History of the Cruise

The Spirit of Cruisn' Lives on

In 1977, Cruisn' the block, a right of passage for every State College teenager became illegal. Some thought that all of the cars that were Cruisn' – going east on College and west on Beaver was keeping folks from coming downtown to shop and dine.

Two local disk jockeys, Kevin Nelson and Wendy Williams were doing a live remote near the Nittany Mall the night the new anti-Crusin' law was to take effect at Midnight. They didn't exactly see the logic of the new law and while on the air they put out a call for everyone that night to do one “Last Cruise” in downtown State College.

They weren't sure if anyone would take them up on their request. Kevin and Wendy didn't realize, as they left the live remote to head back to the station in State College, that they were the leaders of a line of hundreds of cars of all makes and models that were full of folks that were ready to go Cruisn'. That is how the “Last Cruise” was started so the spirit of Cruisn' will live on forever. If you're not Cruisn' you're losin'!