Graf and Holmquist win the 2008 Coker Tire Challenge
Great Race veterans Curtis Graf, from Irving, Texas and Ty Holmquist, from Hollister, California, won the 3rd annual Coker Tire Challenge with a 3-day score of 18.49 seconds off scheduled time. The 3-day rally for classic cars was hosted by Coker Tire at the company’s international headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Graf and Holmquist drove a 1932 Ford Hiboy to the win.
Second place in the Great Race style regional rally went to Richard Fredette and Bill Loubiere, who finished with a 24.06 seconds. 37 teams participated in Coker Tire Challenge event, created by Great Race’s world-class course designer, John Classen.
To Download a PDF of the 2008 Coker Tire Challenge Results, please follow these links:
The Coker Tire Challenge is based on the traditional Great Race competition format, a street-legal rally on public highways. Precision driving is required from the driver and navigator who follow a specific set of course instructions that indicate every turn, speed change, stop and start that the race teams make throughout the day.
About the competition format:
The score for each team is the result of a team’s ability to follow the designated course instructions precisely. Every second off perfect time, (early or late) at each checkpoint is a penalty point. Veteran teams can discard their 2 worst legs, and Rookies, their 3 worst through the first 2 days of competition. Great Race regionals are a little more flexible, allowing you to compete in modern-day automobiles.
The team with the lowest overall score (time) at the end of the three-day event is the winner in both Veteran and Rookie classes. Rookies are encouraged to participate and learn from veterans. Rally School is mandatory for all Rookies.
ABOUT COKER TIRE: Coker Tire Company, Inc. of Chattanooga, Tennessee is the world’s largest supplier of collector vehicle tires, with distributors in more than 30 countries. The company offers vintage bias-ply and nostalgia-style radial tires for collector vehicles from the late 1890s through the mid 1970s, including products for hot rods, sprint and dirt track racecars and motorcycles.
May 7th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Can you provide more info: What’s arrival date? What is the daily mileage? Steep hills? I’ve never entered such an event and with my stock 1932 Model B Ford 4cyl am interested.