IT’S TIME TO ENTER THE 2008
COKER TIRE CHALLENGE
Celebrate the last days of summer with the 2008 Coker Tire Challenge, a 3-day Great Race style rally throughout southeastern Tennessee, northern Georgia and Alabama. The 3rd annual Coker Tire Challenge is scheduled for September 19-21 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, home to Coker Tire’s international headquarters.
“Coker Tire is pleased to once again host our vintage rally friends who not only have great collector cars but get them out and drive them,” said Corky Coker, president of Coker Tire. “Besides … you can’t get the smiles unless you do the miles!”
Low score wins in this regional rally. Great Race’s world-class course designer, John Classen promises another unique and challenging rally through the region with a few surprises thrown in for the competitors.
The Coker Tire Challenge is based on the 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 Great Race 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.
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.
COKER TIRE CHALLENGE 2007 (Results)
Great Race veterans Graf and Gezon win the 2nd Annual Coker Tire Challenge
Great Race veterans Curtis Graf and Bruce Gezon won the 2nd annual Coker Tire Challenge with a score of 22.68 seconds for the 3-day event. In 2nd place, a little over a second behind, was Richard Fredette and Bill Loubiere and Texans, Barry and Irene Jason finished 3rd, just under 4 seconds behind the winners.
The Coker Tire Challenge, was hosted by Corky Coker in Chattanooga, Tennessee, home to Coker Tire International headquarters. This 3-day Great Race style rally for classic cars competed on the scenic back roads through southeastern Tennessee, northern Georgia and Alabama.
Forty teams entered including Jeff and Karen Stumb from nearby Huntsville, Alabama, driving the oldest car, a 1916 Hudson Pikes Peak hillclimber. Also on hand was the beautiful blue 1934 Dodge Panel Van, owned by Hemmings Motor News. As with most Great Race regional races, the rules were relaxed a little, allowing teams to bring modern cars to the event. This year Cortie Wetherall and Joe Litchko from Devon, Pennsylvania brought a very rare 2000 BMW Z-8.
Here are the results for the 2007 Coker Tire Challenge.