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Archive 10/7/22 Archive 10/7/22

Jeff Stumb Addresses Model T Club at Hershey

Great Race director Jeff Stumb spoke to the Model T Club at their tent in the Red Field at Hershey to promote the Great Race and in an effort to attract more…

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Archive 9/8/22 Archive 9/8/22

Great Race Welcomes ROGO Fastener Co., Inc. as Major Sponsor

The Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Coker Tire welcomes its newest major sponsor, ROGO Fastener Co., Inc . Established in 1992, ROGO Fastener Co., Inc. is based out of Middletown,…

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Archive 9/7/22 Archive 9/7/22

Great Racer Rock Rookey Passes Away

It is with great sadness that I inform you that Great Race veteran Rock Rookey has passed away after a brief battle with cancer. Rock has been a navigator for the last…

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Archive 8/8/22 Archive 8/8/22

Great Race Car For Sale - 1972 Mercedes-Benz 350SLC

1972 Mercedes-Benz 350SLC - Euro Coupe - 3.5L V-8 for sale. Custom built to participate in navigational T(ime) S(peed) D(istance) road rally events. The car was prepared with the help of an…

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Great Race Highlights 7/5/22 Great Race Highlights 7/5/22

Josh Hull and Trevor Stahl WIN the 2022 Great Race!

The Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club is a grueling marathon for the drivers, navigators and of course, the cars. That's why we came up with the motto…

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Great Race Highlights 6/26/22 Great Race Highlights 6/26/22

Great Race 2022 - Day 9 - The Finish in Fargo

Here it is, the final day of the 2022 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club! We were thrilled to make our way into Fargo, North Dakota for the…

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Great Race Highlights 6/25/22 Great Race Highlights 6/25/22

Great Race 2022 - Day 8 - Duluth to Detroit Lakes, MN

The last two days of the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club are always challenging, as no legs can be thrown out from the daily scores. Every move…

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Great Race Highlights 6/24/22 Great Race Highlights 6/24/22

Great Race 2022 - Day 7 - Wisconsin Dells, WI to Duluth, MN

The Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club is a time, speed, endurance rally. Today, we learned about endurance, as the racers tackled some of the toughest roads in…

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Great Race Highlights 6/23/22 Great Race Highlights 6/23/22

Great Race 2022 - Day 6 - Plainfield, IL to Wisconsin Dells, WI

As the race wears on, we made our way into Wisconsin, after a tough battle with rush hour traffic near Chicago. Once we got off the Interstate, things got better, as today's…

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Great Race Highlights 6/22/22 Great Race Highlights 6/22/22

Great Race 2022 - Day 5 - Perrysburg, OH to Plainfield, IL

As we make it past the half way point of this year's Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club, we cross two more states off the to-do list. We…

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Great Race Highlights 6/21/22 Great Race Highlights 6/21/22

Great Race 2022 - Day 4 - Erie, PA to Perrysburg, OH

Wow, what a difference a day can make! We've spent the entire first three days of the 2022 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club with unseasonably chilly temperatures.…

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Great Race Highlights 6/20/22 Great Race Highlights 6/20/22

Great Race 2022 - Day 3 - Binghamton, NY to Erie, PA

We covered a lot of ground on Day 3 of the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club. We started our day in Binghamton, New York, after last night's…

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Great Race Highlights 6/19/22 Great Race Highlights 6/19/22

Great Race 2022 - Day 2 - Windsor Locks, CT to Binghamton, NY

Day 2 of the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club brought a number of challenges for the drivers, navigators and of course, the cars. We rolled out of…

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Great Race Highlights 6/18/22 Great Race Highlights 6/18/22

Great Race 2022 - Day 1 - Warwick, RI to Windsor Locks, CT

We've been waiting on this day all year! This morning, we dropped the Green Flag at beautiful Rocky Point State Park in Warwick, Rhode Island. Actually, the green flag duties were handled…

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Great Race Highlights 6/17/22 Great Race Highlights 6/17/22

2022 Great Race: Hagerty Trophy Run

The Friday before the green flag drops is always an exciting day on the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club. We started the day with a huge meeting…

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Archive 6/13/22 Archive 6/13/22

First Cars Arrive in Rhode Island thanks to McCollister's

It's that time of year! Jeff Stumb is on site in Warwick, Rhode Island to begin off-loading and checking in participating cars. This is always exciting, and gets our week started off…

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Great Race Highlights 2/24/22 Great Race Highlights 2/24/22

McCollister's Announced as Official Transporter of the Great Race

McCollister’s Auto Transport has been named the Official Transporter of the Great Race, director Jeff Stumb has announced. McCollister’s has 35 years of experience in the enclosed auto transport business, and they…

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Archive 2/15/22 Archive 2/15/22

Great Race Clocks Named for the Late Rex Gardner

Anyone who has been competing in Great Race for a while knows that the late Rex Gardner is solely responsible for keeping the sport alive by starting VCRA back in 2007. He…

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Great Race Highlights 2/9/22 Great Race Highlights 2/9/22

Nine Great Racers Advance to New Division

When Olivia and Genna Gentry won the 2021 Great Race in Greenville, South Carolina, everyone knew that they would be competing in the future in the Grand Championship division. But they are…

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View fullsize Independence Day 1986, Washington D.C. a great setting for this Throwback Thursday!

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.
View fullsize The Great Race motto is "To Finish is to Win", and seeing teams cross the finish line after nine days of rallying always puts that into perspective. The smiles, the tears and the sighs of relief...
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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
View fullsize Great words from our friends, the Hermansons aka team Maxinkuckee Mayhem. Here's a brief snippet but be sure to click the link to read the entire article. 

"It’s hard to explain to people what we do for 9 days in a truck with no cell phon
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View fullsize Go to the website and check out Charlie Brittingham's timeline and history with the Great Race. He spends his days wrenching on a 1913 Chevrolet but has plenty of Great Race memories along the way.

"I have always enjoyed working with and rebuil
View fullsize Get yourself and your favorite car on the road with the 2026 Hilton Head Concours Adventure! Check the link in our bio to read more.
View fullsize Ron Rowland gave us an amazing retrospective look at Great Race rally days before the invention of the Timewise speedometer. He wrote a great article that tells a lot of his history with the race, and how the event has changed through the years. Here
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