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Rolla chamber to host Great Race stop after 2020 race postponed due to COVID

Race organizers announced that Rolla will host a lunch stop for the 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race after the 2020 race presented by Hagerty Driver’s Club was re-scheduled for June 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Great Race, the world’s premiere old car rally, will bring 120 of the world’s finest antique automobiles to town, with the first car rolling into Benton Square starting at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, June 22.  According to race organizers, in all, the participants in the… Source link

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The Great Race to bring classics to downtown Owensboro

Jun. 15—With 120 antique and classic cars scheduled to pass through Owensboro on June 23 as part of The Hemmings Motor News Great Race, Judge-Executive Al Mattingly spoke with race director Jeff Stumb during the Facebook Live interview Monday about the event’s overnight stop in Owensboro. “It is an old car race across the country each year,” Stumb said. “The oldest car (competing) is a 1916 Hudson … That happens to be the car that won the last race as well.” “You are going to see a lot of… Source link

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‘The Great Race’ making Paducah stop | News

The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race will roll into Paducah later this month, as more than 100 vintage vehicles are expected to visit the city for a “lunch stop,” on a nine-day journey from Texas to South Carolina. The Paducah visit is scheduled for June 23, race organizers said. People can go downtown to see vehicles they may not have seen before, said Lynda Peters, of the… Source link

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The Great Race to bring classics to downtown Owensboro | News

With 120 antique and classic cars scheduled to pass through Owensboro on June 23 as part of The Hemmings Motor News Great Race, Judge-Executive Al Mattingly spoke with race director Jeff Stumb during the Facebook Live interview Monday about the event’s overnight stop in Owensboro. “It is an old car race across the country each year,” Stumb said. “The oldest car (competing) is a 1916 Hudson … That happens to be the car that won the last race as… Source link

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The Great Race to bring classics to downtown Owensboro | Local News

With 120 antique and classic cars scheduled to pass through Owensboro on June 23 as part of The Hemmings Motor News Great Race, Judge-Executive Al Mattingly spoke with race director Jeff Stumb during the Facebook Live interview Monday about the event’s overnight stop in Owensboro. “It is an old car race across the country each year,” Stumb said. “The oldest car (competing) is a… Source link

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The Great Race still set to stop in Rolla as event postponed due to COVID-19

The 2020 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Driver’s Club has been rescheduled for June 2021 due to concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, race organizers announced Tuesday. The annual event, which features cars dating back to 1909 in a time-speed-distance rally across the country, will still start in San Antonio, Texas, and end in Greenville, South Carolina. The 2021 race will be from June 19 to June 27, and the start will still be in front of the Alamo. “We… Source link

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Hemmings Motor News Great Race postponed until June 2021

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (KFVS) – The 2020 Hemmings Motor News Great Race has been rescheduled for June of 2021. The event will still start in San Antonio, Texas, in front of the Alamo on June 19, 2021. It will end in Greenville, South Carolina, on June 27, 2021. “The safety of Great Racers, their support crews and our staff is our top priority, and we believe that postponing the event in the responsible decision with the conditions and restrictions we are facing,” race director Jeff Stumb said.

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‘Hemmings Motor News Great Race’ rescheduled – WFXRtv.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Washington negotiators continued to reach for a long-delayed agreement on COVID-19 relief on Monday, but rank-and-file Democrats appeared increasingly resigned to having to drop, for now, a scaled-back demand for fiscal relief for states and local governments whose budgets have been thrown out of balance by the pandemic. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., spoke with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin by phone Monday evening and continues to press for help for… Source link

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The Great Race sets off from Riverside for 2,300-mile trek by 120 classic cars – Press Enterprise

When the Great Race comes west, it’s not about how fast cars go. It’s about how they do it. A 1931 Auburn Boattail Speedster lines up before the start of the 2019 Hemmings Motor News Great Race as car enthusiasts pass by in Downtown Riverside on Saturday June 22, 2019. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) A detail of the engine of the Team 1 (Restoration Supply Company) 1916 Hudson Hillclimber before the start of the 2019 Hemmings Motor News Great Race in Downtown Riverside… Source link

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