everything ya need to know about the WDC :
http://www.woodwarddreamcruise.com/
car clubs are scattered and parking fees are normally attached to those spots - with maximum space limits and members only .
in general folks park anywhere they can, afterall , it is not all paid for parking along 16 miles of 8 lane hiway for 30,000 or more cars and 1 or more million viewers . there are plenty of places .
"Mecca" is between 13 mile and 15 mile (Maple Road ) along Woodward , however that also means slowest travel .
Each night before the weekend traffic continues to build with ' pre- cruisers' . It is near gridlock by Thurs eve . Fri and Sat are virtual gridlock as it becomes the Woodward CRAWL .
better to cruise early, pick a spot, park and watch them go by ...otherwise you see the same cars next to you, ahead and behind you , all at a 3 mph or less crawl as you stare at your temp gauge and wonder what the limit is !! yep, park it is best ...
it IS worth the trip !! I grew up cruising Woodward in the 60s and I still do it now (but now I AM in my 60s . LOL ) Bill