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WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — Over 130 classic cars started their engines at Rocky Point Park in Warwick to begin the “2022 Hemmings Motor News Great Race.” The race will travel through 19 cities in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota before ending in Fargo, North Dakota. The race is not a speed race, but a time/speed/distance rally. Each vehicle involved will have a driver and navigator. The teams are given… Source link

The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is now simply The Amelia, one of the changes wrought as the Florida event founded by Bill Warner 26 years ago is taken over by Hagerty. The classic car insurance giant has also acquired concours in Detroit and Greenwich, Connecticut, as well as, in 2017, Driveshare, an Airbnb-type peer-to-peer enthusiast car rental community. Hagerty now has a 40%stake in Broad Arrow Group, which will host a live classic car auction during Monterey Car Week in… Source link

OWLS HEAD — The Auto Auction is the Owls Head Transportation Museum’s premiere annual fundraising event, as well as an event in the New England automotive community and beyond. Featured in The Wall Street Journal and Hemmings Motor News, the auction was heralded as “the real thing,” a worthy alternative to Pebble Beach’s Automotive Week. The sale represents one of the most diverse collections of automobiles available in the Northeast. The schedule for this fundraiser… Source link

The Great Race, a competitive cross-country rally for vintage vehicles, launches its 2021 edition October 19 at Alamo Plaza in San Antonio, Texas, and is scheduled to finish some 2,300 miles and 9-days later at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Greenville, South Carolina. The event, backed by Hemmings Motor News, the Hagerty Driver’s Club, and Coker Tire, is being staged for the 37th time. It is a time/speed/distance endurance rally that in 2021 has drawn 120 vehicles in several categories. All… Source link