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Archive 5/12/15 Archive 5/12/15

Hemmings Motor News Returns at Title Sponsor

Hemmings Motor News has been "The Bible of the Collector Car Hobby since 1954" and returns as the title sponsor for 2015. The involvement of Hemmings is huge, not just from a…

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Archive 5/7/15 Archive 5/7/15

Attn Rookies: A Very Important Car Safety Check List

The Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty is a little over a month away. It takes a lot of preparation to get a vintage car ready for such an intense…

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Archive 5/8/15 Archive 5/8/15

Alfred State College X-Cup Team Needs Your Help!

We love extraordinary Great Race vehicles, and this 1953 Dodge wrecker is a cool one! It is being campaigned by the Alfred State College X-Cup team, and they are working hard to…

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Archive 5/4/15 Archive 5/4/15

Knowles/Gentry Win VCRA Rally in Joplin, MO

Beth Gentry and Jody Knowles won the annual VCRA All-Stars for Autism rally in Joplin, Missouri, last weekend as part of their preparations for the 2015 Great Race. Gentry and Knowles, from…

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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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Archive 4/20/15 Archive 4/20/15

Nethercutt Collection to Host Great Race Stop June 28

One of the Top 5 automobile museums in the world, the Nethercutt Museum and Collection in Sylmar, Calif., will host the Great Race participants for a private lunch and viewing on Sunday,…

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Archive 4/14/15 Archive 4/14/15

Timewise Speedometer For Sale

Dennis Martin, a 2014 rookie on the Great Race, has a Timewise speedometer he wants to sell. It was sold brand new to him last year before the race and he used…

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Archive 4/13/15 Archive 4/13/15

John Hollansworth Collection Destroyed by Fire

John Hollansworth, a Great Race veteran of more than 20 years, lost all of his collector cars and memorabilia in an early morning fire on April 7 at his shop in Hot…

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Archive 3/27/15 Archive 3/27/15

Check out Two New "How To" Great Race Videos

In our continuing quest to provide more information to Great Racers, especially rookies, the Great Race has produced two new “How to Videos” to go with 11 others featuring Director Jeff Stumb…

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Archive 3/13/15 Archive 3/13/15

Huge Great Race Announcement Coming Tomorrow!

Corky Coker is making a HUGE announcement at the The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance tomorrow morning (Saturday, March 14th) at 9am Eastern Time. The announcement concerns the 2016 Great Race route, which…

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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 3/4/15 Archive 3/4/15

Proven Great Race Car--1969 AMX--For Sale!

One of the rarest and coolest 1960's automobiles to ever participate in the Great Race is now for sale. Known as “Carrot” for its bright orange color, Marc Perlman is selling his…

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

Timewise Speedometer For Sale

Irvin Wright, a 2014 rookie on the Great Race, has a Timewise speedometer he wants to sell. It was sold brand new to him last year before the race and has not…

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Archive 2/25/15 Archive 2/25/15

Exciting News for Great Racer Scott Hudson

Through the years we are glad to be able to keep the Great Race family connected by posting news about participants here. Some of it is sad news and some of it…

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Archive 2/24/15 Archive 2/24/15

Great Racer Marvin Price Passes Away

Longtime Great Racer Marvin Price passed away Friday, Feb. 20, in Scottsdale, Ariz., his wife Rosemary reported to me this weekend. Rosemary said one of the last things she talked to Marv…

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Archive 2/17/15 Archive 2/17/15

One Great Racer Leaves, One Joins AACA Board

Great Race director Jeff Stumb’s two-year term on the board of directors for the Antique Automobile Club of America ended last week at the annual meeting in Philadelphia just as another Great…

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Archive 1/9/15 Archive 1/9/15

Great Race Rolls onto Your TV this Month!

The 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by HagertyTV show will air four times before the end of January on MavTV. There will be 10 p.m. airings on the East Coast…

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Archive 1/7/15 Archive 1/7/15

Great Race to Pass Through Two National Parks in 2015

The 2015 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty will travel through two National Parks – Petrified Forest in Arizona and Joshua Tree in California – and the Great Race staff…

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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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