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Great Race Highlights 6/29/12 Great Race Highlights 6/29/12

Great Racers Roll into Ohio!

Whew, it's hot! Today's route was challenging enough on its own, but when you add heat and harsh sunlight into the mix, it certainly gets interesting. We've been blessed with great weather…

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Great Race Highlights 6/27/12 Great Race Highlights 6/27/12

Day 5 is a Busy Day for Great Racers!

As we reach the half-way point of our car guy adventure of a lifetime, the day started where we left off....Kanata/Ottawa, Ontario. We hit the trail bright and early, setting out for…

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Great Race Highlights 6/6/12 Great Race Highlights 6/6/12

Great Race Featured on Powerblock TV

As you guys know, Great Race Director, Jeff Stumb is passionate about this event and he has gone to great lengths to promote it this year. His team has promoted it via…

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Great Race Highlights 5/31/12 Great Race Highlights 5/31/12

Great Race on MuscleCar TV

The Great Race will be featured on MuscleCar TV this weekend Saturday June 2, and Sunday June 3, 2012 during the PowerBlock on Spike TV. MuscleCar TV will air at 10:30am E…

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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 5/3/12 Great Race Highlights 5/3/12

Ace Award Sponsor Announced!

The Great Race is pleased to announce that Best Home Furnishings will be the sponsor of this year’s Ace Award, and the team with the most Aces will receive a $1,000 check…

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Great Race Highlights 3/26/12 Great Race Highlights 3/26/12

Get Well Soon to Great Race Legend, Curtis Graf

Anyone that has ever participated in even one Great Race knows the legend of Curtis Graf. I call Curtis my friend, but I don’t think there has ever been a person he…

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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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Great Race Highlights 1/20/12 Great Race Highlights 1/20/12

Prize money announced for 2012 Great Race

The total purse for the 2012 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty is going to be $118,500, event Director Jeff Stumb has announced. The Grand Champion of the race will…

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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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Great Race Highlights 5/26/11 Great Race Highlights 5/26/11

$90,000 Up for Grabs!

There has been a lot of talk about Great Race prize money, as it's always been a huge purse for the winners. With the resurrection of the Great Race, and the new…

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Great Race Highlights 5/13/11 Great Race Highlights 5/13/11

Detailed description of this year’s race

The 4-hour pre-race Warm-up Rally will start at noon on Friday, June 10. We recommend that racers arrive in Chattanooga on Wednesday or Thursday so that you can register and have your…

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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)

Check the link in our bio to learn more 🚗
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