What is the Supercruise?

The Golden Super Cruise has been going on for almost 20 years.  I recently had a chance to sit down with the original organizer to learn about how it has evolved to what it is, and  what it is not.  Originally, it was an outgrowth of dragster fans who had street rods built by themselves to share tips and trips and oohs and aahs over peoples’ cars.  In the early years it grew to as many as 3,000 cars, but more typically 1,200 or so cars of various vintages on the first Saturday of the month would cruise from as far south as King Soopers area, to as far north as HW58.  After some community push back, and some self policing of drinking, spinning tires, and trash, the organizers made some participants realize it was not an event for them, and it has now shrunk to a core of more like 350 to 500 vehicles.  There used to be great expenses for trash pick up and a DJ, but now there is no entertainment, and with substantially less drinking, there is less trash, and people are to police themselves.  The stated goal of the experience now, is to “keep it going”, and have fun.  As the parking makes use of private property, by permission, and the route makes use of public roads, it really comes down to dare I say, not being jerks.  Don’t spin-out, don’t roll coal, don’t rev your engine to increase exhaust or turbo noise, don’t speed, drink, leave trash, etc.  In other words, somehow share your love for souped up cars in a very low-key way.  Just to be clear, the city does not promote the experience, it requires no permit, we can enforce speed limits, and we can put up more traffic barriers to guide the route differently, but in my estimation, we can not “shut it down” by fiat or declaration.