Over the last couple of days we have finally been able to take the speedster out and run her hard getting ready for the Great Race. Over the winter the master of flatheads, Rex Gardner of Flat Motor Research in Grove, OK, rebuilt our engine and gave us a little more power to boot. Need
Jim Menneto
April 13, 2011
March 30, 2011
We are so proud to sponsor and participate in the 2011 Great Race. I have flown over our country hundreds of times coast to coast but it wasn’t till the 2005 Great Race did I ever drive across this beautiful country of ours. I was amazed at how beautiful it is once you get off
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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
