The Mission:

We are hitting the open road to see the USA in a Chevrolet. This is the travelog of our road trip adventure to South by Southwest in Austin, TX during the week of March 8th 2010. Join us along the way as we race seven other teams to complete 50 challenges, with your help and encouragement.

The Team:

Team North Carolina is Jason Keath, Nicole D’Alonzo, Wayne Sutton and Ryan Boyles. And all of NC! Ask questions, give comments, leave us a message - the team will answer you and repost them here. Just ask anything. You can call us at 919-200-0937. Tag your tweets and retweets #NCChevySXSW. This is going to be fun!

The Route:

Our travel route is Charlotte, NC to Atlanta, GA to Montgomery, AL to New Orleans, LA to Houston, TX to Austin, TX. We start the journey on March 8th and arrive for SxSW on Thursday March 11th.

The Challenges:

We want your ideas for our road trip challenges. Please tell us what you think we should do along the way from 8 cities across the USA to Austin. We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

The Challengers:

1. North Carolina AKA The Winners (Representing Charlotte + Raleigh well)
2. Atlanta
3. Detroit
4. Lansing
5. South Florida
6. Chicago
7. New York
8. San Diego

Some Background:

Chris Barger gets the challenge underway on Chevy’s FastLane blog. Read official team score and trip updates on the Chevy @ SXSW blog or facebook.