Schonesland 2024 Eureka Springs Arkansas Drive

Schonesland Porsche Club Eureka Springs Arkansas Tour. This event is open only to Schonesland Porsche Club Members.

Please note that this drive is capped at 20 cars and that it sold out in 2023!

This event takes place over the Labor Day Weekend

We will be using the same phenomenal roads as in 2023. The roads in Arkansas are amazing, this is a driver’s drive and pretty much the best driving tour the club offers.

Schedule:

We formally start the drive from Joplin, Missouri with a welcome dinner Thursday night at the Mythos Greek restaurant that we have enjoyed last several years. Most of us will drive together from Des Moines to Joplin on Thursday (this part of the trip is not PCA sanctioned) with a lunch stop at the Toot Toot restaurant in Bethany, MO. If you are unable to join us in Joplin, you can join the group in Eureka Springs for Saturday’s and Sunday’s drives, but you would miss a fantastic day of driving on Friday from Joplin to Eureka Springs with a nice Lunch Stop at the Flat Creek Restaurant in Fair Hope, MO.

Drives:

For those driving together to Joplin on Thursday, we will meet at Hotel Renovo parking lot at 10:00 am with a planned departure at 10:15.

Friday morning, drive from Joplin to Eureka Springs through southern Missouri and Arkansas with the aforementioned lunch stop In Fair Hope and a couple of pit stops.

Saturday morning, drive south from Eureka Springs to Oark for lunch at the Oark General Store returning to Eureka Springs through the Ozark Francis National Forest. Saturday’s drive has been changed due to significant road construction. It now covers Southern Parts of Missouri and Northern parts of Arkansas with lunch at the Beacon Point Restaurant in the Bull Shoals general area.

Sunday morning, drive from Eureka Springs via Ponca to Jasper for lunch at the Ozark Café continuing to Mt. Judea (on the incredible Hwy 123) and then returning to Eureka Springs via the North-Eastern route.

Monday morning, driving home (optional and not PCA sanctioned) will include some good roads and minimal interstate use. 

If you choose to participate in just some parts of the drive, please notify Garry Seemann or Skip Hammerman to allow for us to plan on attendance at restaurants.

Please note that registration here on Motorsportreg.com will not reserve your hotel rooms. You must call the hotels directly to make your reservations (information below).

HOTELS:

8/29 – one night – Hilton Garden Inn Joplin

NOTE: THIS HOTEL IS NO LONGER IN THE HILTON SYSTEM AND IS IN BRAND TRANSITION AT THIS TIME. PLEASE CONTACT SKIP AT 515-419-8734 or skiphammerman@msn.com for any needs or changes to your existing reservations. Also, if you just registered for the drive contact Skip to make the reservation at this hotel. You need to book the other hotel on your own.

2644 E 32nd St., Joplin, MO 64804

Phone: 417-206-6700. Room Rate: $124.

8/30 through 9/1 (Checking out 9/2) – three nights – Best Western Eureka Springs – ask for the rooms under Schonesland Porsche Club

207 W Van Buren Highway 62 West, Eureka Springs, AR 72632 (not the same one as in previous years in Eureka Springs)

Phone 479-253-9768 Room Rate: $142 on Friday and Saturday, $134 on Sunday

We have made arrangements and have reservations in multiple excellent restaurants in Eureka Springs. If you have not been to Eureka Springs or are not familiar with this unique town, you can get a quick overview here: https://issuu.com/eurekaspringschamber/docs/2023_visitor_guide_final_for_web

If you want to participate on this drive:

Register here on Motorsportsreg.com. Add your name and number of participants, there is no cost for this drive.

Book your room(s) now, this being Labor Day weekend the preferred rooms may be booked soon.