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Archive 11/18/15 Archive 11/18/15

Toshi Visits Great Race Headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Toshi Akasaka, the Japanese vintage car enthusiast who entered the 2014 Great Race for the first time and then brought eight teams from his home country to the 2015 race after telling…

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Archive 4/29/15 Archive 4/29/15

1954 Chevrolet Great Race Car Up for Grabs

A three-year veteran Great Race automobile will be for sale at the end of this year’s event. The father and son team of Mike and Oli Hallowes bought their 1954 Chevrolet Bel…

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Great Race Highlights 3/31/15 Great Race Highlights 3/31/15

Watch the Full Great Race 2014 TV Show Online!

In case you missed it, the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty TV show can now be watched anytime on the internet. The show was a huge success, but…

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Archive 3/9/15 Archive 3/9/15

Spirit of Stahls Expands to Four Teams for 2015

As you can imagine, Ted Stahl has been busy since the Great Race ended in Florida eight months ago. In addition to traveling all over the world on company business, he has…

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Archive 3/3/15 Archive 3/3/15

Great Racer on Display at DC Auto Show

Every year after the Great Race, several competitors' cars will make the rounds to car shows, concours and national auto shows. And that's just what Daniel Jobe, a 2014 rookie along with…

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Great Race Highlights 2/26/15 Great Race Highlights 2/26/15

Great Race Visits Japan!

Toshi Akasaka of Japan participated in the 2014 Great Race and at the closing banquet when he was awarded “Our Best Friend” plaque he told the crowd he was going back to…

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Archive 11/19/14 Archive 11/19/14

Great Racer, Jeff Fredette is a Natural Competitor

Great Racers know Jeff Fredette as the hard-charging driver of his yellow and black 1933 Ford pickup truck who finished second overall in the 2014 event with his son, Eric. But Jeff…

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Archive 11/12/14 Archive 11/12/14

Tabetha Hammer Documents the 2014 Great Race

Everyone loves to reflect on their experiences on the Great Race when they return home after the ultimate car experience. Some put videos together while others show their friends and local car…

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Archive 10/28/14 Archive 10/28/14

Vicari Auction Comes to Chattanooga, TN in 2015!

Our friends at Vicari Auctions – Pete and Barbara Vicari and Will Loomis and the rest of the gang – are bringing a collector car auction to Chattanooga, Tennessee in March. Their…

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Archive 10/15/14 Archive 10/15/14

Great Race Roster is FULL! Get on the Waiting List NOW!

The Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty is completely full and a waiting list has been established, director Jeff Stumb has announced. It marks the earliest the Great Race has…

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Archive 9/12/14 Archive 9/12/14

The Great Race Family is Growing!

Great Racer Jody Knowles and his wife, Kali, had their first child Jarrett Edward Knowles on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The baby was born at 3:05 p.m. He weighs 8.7 pounds and is…

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Archive 9/11/14 Archive 9/11/14

Cities Announced for the 2015 Great Race!

The Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty will travel historic Route 66 for its 2015 event, organizers have announced. The Great Race, the world’s premiere old car rally, will start…

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Archive 9/10/14 Archive 9/10/14

Great Racer visits the Italian Grand Prix

Great Racer Craig Rubright of Clearwater, Florida, is taking in a different form of racing while visiting Monza, Italy, this week. Rubright, who finished second in the Rookie Division in the 2014…

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Archive 8/29/14 Archive 8/29/14

Great Race Car for Sale--1916 Studebaker Racer

Dennis Barfield first started competing in the Great Race more than 20 years ago. The Charleston, South Carolina, area resident has participated in a number of different cars and in a number…

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Archive 8/13/14 Archive 8/13/14

Florida Teams featured on PBS

So much hard work goes into an event of this size. There are dozens, if not hundreds of people who grab each task and see them to completion bringing all the pieces…

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Great Race Highlights 8/12/14 Great Race Highlights 8/12/14

Thanks to All Who Completed our Participant Survey!

The Great Race asked for your responses in a survey after the 2014 event, and we tallied the results and have heard you loud and clear. Many of the 110 responses were…

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Archive 7/28/14 Archive 7/28/14

2014 Great Race Overview by Neal Patton

By Neal Patton Another Great Race is in the books 108 antique and vintage cars 2,100 plus miles (if you do not count getting lost or temporarily disoriented like Cheryl and I…

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Archive 7/22/14 Archive 7/22/14

Coker Tire Challenge is Coming Soon!

The 9th annual Coker Tire Challenge is less than two months away, and entries from around the country are pouring in. Entry fees have remained the same again this year for Run…

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Great Race Highlights 7/15/14 Great Race Highlights 7/15/14

The End of an Era--The Jason's Are Retiring

Three-time Great Race Grand Champions Barry and Irene Jason have decided to retire from competition while on top. The Keller, Texas, couple became the first team in the 31-year history of the…

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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...
View fullsize We'll always remember the WARM welcome we got in Albuquerque!
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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