Great Race 2021 Day 1 Recap: San Antonio to Temple, Texas
The start of the 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club was incredible. The downtown location right next to the Alamo was super cool, and we had a…
FUN FRIDAY! Hagerty Trophy Run Recap
Here we go! It's time to start rolling on the 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club. We always kick things off with a warm-up rally on Friday…
RPM Foundation X-Cup Team Introduction
The RPM Foundation is also proud to be administering The Great Race X-Cup's grants, scholarships, and awards. The X-Cup Division enables youth to experience these classics in a way that few can.…
John and Scott Hudson Win Delaware Rally
The annual Pumpkin Run was held last week in Millsboro, Delaware, and it was one of the largest fields ever at the event as teams prepared for the Great. John and Scott…
RPM Foundation Joins Forces with Great Race to Revitalize X-Cup program
Chattanooga, TN -- The RPM Foundation, a member of America’s Automotive Trust, is proud to announce that they have joined forces with the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers…
Three-Time Great Race Champion Irene Jason Passes Away
Irene Jason, a three-time Great Race champion driver, passed away today. The Keller, Texas, school teacher and her husband, Barry won the race three straight years – 2012-14, something that had never…
Great Racer Cameron Coker Passes Away
Cameron Coker of Chattanooga, who participated in multiple Great Races as a navigator, has passed away after a tragic one-vehicle car wreck two days ago. Cameron participated with his dad, Corky Coker,…
Great Race Winner Model A Up For Sale
A rare and unique opportunity to own a Great Race winning vehicle has come up, and it would be perfect to use in the event in the coming years after a 21-year…
Veteran Navigator John Sears Passes Away
Great Race Grand Champion John Sears, a veteran navigator since the 1960s, passed away in Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 30. He was 77 years old. Sears won the Great Race in 1996 as…
Peter Prescott Collection Featured on Crusin’ New England TV Show
For those lucky enough to be on the 2018 Great Race from Buffalo to Nova Scotia they will remember the overnight stop in Gardiner, Maine. That’s the hometown of Peter Prescott and…
Olivia Gentry Gets First Career Victory at Senoia Raceway
Olivia Gentry comes from a racing family, as her father Oliver is a veteran dirt track racer and her mother Beth is a Great Race Grand Champion. The 19-year-old from Newnan, Georgia…
Great Race Rescheduled for August 22-30
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May 6, 2020 – The 2020 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club has been rescheduled for Aug. 22-30 from San Antonio, Texas, to Greenville, S.C., due…
Sharp Shooting in Texas
Three-time Great Race Grand Champion Howard Sharp also loves to hunt during the fall and winter, and each year he makes a week and a half long trip to northwestern Texas for…
Great Race TV Coverage to Air on Motor Trend this Saturday
The 2019 Great Race television show will air this Saturday, Nov. 16, at 7 a.m. Eastern Time on Motor Trend TV (part of the Discovery channels on what was previously known as…
Great Race Legend Rex Gardner Passes Away
Rex Gardner, two-time Great Race Grand Champion, lost his short battle with cancer Monday night in Oklahoma. He was 81. Rex started competing in the Great Race in 1985 and was a…
Great Racer Howard Jameson and Brother Killed in Helicopter Crash
Tragedy has hit the Jameson and Socquet Great Race families as three-year veteran Howard (Ben) Jameson and his brother Scott Socquet have been killed in a helicopter crash outside of Las Vegas.…
Great Race Veteran Rex Gardner Diagnosed with Lung Cancer
Two-time Great Race Grand Champion Rex Gardner has informed us he has lung cancer. It was just diagnosed this week and he is going to Tulsa for further tests to find out…
John and Scott Hudson Win Northeast Rally Club Fall Rally
John and Scott Hudson won another regional rally this weekend in their 1940 Chevrolet in the Northeast Rally Club’s annual fall event, this year in Beach Lake, Pennsylvania. The Hudsons, who were…
The 2019 Coker Tire Challenge is in the Books!
This past weekend was the 14th annual Coker Tire Challenge. The event is a three-day cloverleaf rally based out of Coker Tire's home town of Chattanooga, Tennessee. This year, the event was…