Great Race Legend Lew DeLong Passes Away
In the early days of the Great Race, there were many pioneers willing to take old races cars and speedsters and cross the country from one end to the other multiple times,…
2019 Great Race Regulations Posted
The 2019 Great Race Regulations have been released for the upcoming rally season, and all racers are urged to read over them closely. There are no major changes from last year other…
Welcome Casey Reese, New Event Coordinator!
Casey Reese has joined the Great Race family as Event Coordinator replacing Jennifer Andrews, director Jeff Stumb announced. We are thrilled to have Casey join the team, Stumb said. We hated to…
Thoughts and Prayers for Jean Ann Martin
Everyone who has attended just one Great Race, Coker Tire Challenge or VCRA event since 2007 knows Gary and Jean Ann Martin. They are the nicest, most outgoing folks you could ever…
1916 Hudson Great Racer For Sale
One of the oldest cars to ever run the Great Race is for sale Tom Coads 1916 Hudson racer. Tom, a long-time veteran of the Great Race is several different cars…
Dysart High School Automotive Enters the Great Race
The X-Cup division is a class that encourages young car enthusiasts to build a vintage vehicle, and compete in the Great Race. It's often made up of high school students or technical…
Champion Oil Uses Great Race in "Champions Use Champion" Marketing Campaign
Champion Oil , the official Oil of the Great Race, has featured the Great Race and 2015 Grand Champions Howard and Doug Sharp, in their new display placards. The placard will be…
Toshi Visits Great Race Headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Toshi Akasaka, the Japanese vintage car enthusiast who entered the 2014 Great Race for the first time and then brought eight teams from his home country to the 2015 race after telling…
Great Race Veterans Tackle A New Project for the 2016 Race
James Goode, from Jefferson City, Missouri, and driver of car #81 in the last several Great Races, has an interesting project he is working on for Brad Epple. Its a 1915 Chalmers…
News About Jennifer Andrews
Jennifer Andrews, the Great Race coordinator for the last year and a half, has left the organization to move to Augusta, Georgia, where her husband has been transferred. We will miss Jennifer…
Great Race in the January 2016 issue of Vette Magazine
The Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty gets lots of great press coverage every year, but our Route 66 adventure certainly created a buzz within the automotive world. With that…
Blood and Keller Win the Pumpkin Run Rally!
Brian Blood and Stephen Keller charged to victory in the annual Pumpkin Run rally in Millsboro, Delaware, this weekend by posting a final-day score of 2 seconds. The Great Race veterans from…
Hershey Fall Meet 2015 Recap
Hershey week for the Great Race was as successful as always, including a chance to renew friendships with people like Mike and Cindy White from Reliable Carriers. They do a wonderful job…
Great Race is in the News!
John Reinan, support crew member for the Wandering Troubadours of Finland team in their 1932 Auburn (car #30), has written a wonderful article for the Star-Tribune newspaper in his hometown of St.…
These Guys Have a Good Excuse!
One car from last years Coker Tire Challenge rally in Chattanooga will be missing from this years event but they have a good reason. Mark and Lance Feighner, from Texas and…
Spring 2016 Rally in Fairport, New York!
The rally season will draw to a close in the next couple of months with the Coker Tire Challenge September 18-20 in Chattanooga, Tennessee and the Pumpkin Run October 16-18 in Millsboro,…
The Race That Almost Was
Guest post by: Dick Russ Editors note: Every year during the Great Race we see and hear stories of those who go the extra mile to keep their car in the event.…
G.R. Pike and Bobby Hadskey Return for 2016 Great Race
G.R. Pike and Bobby Hadskey, the 2004 Great Race winners, have entered the 2016 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty after a two-year absence. They are scheduled to participate in…
Howard and Doug Sharp Honored in Fairport, NY
The 2015 Great Race Grand Champions, Howard and Doug Sharp, were honored in their hometown of Fairport, New York last week by having the day named for them. Representatives from the Village…