| GRAND CHAMPION WINNER: $15,000 (plus their division’s first place prize money) |
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| GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION AWARDS | |
| 1st Place | $10,000 |
| 2nd Place | $5,000 |
| 3rd Place | $2,500 |
| TOTAL | $17,500 |
| EXPERT DIVISION AWARDS | |
| 1st Place | $10,000 |
| 2nd Place | $6,000 |
| 3nd Place | $5,000 |
| 4th Place | $4,000 |
| 5th Place | $3,000 |
| 6th Place | $2,000 |
| 7th Place | $1,000 |
| TOTAL | $31,000 |
| SPORTSMAN DIVISION AWARDS | |
| 1st Place | $10,000 |
| 2nd Place | $6,000 |
| 3rd Place | $5,000 |
| 4th Place | $4,000 |
| 5th Place | $3,000 |
| 6th Place | $2,000 |
| 7th Place | $1,000 |
| TOTAL | $31,000 |
| ROOKIE CLASS AWARDS | |
| 1st Place | $5,000 |
| 2nd Place | $3,000 |
| 3rd Place | $2,500 |
| 4th Place | $2,000 |
| 5th Place | $1,200 |
| 6th Place | $800 |
| 7th Place | $500 |
| TOTAL | $15,000 |
| ACE WINNERS | |
| 1st Place | $1,000 |
| 2nd Place | $600 |
| 3rd Place | $400 |
| TOTAL | $2,000 |
| DAILY WINNERS | |
| TOTAL | $7,000 |
| GRAND TOTAL: $118,500 |
WHAT:
The Great Race is a cross-country rally that pits driver/navigator teams against the clock and against each other. This year’s event will be around the Great Lakes, covering 19 cities, 2 countries and 4 states. Entrants will participate in a timed, controlled-speed, endurance competition over scenic public highways and roads. The scores for each team are the result of a team’s ability to follow all designated course instructions precisely.
Following specific course instructions, teams navigate through 4 to 7 timed checkpoints each day. Their arrival time at each checkpoint is recorded and compared against the perfectly driven route, with each second off the perfect time, (either early or late) counted as penalty points. The winning team is the one with the lowest overall score (the most accurately driven route) at the end of the event.
DIVISIONS:
• Grand Championship – past Grand Champions;
• Expert – previous top finishers;
• Sportsman – just getting the hang of it;
• Rookie – both driver and navigator must have less than 2 days’ Great Racing experience;
• X-Cup – Student Teams
VEHICLES:
Antique Vintage Cars, Trucks, and Motorcycles with body and drive train built 1969 and earlier
COST:
• Business/Corporate Entry – $5,000
• Private Entry – $4,000
• X-Cup Entry – Contact us
PRIZES:
Prize fund is determined by the number of entrants; bragging rights and trophies for the Top Finishers in each Division and Top Rookies with additional prizes to be announced.
Click for the full 2012 Schedule. If you haven’t registered yet, make sure to head over to our registration page to get your entry in for 2012, we’re going to have a race like never before.
| Saturday, June 23, 2012 |
| Start: Downtown Traverse City, Mich. |
| Lunch: Shore of Lake Huron in St. Ignace, Mich. |
| Finish: At the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. |
| Sunday, June 24, 2012 |
| Start: Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. |
| Lunch: Downtown Elliott Lake, Ontario |
| Finish: A&W on Long Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario |
| Monday, June 25, 2012 |
| Start: Sudbury, Ontario |
| Lunch: Bobby Orr Hall of Fame in Parry Sound, Ontario |
| Finish: Heritage Park in Barrie, Ontario |
| Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
| Start: Barrie, Ontario |
| Lunch: Zurakowski Park in Barry’s Bay, Ontario |
| Finish: Hazeldean Mall in Kanata (Ottawa), Ontario |
| Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
| Start: Kanata, Ontario |
| Lunch: Confederation Park in downtown Kingston, Ontario |
| Finish: The Fairgrounds in Watertown, New York |
| Thursday, June 28, 2012 |
| Start: Watertown, N.Y. |
| Lunch: Erie Canal in downtown Fairport, New York |
| Finish: Pierce-Arrow Museum in downtown Buffalo, New York |
| Friday, June 29, 2012 |
| Start: Buffalo, New York |
| Lunch: Downtown Franklin, PA |
| Finish: National Packard Museum in Warren, Ohio |
| Saturday, June 30, 2012 |
| Start: Warren, Ohio |
| Lunch: The Carousel in downtown Mansfield, Ohio |
| Finish: Downtown Findlay, Ohio |
| Sunday, July 1, 2012 |
| Start: Findlay, Ohio |
| Lunch: Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum in Ypsilanti, Michigan |
| Grand Finish: The Henry Ford and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan |
2011 Great Race Video
Prize money announced for 2012 Great Race
The total purse for the 2012 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty is going to be $118,500, event Director Jeff Stumb has announced. The Grand Champion of the race will receive a minimum of $25,000. The total purse is an increase of 32 percent over last year, and the Grand Champion is guaranteed to pocket at least $5,000 more than last year.
The other major increases are the addition of daily prize money and an increase of one extra paid position in each division and class. “And we increased the total amount paid out in each class as well,” Stumb said.
Here is the breakdown of overall and class prize money:
Great Race makes the New York Times
The 2012 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty got a big boost Jan. 6 when an article and photograph about the event ran in the New York Times. Click the link below to read the entire story (the race will be closer to 2,300 miles, not the 1,000 reported). http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/racing-against-time-around-the-great-lakes/?emc=eta1
