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:

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

Here are a couple of announcements from the Great Race staff: Car numbers will be assigned beginning Feb. 1 to those who have registered and are paid in full. Veterans, as always, will get the number they had in last year’s race. Veterans who missed last year can get their requested number as long as

Our friend MotorMouth (famed Great Race announcer Brian Goudge) probably wouldn’t want me telling you this, but reports from Canada say he was seen doing his impression of Santa Claus on Christmas Day, bouncing from rooftop to rooftop. But this story doesn’t end with him sliding down the chimney with bags full of toys for

We are extremely excited about the 2012 Great Race around the Great Lakes, and we are glad you will be participating. Attached is a link to the Event Regulations. There are not many changes from last year, and any major changes are highlighted in yellow.

If you have any questions on any of this, please let me know.

http://www.greatrace.com/2012-event-regulations.pdf