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Great Race Highlights 2/4/14 Great Race Highlights 2/4/14

2014 Great Race to Stop in Norfolk, VA on June 24

Norfolk, Virginia, will host an overnight stop on the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Tuesday, June 24, race promoters have announced. The Great Race, the world’s premiere old…

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Great Race Highlights 2/3/14 Great Race Highlights 2/3/14

2014 Great Race to Stop in Millsboro, DE on June 24

Millsboro, Delaware, will host a lunch stop on the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Tuesday, June 24, race promoters have announced. The Great Race, the world’s premiere old…

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Great Race Highlights 2/2/14 Great Race Highlights 2/2/14

2014 Great Race to Stop in Valley Forge on June 23

The Valley Forge area of Pennsylvania will host an overnight stop on the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Monday, June 23, race promoters have announced. The Great Race,…

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Great Race Highlights 1/31/14 Great Race Highlights 1/31/14

2014 Great Race to Stop in Poughkeepsie, NY on June 22

Poughkeepsie, N.Y., will host an overnight stop on the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Sunday, June 22, race promoters have announced. The Great Race, the world’s premiere old…

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Great Race Highlights 1/30/14 Great Race Highlights 1/30/14

2014 Great Race to Stop in Bennington, VT on June 22

Bennington, Vermont will host a lunch stop on the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Sunday, June 22, race promoters have announced. The Great Race, the world’s premiere old…

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Great Race Highlights 1/29/14 Great Race Highlights 1/29/14

2014 Great Race to Stop in Lowell, MA on June 21

Lowell, Mass., will host an overnight stop on the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Saturday, June 21, race promoters have announced. The Great Race, the world’s premiere old…

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Great Race Highlights 1/28/14 Great Race Highlights 1/28/14

2014 Great Race to Start in Ogunquit, Maine, June 21

The Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty will start in Ogunquit, Maine, on Saturday, June 21, organizers have announced. The Great Race, the world’s premiere old car rally, will bring…

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Great Race Highlights 1/17/14 Great Race Highlights 1/17/14

Humpy Wheeler to Compete in 2014 Great Race!

Humpy Wheeler has been a promoter all his life. He is the immediate past president and general manager of NASCAR's Charlotte Motor Speedway and is known as the most decorated promoter in…

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Great Race Highlights 1/14/14 Great Race Highlights 1/14/14

Big Honors for an Outstanding Great Racer

Back in 2012, we were delighted to see Alan and Mary Travis arrive in Traverse City, Michigan with their 1907 Renault. The car was a handful, with major mechanical maintenance and repairs…

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Great Race Highlights 1/13/14 Great Race Highlights 1/13/14

Great Racer, Wayne Fredette Passes

We have just learned of the passing of Great Race legend Wayne Fredette in Illinois on January 11. Wayne was a longtime Great Race participant and the Spirit of the Event winner…

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Great Race Highlights 1/3/14 Great Race Highlights 1/3/14

2014 Great Race Rules are Now Posted

The official 2014 Great Race Event Regulations have been released and posted on the Great Race website. Great Race Director Jeff Stumb says that more than 99 percent of the regulations have…

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Great Race Highlights 10/31/13 Great Race Highlights 10/31/13

Pre-Running the 2014 Great Race Route

Great Race director Jeff Stumb has just returned from a week on the road finalizing the second half of the 2014 Great Race venues with some of the greatest cities on the…

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Great Race Highlights 10/30/13 Great Race Highlights 10/30/13

More News from the Pumpkin Run

Scott Hudson and his grandfather John Hudson have been competing in the Great Race for a number of years in their 1940 Chevrolet. Even after going away to college, he and John…

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Great Race Highlights 10/21/13 Great Race Highlights 10/21/13

Big Fun at the Pumpkin Run

Doug and Dana Sharp of Fairport, New York, won the 13th annual Pumpkin Run in Millsboro, Delaware, this weekend in a 1916 Hudson. They were followed closely by John and Scott Hudson…

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Great Race Highlights 10/10/13 Great Race Highlights 10/10/13

A Busy Day at Hershey!

It was a busy day for the Great Race in Hershey, Pa., this week as the AACA swap meet got underway. For the second year in a row, the Great Race had…

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Great Race Highlights 9/23/13 Great Race Highlights 9/23/13

2013 Coker Tire Challenge Final Scores

John Coker holds the "Spirit of the Event" award, named for his father, that was presented to him. The 2013 Coker Tire Challenge is in the books. The official scores reflect veteran…

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Great Race Highlights 9/21/13 Great Race Highlights 9/21/13

The Results are in for the 2013 Coker Tire Challenge!

What a great weekend of raining (aside from a wet day yesterday), and the 2013 Coker Tire Challenge has now come to a close. Here are the final results from the event,…

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Great Race Highlights 9/21/13 Great Race Highlights 9/21/13

Coker Tire Challenge is Going Strong!

Our Great Race family often joins us for more laid back, three-day rally, based out of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It's always on the third weekend of September, and it's always a great time.…

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Great Race Highlights 8/29/13 Great Race Highlights 8/29/13

Coker Tire Challenge 2013 Schedule of Events

The Coker Tire Challenge is coming up soon, so here's a look at the official schedule of events. See ya there! Thursday, September 19 8:00 to 11:30 AM EDT Registration, Honest Charley…

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After another day of beautiful back roads, amazing meals, and a tour of the ONLY Kazoo factory in the USA, the Hilton Head 2026 Tour by Great Race has arrived in Hilton Head. From now until Sunday, the group will enjoy t
View fullsize We had another amazing day on the Hilton Head Tour 2026 by Great Race! Motoring out of Blairsville, GA, we were greeted with the fall colors in the Georgia mountains as our group made its way to @chelseasclassiccars  for coffee and donuts. We then st
View fullsize The Hilton Head Tour 2026 by Great Race had an amazing first day of driving. After sneaking out of Nashville, we hit the open road. Our friends at @cokertireco hosted a lovely lunch, followed by a tour of @thecokermuseum. Our afternoon drive featured
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View fullsize One of the most memorable moments in the 2026 Hemmings Great Race presented by Coker Tire was the splash zone after torrential rains somewhere between Elk City, Oklahoma and Shamrock, Texas. Quite a few racers encountered it, but Dan Stahl took the a
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View fullsize The 2027 Hemmings Great Race presented by Coker Tire is a nine-day adventure from Mobile, Alabama to Buffalo, New York. The competition is intense as more than 120 cars and trucks (built in 1974 or earlier) compete for $160,000 in prize money. The ca
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The Great American Race as it was then called traveled from Disneyland to New York City. Newspapers and TV stations across the country covered this event, which cont
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