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Chippewa Falls will host a lunch stop on the 2022 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club on Friday, June 24. 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 onto Bridge Street starting at noon. “We are excited to bring this unique event to Chippewa Falls for the first time,” race director Jeff Stumb said. The 9-day, 2,300-mile adventure will travel… Source link

Plainfield — A national antique and classic car rally is headed to Plainfield next week. The 2022 Hemmings Motor News Great Race will kick off in Rhode Island on June 18 and make several stops across the country, including in Plainfield on June 22. An event news release describes the 2,300-mile Great Race as the “world’s premiere old car rally.” The event will bring more than 130 antique vehicles to downtown Plainfield shortly after 4:30 p.m. on June 22. “We are excited to bring this… Source link

BENNINGTON — The Better Bennington Corporation announced its third Thursday Night Live event featuring Planet Kniffen on Thursday, June 16 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Merchants Park on the Thomson Family Stage. The address is 119 North Street. The rain location is Mission City Church and that call will be made by 2 p.m. on the day of the performance. This event… Source link

LENOX — The automaker didn’t survive, but examples of its gloriously finned fleet of the ’50s did — and dozens of them are headed our way. This weekend, owners of as many as 50 Studebakers will roll into the Berkshires to talk cars, show off their shine and strut their, well, struts. Their host is Paul Dutton, a former finance guy for Canyon Ranch who drives… Source link

The enlarged museum would cost $20 million and will be completed over the next five years. The extra space would allow about 250,000 artifacts now stored in nearby buildings to be displayed. They include a large bicycle collection, racetrack and railroad memorabilia and larger vehicles, such as Mack trucks and fire trucks. The expanded museum will host major events, including 500 to 600 car shows a year and possibly a drive-in movie occasionally on the wall of one of the buildings. The… Source link

For years, CBS’ WWJ-TV Detroit held the dubious distinction of being the only major network owned-and-operated station without a news department. But that’s about to change: 20 years after eliminating its news presence, WWJ (Channel 62, branded as “CBS 62”) will launch a news department in 2022, as part of an ambitious plan to create a “CBS News Detroit” hub. The announcement was made Tuesday by Wendy McMahon, president and co-head, CBS News and Stations; Adrienne Roark,… Source link

1. Hershey, Pennsylvania — AACA Museum, 100-plus cars. Cruise along the Lincoln Highway through Pennsylvania’s undulating landscape. Watch out for clip-clopping Amish buggies in Dutch Country: aacamuseum.org. Support Local Journalism Your subscription makes our reporting possible. {{featured_button_text}} 2. Huntingdon,… Source link

Hull and Stahl’s Ford Speedster, which is painted an eye-catching red, white and blue, is always a crowd favorite, said Great Race Director Jeff Stumb. “‘Stars and Stripes’ is the nickname everyone has come up with for it,” Stumb said. “It’s one of the iconic vehicles.” In addition to the challenge of the race, Stumb said, there is a family atmosphere to the summer event that keeps teams coming back again and again. Teams talk and help one another out with advice and repairs… Source link

AUBURN — Two local auto museums will sponsor a pair of youth teams in next summer’s Hemmings Motor News Great Race. The Early Ford V-8 Museum and National Auto and Truck Museum will send six young men in two 1940s Fords on the journey of 2,000-plus miles for cars built in 1974 and earlier. More than 100 teams will leave Warwick, Rhode Island, on June 18 and travel through 19 cities in 10 states to arrive in Fargo, North Dakota, on June 26. Although the race… Source link

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