Great Race 2013--Down South Rallyin'
Yet another day of rallying has placed us firmly into the South, and you can certainly tell by the temperature! Upper 90's made for a hot, sweaty and sunny day behind the wheel, but we did find an interesting farm sprinkler on a back road somewhere in Arkansas. The farmer may have misjudged the projection of his mega sprinkler, and it ended up spraying on the racers! Aside from the quick cool down, today's route was grueling. We started at 7am in Germantown, Tennessee and drove 225 miles to our lunch stop in the small town of Monticello, Arkansas. We had a great crowd, and then witnessed LOTS of great crowds lining the streets as we passed through small towns such as Parkdale, Arkansas. Then, we rallied our way into Louisiana for a few minutes, and then back into Mississippi for our evening stop in Vicksburg. Again, we saw a very nice turnout in the downtown area, and ate a scrumptious meal, while listening to some authentic blues. Here are our favorite shots of the day!
Our checkpoint crews are workin' hard in the heat!
A surprise sprinkler in the middle of a farm road...it was quite nice for this upper 90's weather!
Monticello, Arkansas had a big crowd! Here's Hemmings Publisher, Jim Menetto in his '32 Ford speedster!
Parkdale, Arkansas (Population 261) had lots of great spectators on the side of the road. We had a great time hanging out with these folks!
Vicksburg, Mississippi gave us a great setting for our evening stop! The downtown area is super cool!
Spectators filled the streets to see all of the Great Race competitors!