Great Racer Buys Targa Newfoundland Event
Wes Thompson, a two-year veteran of the Great Race, is now the proud owner of an iconic motorsports event in Canada – Targa Newfoundland. Wes, along with fellow Canadian Scott Vidler as…
Jesse Jameson Visits Great Race HQ Hometown
Great Racer Jesse Jameson visited Chattanooga, Tennessee last week from Connecticut while in town on a business trip. The family’s company, Vibranalysis, is part of a massive construction on the Chickamauga Lock…
Great Race Car For Sale in Pennsylvania
Ed and Brenda Hurst are selling their 1932 Chevrolet two-door that is Great Race ready. The car has its original interior that is in good shape and it has been updated to…
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 Racers Wed in Oregon
The Great Race is one big family, and we like to use the website to share news about the thousands of members all over the world. Lately, it has been sad news…
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…
Services for Rex Gardner Set for Nov. 16 in Grove, OK
We got an email from Rex Gardner’s daughter, Tonia, asking us to share the following information on Rex’s services after his passing on Monday, Nov. 4: Arrangements have been made for the…
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 Builds the World's Fastest Tractor
The Great Race website blog post are to keep racers up to date on what is happening with the event, including what is going on in the lives of the participants. Lately,…
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…
Jeff Stumb Interviews on "Cars Yeah" Podcast
Great Race director Jeff Stumb had the pleasure of being interviewed on “Cars Yeah” recently about the annual cross country rally. He talks about everything from his days as a competitor dating…
Great Race Coverage in November 2019 issue of Hemmings!
It's always exciting to get our new issue of Hemmings Motor News in the mail, but it was especially exciting earlier this week when we saw that the Great Race was the…
1950 Ford (previous Great Race car) For Sale
We always like to pass along good deals on old cars, especially ones that have completed the Great Race because that proves great reliability. Great Racer, Jim Caudle was just in town…
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…
2016 Great Racer Jessi Combs Killed Attempting Land Speed Record
We have just learned that Jessi Combs, self-proclaimed “Fastest Woman on Four Wheels,” was killed yesterday in Oregon trying to set a new land speed record in a jet-powered car. She was…
1915 Hudson For Sale
Looking for an older Great Race car to get the best factor? Seems like everyone is talking about getting an older car after Howard and Doug Sharp won in their 1916 Hudson…
More than $20,000 Raised for Scott Henderson X-Cup Scholarship Fund
Through the generosity of the participants of the 2019 Great Race, we were able to raise $20,122 for the Scott Henderson X-Cup Scholarship Fund. The funds are being sent to AACA (Antique…