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Great Race Highlights 9/23/14 Great Race Highlights 9/23/14

Coker Tire Challenge 2014 Recap

What a great weekend of rallying in the Southeast for the 9th annual Coker Tire Challenge. It's hard to believe Corky Coker has been putting on this event for so long, but…

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Great Race Highlights 8/12/14 Great Race Highlights 8/12/14

Thanks to All Who Completed our Participant Survey!

The Great Race asked for your responses in a survey after the 2014 event, and we tallied the results and have heard you loud and clear. Many of the 110 responses were…

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Great Race Highlights 7/24/14 Great Race Highlights 7/24/14

Looking For A Rally Car? Speedster For Sale!

Looking for a turnkey car for the 2015 Great Race along Route 66? Well, Howard Sharp has one for you. The 2011 Grand Champion is selling his 1932 Ford Dirt Track Racer…

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Great Race Highlights 7/15/14 Great Race Highlights 7/15/14

The End of an Era--The Jason's Are Retiring

Three-time Great Race Grand Champions Barry and Irene Jason have decided to retire from competition while on top. The Keller, Texas, couple became the first team in the 31-year history of the…

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Great Race Highlights 7/14/14 Great Race Highlights 7/14/14

Two Great Race Legends Have Passed Away

The Great Race has lost two of its most iconic veterans dating back to the founding of the event in 1983. Grand Champion Dave Teter, a veteran of more than 20 Great…

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Great Race Highlights 7/10/14 Great Race Highlights 7/10/14

Great Race 2015--Get Your Kicks on Route 66!

With the successful 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty less than two weeks behind us, we are already turning our attention to the 2015 route. The Great Race next…

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Great Race Highlights 6/30/14 Great Race Highlights 6/30/14

Barry and Irene Jason Win Again!

That's right, for the third year in a row, Barry and Irene Jason have WON the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty. They brought a new car to the…

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Great Race Highlights 6/29/14 Great Race Highlights 6/29/14

2014 Great Race Award Winners

The 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty has a $150,000 purse, and lots of folks left our awards banquet with a check in their pocket. With payouts from $1,000…

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Great Race Highlights 6/29/14 Great Race Highlights 6/29/14

Day 9--The Calm Before the Storm!

On the final day of competition in the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty, there is always a lot of tension in the air and this year was no…

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Great Race Highlights 6/28/14 Great Race Highlights 6/28/14

Day 8--Georgia in the Rear View Mirror

We logged a bunch of miles today and covered a lot of territory on the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty. Our day started in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, where…

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Great Race Highlights 6/27/14 Great Race Highlights 6/27/14

Day 7--Truckin' into South Carolina

Today, we reached new territory--South Carolina. It was hot and humid, but the scenery was spectacular throughout the day's route. The route sent us through the back roads of South Carolina, with…

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Great Race Highlights 6/26/14 Great Race Highlights 6/26/14

Day 6--Hot Heat, A Little Bit of Rain and a Tricky Route

There is definitely a difference in Mid-June weather in Maine, and along the North Carolina coast. The temperatures are hotter, the humidity is higher and the chance of afternoon rain showers is…

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Great Race Highlights 6/25/14 Great Race Highlights 6/25/14

Day 5--North Carolina, Southern Hospitality

Wow, another adventurous day on the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty. Today's route didn't cover near as much ground as yesterday, as we crossed into North Carolina and rallied…

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Great Race Highlights 6/24/14 Great Race Highlights 6/24/14

Day 4--Cool Towns, Farm Land and LOTS of Miles!

Today, we started our journey in the state of Pennsylvania. Before going on the clock, we crossed into Delaware, and rallied through some great back roads, on our way to lunch in…

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Great Race Highlights 6/23/14 Great Race Highlights 6/23/14

Day Three of the Great Race--Rallying Through PA

What a day, what a day! We started in Poughkeepsie, New York and made a long transit to the actual starting point of the day's route. We had to navigate some road…

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Great Race Highlights 6/21/14 Great Race Highlights 6/21/14

The Grand Start from Ogunquit, Maine!

The 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty got off to an incredible start today, with thousands of spectators gathering at Ogunquit Beach to watch more than 100 vintage cars…

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Great Race Highlights 6/19/14 Great Race Highlights 6/19/14

Great Racer Hospitality at Its Finest!

Today, the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty officially kicked off with a full day of registration and tech inspection on more than 100 vintage vehicles. A long time…

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Great Race Highlights 5/20/14 Great Race Highlights 5/20/14

Penn-York Rally 2014--Great Race Veterans Duke it Out

The annual Penn-York Rally in Beach Lake, Pennsylvania, had a Great Race flavor, with current and former participants finishing well. Many northeastern teams used the occasion to get ready for the Great…

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Great Race Highlights 5/9/14 Great Race Highlights 5/9/14

Spirit of Stahls Returns for 2014 with Three Cars!

Ted and Mary Stahl always brings interesting cars to the Great Race. And this year is no exception. The Michigan natives first campaigned in a 1941 Packard convertible. Then it was 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...
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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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