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Archive 11/20/19 Archive 11/20/19

Great Race Car For Sale in Pennsylvania

Ed and Brenda Hurst are selling their 1932 Chevrolet two-door that is Great Race ready. The car has its original interior that is in good shape and it has been updated to…

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Great Race Highlights 8/4/15 Great Race Highlights 8/4/15

Howard and Doug Sharp Honored in Fairport, NY

The 2015 Great Race Grand Champions, Howard and Doug Sharp, were honored in their hometown of Fairport, New York last week by having the day named for them. Representatives from the Village…

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Great Race Highlights 5/18/15 Great Race Highlights 5/18/15

Howard and Doug Sharp Win the Millville, NJ Rally!

New Yorkers dominated the Northeast Rally Club event in Millville, New Jersey, last weekend in preparation for the Great Race this summer. Howard and Doug Sharp, of Fairport, New York, and winners…

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Archive 5/2/14 Archive 5/2/14

Buonanno's 1915 Hudson Returns to the Great Race

Frank Buonanno will be bringing his 1915 Hudson race car back to the Great Race this summer. It is the oldest car in the 2014 race from Maine to Florida. And he…

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Great Race Highlights 4/14/14 Great Race Highlights 4/14/14

Trial Run of the Great Race Route--Part Three

Each day on my course run with John Classen for the 2014 Great Race we start at 6 a.m. and finish around 9 p.m. We run the entire course and also meet…

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Archive 3/18/14 Archive 3/18/14

A Cool Picture from Corky Coker's Archives

If you have been to a Coker Tire Challenge or the 2011 Great Race, when it started in Chattanooga, then maybe you recognize this car. It is a 1912 Nyberg owned by…

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Great Race Highlights 1/30/14 Great Race Highlights 1/30/14

2014 Great Race to Stop in Bennington, VT on June 22

Bennington, Vermont will host a lunch stop on the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Sunday, June 22, race promoters have announced. The Great Race, the world’s premiere old…

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Great Race Highlights 8/28/13 Great Race Highlights 8/28/13

Coker Tire Challenge is NEAR!

The 2013 Coker Tire Challenge is only three weeks away, but it is not too late to enter if you have not already done so. The eighth annual event at Coker’s headquarters…

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Archive 2/7/13 Archive 2/7/13

Great Race TV Show Update!

We have just reviewed the Great Race television show which will air on Speed on Saturday, March 23, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) as an episode of Hot Rod TV, and I…

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Archive 12/15/12 Archive 12/15/12

Great Race TV Show to air on Speed Channel

The 2012 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty will air on Speed on Monday, March 11, and it will be shown multiple times over the following months as an episode…

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Great Race Highlights 5/23/12 Great Race Highlights 5/23/12

A Message from Howard Sharp

This week, we received a message from Howard Sharp, 2011 Great Race Grand Champion. He's excited about this year's Great Race, especially the stop in his hometown of Fairport, New York. Here's…

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Great Race Highlights 2/23/12 Great Race Highlights 2/23/12

1907 Renault enters the Great Race

The oldest car in almost two decades will compete in the 2012 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty as 100 vintage cars make their way around the Great Lakes in…

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Archive 12/8/11 Archive 12/8/11

2011 GREAT RACE TO AIR ON FOX SPORTS NET

The 2011 Hemmings Motor News Great Race television show will air in two parts on Fox Sports Net in January of 2012, event director Jeff Stumb has announced. The first part will…

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Archive 11/16/11 Archive 11/16/11

Great Race Director Looks Back

By Jeff Stumb Right after graduating college in the mid-1980s, I saw a television program on a new network called ESPN. They were starving for programming back then, and most late nights…

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Great Race Highlights 11/2/11 Great Race Highlights 11/2/11

Pumpkin Run Prepares Racers for the 2012 Great Race

Our buddies up North have a very cool (literally) rally event, and it's called the Pumpkin Run. It's held toward the end of October, and it's based out of Millsboro, Delaware. The…

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Archive 10/27/11 Archive 10/27/11

Motormouth reflects after the passing of Garry Burke

Later today, I will lead the celebration of life/memorial service for one of the all time great Great Race volunteers Garry Burke. From 1999 until 2007, Garry and Ruth were key staff,…

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Archive 10/6/11 Archive 10/6/11

Great Lakes Planning Trip--Day 9

Director of Great Race, Jeff Stumb, continues his trips and tells us a bit about the route for the 2012 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty.

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Archive 10/2/11 Archive 10/2/11

Great Lakes Planning Trip--Day 5

More of Jeff Stumb's commentary while on the Great Race route: DAY 5 -- Barry's Bay and Ottawa, Ontario This is the day I have been waiting for since the route was…

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Archive 9/30/11 Archive 9/30/11

Great Lakes Planning Trip--Day 2

More good news from Jeff Stumb, Director of the Great Race on his second day of route planning: DAY 2 -- St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan We hated to leave…

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View fullsize The Wandering Troubadours of Finland disturbing the peace at the Petrified Forest National Park in their 1918 American LaFrance.
View fullsize The Great Race motto is "To Finish is to Win", and seeing teams cross the finish line after nine days of rallying always puts that into perspective. The smiles, the tears and the sighs of relief...
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View fullsize Here are just a few of the cars that are participating in the 2026 Hilton Head Concours Adventure! You still have time to sign up and join the fun...we'll be taking off from Nashville, Tennessee and finding our way through the mountains, eventually l
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View fullsize Great Racers enjoyed a cool pitstop in downtown Sapulpa, Oklahoma this year. If you're in the area, be sure to check out the newly revitalized downtown area! The buildings are historic, and the streets and sidewalks were recently revamped for a great
View fullsize Brandon Melendrez shared some insights from his experience during the 2026 Great Race. Check out a short segment here, but click below to read the full article. 

My Great Race experience started a few years back as our shop, Mustang Country Internat
View fullsize We’re working hard to finalize the route for the 2027 @hemmings Great Race presented by @cokertireco! We’re starting in Mobile, Alabama and ending in Buffalo, New York and we have SO MANY cool things to see in between. We’ll update
View fullsize Great words from our friends, the Hermansons aka team Maxinkuckee Mayhem. Here's a brief snippet but be sure to click the link to read the entire article. 

"It’s hard to explain to people what we do for 9 days in a truck with no cell phon
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View fullsize Go to the website and check out Charlie Brittingham's timeline and history with the Great Race. He spends his days wrenching on a 1913 Chevrolet but has plenty of Great Race memories along the way.

"I have always enjoyed working with and rebuil
View fullsize Get yourself and your favorite car on the road with the 2026 Hilton Head Concours Adventure! Check the link in our bio to read more.
View fullsize Ron Rowland gave us an amazing retrospective look at Great Race rally days before the invention of the Timewise speedometer. He wrote a great article that tells a lot of his history with the race, and how the event has changed through the years. Here
View fullsize That stretch of Highway 104 between Tucumcari and Las Vegas, New Mexico was TOUGH on Great Race cars. Although Tucumcari seems like a low-lying area, it's actually at 4,000 feet of elevation. Highway 104 gradually climbs in elevation to nearly 7,000
View fullsize Cool cars of ALL ages are invited to our 2026 Hilton Head Concours Adventure! (Just as long as you can keep up with highway speeds)

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View fullsize The climb to Sitgreaves Pass and the descent into Oatman, Arizona go down as one of the most memorable stretches on the 2026 Great Race. The turns, the elevation changes and the wild donkeys made for an interesting afternoon. It almost made you forge
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