New York to Paris Great Race dates announced

New York to Paris event is rescheduled for April 2009 as part of an exciting menu of automotive events

Great Race Sports has announced that the milestone event from New York to Paris has been rescheduled for April 25, 2009 after being postponed from its original starting date this May. The commemorative re-run of the 1908 New York-to-Paris “Great Race” is widely considered to be one of the most remarkable automotive adventures of the 20th century, an automobile race from New York to Paris before the advent of today’s modern highways and gas stations.

The Great Race: New York to Paris and related events was originally scheduled to begin on May 30, 2008 in New York City but was postponed after the Chinese government revoked travel permits for foreigners traveling throughout the country following demonstrations in Tibet and surrounding the Olympic Torch Run.

Here are the proposed dates for the 2008-2009 season (Please click on the highlighted link to read more):

Coker Tire Challenge 2008
September 19 – 21, 2008

Great Race Texas 2009 (Granbury, Texas)
March 27 – 29, 2009

Great Race 2009: New York to Paris
Saturday, April 25 – Sunday, June 28, 2009

The Coker Tire Challenge: Teams can celebrate the waning days of summer in this Great Race style rally throughout the foothills of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama in a three-day event, hosted by Corky Coker, president of Coker Tire, the world’s leading dealer in classic car tires and wheels.

Great Race Texas: The 21st annual Great Race Texas will return to Granbury following a successful event in 2008. Great Race Texas is a three-day traditional Great Race style rally competition combined with some great Texas hospitality thrown in.

Great Race 2009: New York to Paris: The commemorative re-run of the 1908 New York-to-Paris “Great Race,” will be celebrated in 2009 after being rescheduled from 2008. The details regarding the stage events will be announced at a later date.