We finished the Great Race yesterday with our best day of the race. Unfortunately with the overheating and vapor lock problems on the first two days our total score put us in only 35th position overall, out of 60 entries, and 15 in our division. The GOOD news on Friday was that we placed 8th overall,
Bill Croker
June 18, 2011
June 16, 2011
For the last two days of the GR that began today, all legs count and none can be removed. Also it always seems that the course gets more difficult on the last couple of days. Maybe we are just tired. We had a good run today with a total score of 25 seconds. That put
June 15, 2011
This morning we left Hershey, PA, in perfect weather for rallying. Molly ran great all day without a hiccup. The navigator did perfect, until after the last timed section. More about that later. The driver did a little better and we ended up with a total score for the day of 12.45 seconds. We placed
June 15, 2011
Tuesday, JUNE 14, 2011 Today was our best day yet. We can still do better, but we are making improvements every day. Yesterday we were consistently late about 10 seconds per hour of actual driving. Rather than change our driving style or our calibrations for corners and stops which is hard to do, we
June 15, 2011
Tuesday, JUNE 14, 2011 On the GR website (http://www.greatrace.com/) there are some pictures from day 3. Go to the third page of pictures and you will see Molly Maroon crossing a very narrow wooden bridge. At the end of the bridge was a lady in a small booth that collected a 50 cent toll
2011 Great Race Video
Classic 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
