The Dream Cruise started as a fundraiser for soccer fields and quickly grew to become one of the nation's biggest car events.

Corvettes on Woodward first gathered at the Kingsley Hotel in Birmingham, where it eventually burst at the seams. Over 500 Corvettes were crammed into a hotel lot with 180 parking spaces. When the group spilled out on to Woodward for a lap of the Cruise route, the chain would run for seven miles.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Here’s everything you need to know for the Dream Cruise. What is the Woodward Dream Cruise? The Dream Cruise started in 1995 with the intention of raising money for a soccer field in Ferndale.