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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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Archive 2/1/14 Archive 2/1/14

2014 Great Race to Stop at Pocono Raceway on June 23

Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., will host a lunch 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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Archive 1/30/14 Archive 1/30/14

Fireball Roberts Inducted into NASCAR Hall of Fame

Fireball Roberts was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame Wednesday night, and even though he passed away in 1964 after a horrible crash in Charlotte, Fireball was a Great Racer in…

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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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Archive 12/30/13 Archive 12/30/13

Positions for 2014 Great Race are Filling Up Quickly!

The Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty will enter the New Year with at least 86 paid entries for the 2014 event, Director Jeff Stumb has announced. That is more…

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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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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
View fullsize Throwback Thursday comes to you from Gallup, New Mexico, when we visited in 2015. Check out that row of vintage motels and a row of cool classic cars.
View fullsize Great Race city stops are the BEST way to see the cars and drivers up close. We have a lunch stop and evening stop each day, (but typically no hosted lunch stops on Day 1 or Day 9), giving spectators great opportunities to watch the cars roll into to
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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 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
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