At our house we have a “rule” that if an activity is not on the calendar then it isn’t official. I recently bought our 2012 calendar and the first entry was The Great Race. So it is “official” we will be participating in the 2012 Great Race. I’m hoping others are marking their calendars for
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October 29, 2011
August 25, 2011
I know it is months away but it isn’t too early to start thinking about the 2012 Great Race. Check out all the information on the web site for the details. There is a discount for early entry. Since I’m always interested in saving money we will be taking advantage of the early registration discount.
June 18, 2011
Anyone who has been a part of the Great Race knows there are lots of interesting/ funny incidents. I thought I would share some I thought were the best from the 2011 Great Race It seems there was a situation when a the stop watch malfunctioned during the rally. Anyone knows that would be a
June 18, 2011
We successfully completed the 2011 Great Race !!!! Our final day was Friday and it was an intense day. We started at 6am ( which means we were up at 4am) and had 7 challenging legs for the day. There is heightened excitement on the last day which makes it even more stressful. We were
June 16, 2011
I think this was the most challenging rally day we have had in all of our rally experience. The good part is we didn’t “lose our heads” and kept going on!!! On the first leg we had construction. We stopped had calculated our delay then soon as we started some of the “construction guys” got
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
