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Archive 11/22/13 Archive 11/22/13

Time Flies When You're Having Fun!

It’s hard to believe, but it has been five months since the Great Race finished in Mobile, Alabama. In another month, it will be Christmas and we will be less than six…

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Archive 11/21/13 Archive 11/21/13

When it's too cold to race...

We like to share with you what Great Racers do when they are back home and not involved in the event. Recently we have told you about Chad Caldwell traveling to Montana…

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Archive 11/18/13 Archive 11/18/13

Great Race Coverage from McPherson College

The McPherson College Restoration newsletter came in the mail the other day, and there was a wonderful centerfold of the team’s experience on the 2013 Great Race from Minnesota to the Gulf…

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Archive 11/14/13 Archive 11/14/13

A New Awesome Auburn in the Making

Chad and Jennie Caldwell will be participating in the 2014 Great Race in their 1931 Auburn, but not the one you may have seen in previous Great Race events. Chad traveled to…

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Archive 11/13/13 Archive 11/13/13

Model T Goes Around the World!

So you think it is tough on you and your car to do the Great Race? Well, our nine-day, 2,100-mile event is tough, but it cannot hold a candle to what Dirk…

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Archive 11/12/13 Archive 11/12/13

Raime Brown is now Raime Wilson

Congratulations to Great Race Coordinator Raime Brown on her recent marriage to Eric Wilson. They were married in the Coker Museum on Saturday, October 19th, which just happens to be the location…

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Archive 10/31/13 Archive 10/31/13

Great Race Entries Pouring In!

It’s still seven and a half months until the green flag drops in Maine for the start of the 2014 Great Race, but there are already 64 paid entries in the event.…

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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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Archive 10/22/13 Archive 10/22/13

Great Race Represented at the Lake Mirror Classic

Our good buddy, and mega Great Race supporter, Jim Menneto attended the Lake Mirror Classic with his 1932 Ford speedster last weekend. He is a regular at the Hemmings Motor News Great…

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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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Archive 10/19/13 Archive 10/19/13

Former Great Race Car For Sale

David Coon brought his 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air to Hershey to sell last week, complete with 2013 Great Race decals. The car made every mile of the Great Race last year without…

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Archive 10/18/13 Archive 10/18/13

Road Trip with a $1,000 '57 Mercury!

Most people know that David McAllister, the Great Race’s technical inspector for the last three years, wears many hats. One of those is as a master mechanic. And he proved it again…

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Archive 10/17/13 Archive 10/17/13

Penn College Visits Great Race in Hershey

Penn College of Philadelphia will be entering an X-Cup team in the 2014 Great Race, and they were at Hershey promoting their upcoming venture and showing off their car. The college, being…

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Archive 10/16/13 Archive 10/16/13

Joe Alackness Stops by the Great Race Booth in Hershey

Joe Alackness has a thing for old cars – really old cars. He has a number of pre-1916 automobiles, and he showed off his 1905 Cadillac at Hershey last week during the…

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Archive 10/15/13 Archive 10/15/13

Bill Croker at the Great Race Booth in Hershey

Bill Croker came all the way from California to Hershey, Pennsylvania, last week to be part of the AACA Hershey Region’s Fall Meet experience, but he also came to help promote the…

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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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Archive 10/3/13 Archive 10/3/13

The Duke Boys Would Be Proud!

Bill and Buddy Green decided a couple of years ago to jump in their 1965 Mustang and do the 2012 Great Race around the Great Lakes. “It will be a one-time deal,”…

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Archive 10/1/13 Archive 10/1/13

1939 LaSalle "Great Race Car" For Sale

Bill Harper has been around Great Racing for quite some time, and currently campaigns a '32 Ford roadster with LaSalle power. Before the green roadster became his go-to Great Race car, this…

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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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View fullsize The Wandering Troubadours of Finland disturbing the peace at the Petrified Forest National Park in their 1918 American LaFrance.
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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
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