2025 is flying by and it’s already the first weekend of May, which means it’s time for the Coker Tire Great Race Spring Rally presented by Stahls Automotive Collection. This year, the Spring Rally is held in Owensboro, Kentucky, a familiar place for the Great Race family. We have a lot of great memories here, […]
The 2024 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Coker Tire is in the books. We had a great evening in Gardiner, Maine, which culminated with the Awards Banquet. We enjoyed an incredible dinner (lobster of course!) and watched the highlight video that Bryan, Pam and Maggie put together over the course of the nine-day […]
The 2024 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Coker Tire culminated on Sunday, June 30th in front of thousands of spectators in Gardiner, Maine. The event, which began in Owensboro, Kentucky is a nine-day, 2,300-mile time, speed, distance rally that puts man (or woman) and machine to the ultimate endurance test. The Great Race […]
When we visited Gardiner, Maine back in 2018, we knew it was something special. Great Racer Peter Prescott is Gardiner’s resident car guy and he influenced that stop’s success then, but the town really pulled out all the stops this go ’round. Peter partnered with city officials, who really got behind our finish line celebration […]
There was so much action on Day 9 of the 2024 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Coker Tire that we had to split it up into multiple posts. Here, we’ll see action from a challenging Stage 9 course, filled with quick turns, and a classic John Classen maze that sent racers zooming all […]
The Championship Run began today with Stage 8 of the 2024 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Coker Tire. The Championship Run is important, because it means no scoring legs can be thrown out. It also means that there are often more checkpoints than usual. Today, there were a total of eight checkpoints, and […]
Welcome to Maine! We’ve finally made our way into Maine after seven days of rallying through 12 other states. Today, we started off in Providence, Rhode Island and quickly made our way into Massachusetts and then New Hampshire. The air was crisp and cool, and the skies were a special kind of blue, making for […]
Day 6 of the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Coker Tire was an interesting day, to say the least. We started our day in Binghamton, New York and made an eastward trek on our morning route. We saw more hills and twists and turns early on, passing through small towns along the way. […]
Today, we crossed over the halfway point on the 2024 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Coker Tire! Day 5 started where we left off in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and headed north to Lewisburg for lunch. The hilly terrain made for a challenging day on the course, and the hills continued into the afternoon, as […]
Another day of Great Racing is in the books! We started the day in sunny and cool Maryland, and took a nice drive on U.S. 40 Scenic, eventually making our way back into West Virginia after crossing the Potomac River via the Oldtown Toll Bridge. This is one of the few remaining privately owned toll […]
