Olde North State Cruisers events, this one is also open to your entire family, including children and dogs. Please be thoughtful, courteous and cautious and leave at home any member of the family that might not be well socialized or be otherwise unpredictable at a gathering of this type. There will be no second chances if complaints are made.
Kids 17 and under are always FREE to attend. Please let us know the number you are bringing so we can plan ahead for food.
OK, SO HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
Driver Registration (Relics or Non-Relics – if you stay at least one night, you’re a driver)
- Includes Event Fee
- Access to Campsites for duration of event
- Saturday Night Dinner and Raffle (tickets not included; purchase at registration for a discount or on site for slightly more).
- 1 Ticket for the Grand Prize Raffle (none will be sold separately)
- Bulk pack raffle purchases available only at online registration
- Event Decal
Cost – $85.00 (Early Bird ended, T-shirts must be purchased on site and there is no guarantee of size availability. This is due to production lead times. Thank you for understanding.).
Passenger Registration – Please register every member of your party that didn’t drive their own vehicle to the event and is above the age of 17 as a passenger
- Access to Campsites
- Saturday Night Dinner and Raffle
- Buy them their own event shirt during checkout for just another $15!
Cost – $15 (No Early Bird discounts)
Kids under 17 are free – but please tell us how many will be there so we can plan accordingly for dinner and such.
Can’t make it the whole time but want to be part of the event? A day pass may work better for you, so we present…
Day Pass (Relics or Non-Relics)
- Includes Event Fee
- Access to Campsites for Saturday night only
- Saturday Night Dinner and Raffle
- NO Driver Raffle Ticket, but…
- Online bulk pack raffle purchases available at registration
- No Shirt, but available for purchase on site.
Cost – $30 (No Early Bird discount) – Passengers – $15
Can’t be part of the event but want to show up and say hi? A walkup pass may work better for you:
WALKUP/SPECTATOR OPTION: $20 CASH AT THE EVENT.
- Can’t stay the night and camp.
- Sadly, not part of the ‘Relic Run’ or ‘Relic Car Show’ regardless of how cool your Relic is.
- No food Friday or Saturday
- No Shirt, Sticker, or other registration benefits
- No Driver Raffle Ticket
- You can buy $5 general raffle tickets – full price at the event
RAFFLE:
Each Registered Driver will receive 1 Grand Prize raffle ticket. These tickets will not be available for sale.
BULK TICKET PACKS ARE AVAILABLE DURING CHECKOUT ONLY IN ADVANCE OF THE EVENT: Raffle tickets then will be $5 each, or $20 for 5 tickets, or $100 for 30 tickets. They will be $5 each regardless of quantity on site and they will be cash only. Because of the style of the raffle, it is strongly suggested to purchase multiple tickets.
****ALL RAFFLE TICKETS PURCHASED AT THE EVENT ARE $5 EACH
We’re currently reaching out to sponsors and will update this page periodically as we receive commitments. To avoid misrepresentation, we will not post any raffle items that are not in our actual possession prior to the event.