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Great Race Highlights 11/22/22 Great Race Highlights 11/22/22

Great Race Champion Wayne Bell has Passed Away

Five-time Great Race champion Wayne Bell has passed away at his home in Las Vegas after a lengthy illness, his wife Suzie has informed us. Wayne, who compete in more than 30…

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Archive 6/8/21 Archive 6/8/21

2022 Great Race Announced: Warwick, Rhode Island to Fargo, North Dakota

In the 39-year history of the Great Race, the event has made its way east and west and north and south through 46 of the 48 contiguous United States. In 2022, the…

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Archive 1/29/20 Archive 1/29/20

How to Win the Great Race...and Stay Married!

There are not too many people who love the Great Race more than Steve and Janet Hedke. Like most teams who have competed in the race more than three or four times,…

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Archive 12/3/19 Archive 12/3/19

2019 Great Race TV Show Now Available to Watch

You can now watch the 2019 Great Race TV in the comfort of your own home. The one-hour show, which aired Nov. 16 on Motor Trend television network, is available on the…

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Archive 12/2/19 Archive 12/2/19

Great Racer Buys Targa Newfoundland Event

Wes Thompson, a two-year veteran of the Great Race, is now the proud owner of an iconic motorsports event in Canada – Targa Newfoundland. Wes, along with fellow Canadian Scott Vidler as…

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Archive 11/21/19 Archive 11/21/19

Jesse Jameson Visits Great Race HQ Hometown

Great Racer Jesse Jameson visited Chattanooga, Tennessee last week from Connecticut while in town on a business trip. The family’s company, Vibranalysis, is part of a massive construction on the Chickamauga Lock…

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Great Race Highlights 11/14/19 Great Race Highlights 11/14/19

Great Race TV Coverage to Air on Motor Trend this Saturday

The 2019 Great Race television show will air this Saturday, Nov. 16, at 7 a.m. Eastern Time on Motor Trend TV (part of the Discovery channels on what was previously known as…

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Great Race Highlights 11/5/19 Great Race Highlights 11/5/19

Great Race Legend Rex Gardner Passes Away

Rex Gardner, two-time Great Race Grand Champion, lost his short battle with cancer Monday night in Oklahoma. He was 81. Rex started competing in the Great Race in 1985 and was a…

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Great Race Highlights 10/21/19 Great Race Highlights 10/21/19

John and Scott Hudson Win Northeast Rally Club Fall Rally

John and Scott Hudson won another regional rally this weekend in their 1940 Chevrolet in the Northeast Rally Club’s annual fall event, this year in Beach Lake, Pennsylvania. The Hudsons, who were…

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Archive 10/7/19 Archive 10/7/19

Jeff Stumb Interviews on "Cars Yeah" Podcast

Great Race director Jeff Stumb had the pleasure of being interviewed on “Cars Yeah” recently about the annual cross country rally. He talks about everything from his days as a competitor dating…

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Great Race Highlights 9/24/19 Great Race Highlights 9/24/19

The 2019 Coker Tire Challenge is in the Books!

This past weekend was the 14th annual Coker Tire Challenge. The event is a three-day cloverleaf rally based out of Coker Tire's home town of Chattanooga, Tennessee. This year, the event was…

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Archive 8/7/19 Archive 8/7/19

More than $20,000 Raised for Scott Henderson X-Cup Scholarship Fund

Through the generosity of the participants of the 2019 Great Race, we were able to raise $20,122 for the Scott Henderson X-Cup Scholarship Fund. The funds are being sent to AACA (Antique…

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Great Race Highlights 6/30/19 Great Race Highlights 6/30/19

Great Race 2019 Day 9 -- Crossing the Finish Line

Wow, what a crazy adventure. Nine days and approximately 2,300 miles later, we're in Tacoma, Washington for one of the most awesome Great Race finishes in quite some time. The LeMay -…

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Great Race Highlights 3/1/19 Great Race Highlights 3/1/19

Pre-War Vehicles Still Rule the Great Race!

Pre-war vehicles has always been the backbone of the Great Race. And in this case, the war we are talking about is World War I. The 2019 Great Race will take place…

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Archive 1/9/19 Archive 1/9/19

2019 Great Race Regulations Posted

The 2019 Great Race Regulations have been released for the upcoming rally season, and all racers are urged to read over them closely. There are no major changes from last year other…

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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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