By Great Race
March 4, 2013
Raime Brown has joined the Great Race staff in Chattanooga to help with administrative duties, and Great Racers will get to know her over the coming months on the phone and in person, Director Jeff Stumb announced. She will be helping with registration duties and working with participants, sponsors and everything Great Race related as well as continuing in her role as Tour Coordinator of the Coker Museum, which she has held for more than two years. “And Raime will be with us on the Great Race this summer so everyone will get to meet her,” Stumb said.
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By Great Race
February 28, 2013
One of the hardest things about the Great Race is you meet so many people from all over the country (and the world) but you only get to see most of them once a year on the race. And when you become friends with literally thousands of people over the years who have participated in the Great Race it is inevitable that you are going to lose some from time to time. [more]
By Great Race
November 19, 2012
The State Fairgrounds in St. Paul and the “Back to the 50s” car show will be the starting point for the 2013 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty on June 22, race promoters have announced.
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By Great Race
September 25, 2012
We’re gearing up for the 2013 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty, but we just completed the annual Coker Tire Challenge in Chattanooga, Tennessee. While we continue to work out the details of next year’s big event, take a look at ALL of the photos from the 2012 Coker Tire Challenge. All four days are covered, and these photos feature our same great pricing as Great Race photos. Whether you want prints, digital downloads, or just want to view all of the pictures, check out http://greatrace.smugmug.com/Cars/Coker-Tire-Challenge-2012
By Great Race
September 19, 2012
The 7th annual Coker Tire Challenge ended the same way the Great Race did a few months earlier – with Barry and Irene Jason at the top of the leader board in their 1935 Ford Coupe. But during the three days the 40 teams were in Chattanooga for the event, they were treated with fantastic weather, tons of great food, lots of friendly Tennessee hospitality and scenic rally roads.
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By Great Race
July 3, 2012
When the 2012 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty came to a close, the racers and staff were exhausted, and ready to enjoy a great meal in the awesome Henry Ford Museum. We also anticipated a great awards ceremony to finish off the evening, and send everyone home on an exciting note by announcing the start of next year’s event. The 2013 Great Race will kick off at the Back to the ’50s event in St. Paul, Minnesota, so get ready for a huge send-off with nearly 100,000 people on hand! We’ll have more details on the finish of the race in the coming weeks, but for now, let’s take a look at the winners of this year’s Great Race!
Bill and Carolyn Croker won the Tom McRae Spirit of the Event award this year, for their undeniable efforts to help our rookie teams. We had 30 rookie teams this year!!!
By Great Race
June 30, 2012
All of our rallying days have led up to the Championship Run, which began today and ends tomorrow. The term “Championship Run” means that teams can no longer throw out legs, which can greatly affect the scoring. During these last two days of competition, one mistake can make a huge difference, so the racers are ready to tighten up the game and get down to business. Today’s route started in Warren, Ohio with a lengthy speedometer calibration, but the action heated up quickly.
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By Great Race
June 29, 2012
Whew, it’s hot! Today’s route was challenging enough on its own, but when you add heat and harsh sunlight into the mix, it certainly gets interesting. We’ve been blessed with great weather during the multi-day event, but we definitely had summer-like conditions during today’s epic drive. We started the day in front of the beautiful Adam’s Mark hotel in downtown Buffalo, New York.
Jody Knowles and Beth Gentry on a nice country road during today’s route.
By Great Race
June 26, 2012
We’re still rollin! Today, we had a long route that took us from our overnight stop in Barrie, Ontario to a lunch stop in Barry’s Bay, Ontario. It was a scenic drive with awesome views of multiple lakes and the chance to see some good ole Canadian wild life. Several of our guys saw some moose out in the wild, and the moose gets bigger every time the stories get told! We had a great ride into the small town of Barry’s Bay, where a great crowd turned out to greet the racers!
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By Great Race
June 25, 2012
There is no doubt that Canada has some of the most beautiful scenery and our racers saw it today! We saw more wooden bridges today, as well as a number of lakes, creeks and other bodies of water! We even saw an elk today, but it had apparently been involved in an accident overnight. Even with it lying on the side of the road, you could see just how huge these animals are….it’s just a good thing that one of our crew didn’t hit it! Aside from that, we had twists and turns on the very challenging route, which had tricky speed changes and intersections.
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