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Great Race Highlights 8/5/13 Great Race Highlights 8/5/13

Rex Gardner at the Concours

More than two dozen current and former Great Racers were at the Concours of America July 28 at St. John’s in Michigan, including two-time Grand Champion Rex Gardner and his 1935 Ford…

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Great Race Highlights 8/1/13 Great Race Highlights 8/1/13

Caldwell's Auburn Speedster Wins Class at Concours

Chad Caldwell’s 1931 Auburn took first place in its class at the Concours of America last weekend at St. John’s in Michigan. The concours featured a Great Race Class and 10 cars…

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Great Race Highlights 7/31/13 Great Race Highlights 7/31/13

Coker Special Wins Award at Concours of America

Corky Coker’s 1937 Buick Shafer 8 took second place in its class at the Concours of America last weekend at St. John’s in Michigan. The concours featured a Great Race Class and…

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Great Race Highlights 7/12/13 Great Race Highlights 7/12/13

Coker Tire Challenge is Near!

The Great Race may be behind us, but in just over two months it will be time for the 8th annual Coker Tire Challenge in Chattanooga. And if you register before July…

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Great Race Highlights 7/8/13 Great Race Highlights 7/8/13

Cape Girardeau, Missouri Wins Best Overnight City Stop!

Cape Girardeau, Missouri won the Best Overnight City Award on the 2013 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty for its overwhelming spirit and hospitality, race officials have announced. Cape Girardeau…

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Great Race Highlights 7/8/13 Great Race Highlights 7/8/13

Crowley, LA Wins Best Lunch Stop City Award!

Crowley, Louisiana won the 2013 Best Lunch City Award on the 2013 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty for its overwhelming spirit and hospitality, race officials have announced. Crowley hosted…

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Great Race Highlights 7/8/13 Great Race Highlights 7/8/13

Great Race 2014 to Start in Maine, End in Florida

Great Race officials have announced that the 2014 event will start in the state of Maine on Saturday, June 21, and end in Florida nine days later on Sunday, June 29. The…

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Great Race Highlights 7/8/13 Great Race Highlights 7/8/13

Highlights from 2013 Race

Video highlight reel from the awards banquet featuring many of the 99 Great Race teams from the 2013 event.

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Great Race Highlights 6/30/13 Great Race Highlights 6/30/13

Great Race 2013--Grand Finish in Mobile, Alabama!

We're blessed to be the adventure of a lifetime that we can do every year! And the 2013 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty has come to an end in…

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Great Race Highlights 6/21/13 Great Race Highlights 6/21/13

Champion Oil Seminar

More than 50 people attended a seminar on motor oil put on by Champion Oil's Karl Dedolph at the Great Race host hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota, Thursday. Champion is a major sponsor…

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Great Race Highlights 6/6/13 Great Race Highlights 6/6/13

The Race for Autism is On the Road!

Greetings Racers, it is official, the Race for Autism is now on the road with 55 Donations totaling $5,730! Our 2013 Goal is $65,000! Emails have been sent to each Great Race…

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Great Race Highlights 5/29/13 Great Race Highlights 5/29/13

The Final Countdown to $50,000!

One of the 97 teams in this year’s Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty will take home a $50,000 check when they cross the finish line on Dauphin Street in…

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Great Race Highlights 5/8/13 Great Race Highlights 5/8/13

Gentry and Knowles Win Big at All-Stars for Autism Rally

A little snow didn’t stop Beth Gentry and Jody Knowles from winning the 8th annual All-Stars for Autism rally in Joplin, Missouri, last weekend. They edged out defending Great Race champions Barry…

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Great Race Highlights 4/24/13 Great Race Highlights 4/24/13

2013 Great Race Schedule of Events

The 2013 Great Race Schedule of Events has been released by race officials, and the first activities will take place Thursday, June 20, at the host hotel. “The 2013 Great Race is…

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Great Race Highlights 4/11/13 Great Race Highlights 4/11/13

Tulip Time Rally

The photo above is the start location for the Tulip Time Rally, which is the Pack Automotive Museum, in Farmers Branch Texas. This is a collection of 100 old and significant cars,…

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Great Race Highlights 3/21/13 Great Race Highlights 3/21/13

New Project from Previous Great Race Winner

Howard Sharp is no stranger to old cars. He is a fixture in the hobby dealing in Brass and Nickel cars and parts. In fact, he is at Chickasha in Oklahoma as…

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Great Race Highlights 2/27/13 Great Race Highlights 2/27/13

Wild New Entries and The Golden State

The Great Race has always attracted the rare, the unique and the unusual in regard to automobiles. We have had Buck Kamphausen's Hispano-Suiza, Dick Burdick's Bentley and Jeff Lane's McQuay Norris over…

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Great Race Highlights 1/21/13 Great Race Highlights 1/21/13

Not Exactly Standing on the Corner in Arizona

There were a lot of Great Racers in Scottsdale, Ariz., last week for the annual car auctions, including the ultimate Great Racer himself, Corky Coker. Also there were Great Race title sponsor…

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

Great Race Grand Finish in Mobile, AL June 30, 2013!

Dauphin Street in downtown Mobile will the finish line for the 9-day, 2,100-mile Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty on June 30, race promoters have announced. The Great Race, 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)

Check the link in our bio to learn more 🚗
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