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…
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…
Highlights from 2013 Race
Video highlight reel from the awards banquet featuring many of the 99 Great Race teams from the 2013 event.
What an Adventure
Mary Anne and I celebrating our 45th earlier this month. Do we have to go home? The 2013 edition of the Great Race was an adventure of a lifetime. I can never…
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…
Great Race 2013--Cajun Madness!!!
We've visited hundreds of towns in the 30 years that Great Race has been around, but today was one of the best days in Great Race history, in terms of the towns…
Great Race 2013--Down in Louisiana!
We're officially in Cajun country! We rallied from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Baton Rouge, Louisiana today, but we made quite a few turns along the way. We made a lunch stop in Natchez,…
What happened to Kentucky?
As we passed thru Tennessee yesterday I realized the Great Race missed Kentucky. This is the only state boardering the mighty Mississippi that was not part of The 2013 Great Race. Well…
Great Race 2013--Down South Rallyin'
Yet another day of rallying has placed us firmly into the South, and you can certainly tell by the temperature! Upper 90's made for a hot, sweaty and sunny day behind the…
Great Race 2013--Three States of Rallying Ends in TN!
Well, we surpassed the half way point today, and boy, was it a great day of rallying! We started from Cape Girardeau this morning and carried a head of steam into our…
Fewer Kentuckians in the Great Race
Sorry to hear Don and Mary Anne were having car issues and dropped out of the race. Also the Bluegrass Boys have been reduced by one. Billie had to leave our team…
Great Race 2013--Missouri Brings HUGE Crowds!
Wow! That's all we can say about today's route and host cities! Actually, we can say a lot more, because they were so awesome! We started our day in Hannibal, Missouri, headed…
Great Race 2013--Movin' on Down the Road!
The rolling circus keeps moving south, on our way to a final destination of Mobile, Alabama! Today's route involved a quick jaunt to Peoria, Illinois, and then a drive through the countryside…
Listen to Your Momma and Wife
Should I also add navigator to the list. "Read the directions and listen to the instructions."If only I did! Oh well, there is always tomorrow. Bluegrass Boys
Great Race 2013--We Made it to Davenport!
Despite bad weather, closed roads and more bad weather, we have landed in Davenport, Iowa for the evening! We had all sorts of obstacles to conquer, from rock slides and fallen trees…
Great Race 2013--We're on the Road!
That's right, we have officially set sail in the 2013 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty! This morning, thousands of people filled the area to send off each and every…
Friday Great Race Action in St. Paul
We had some major storms last night and a chance of rain again today...bad news for our racers in open cockpit cars! Despite the soggy night/morning, we made it to the Back…
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…