LatinoReview.com's No. 6 featurette on the right side of the page about "Cars" should be of considerable interest to Route 66 aficionados.

It's titled "Kickin' It on Route 66." It contains footage of author Michael Wallis taking the Pixar crew down the Mother Road during their research for the film. Roadies should be able to recognize a lot of sights in the footage, especially in Oklahoma and Texas. 

I received word tonight that Julia Chaney, former co-operator of the legendary Red's Giant Hamburg restaurant in Springfield, Mo., has died at age 91. The obituary is here in the Springfield News-Leader. Her husband, Sheldon "Red" Chaney, died in 1997.

Red's Giant Hamburg's biggest fame, other than it being on Route 66, is that it claimed to have the first drive-up window. You can read more about Red's here.

Remember a few weeks ago the dedication ceremony in Springfield, Mo., for designating Route 66 in in the Show-Me State as a scenic byway?

Well, ConstructionEquipmentGuide.com just posted a pretty extensive story about it.

Tucked into a Village Voice story (warning: some content is not for the puritanical) about a fundraiser for Exotic World Burlesque Museum, the wacky museum just off Route 66 in Helendale, Calif., is this bombsell — the museum will soon pack up to move to Las Vegas.

Sure enough, the museum's Web site confirms it. The annual Miss Exotic World pageant and 49th annual Striptease Reunion is celebrating the impending move this weekend in Sin City.

It's a loss for the Mother Road, as former Marilyn Monroe doppelganger and affable caretaker Dixie Evans (shown above) provided memorable moments for many a  road-tripper who paid a visit to her museum. But the place was in the middle of proverbial nowhere — on an abandoned goat ranch, of all places. Attendance was pretty sparse.

If you could think of anyplace to move a burlesque museum, could you think of any more appropriate than Vegas?

Good luck, Dixie. The Mother Road will miss you.