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FARGO, N.D. — Driving and servicing cars built more than half a century before they were born, two Trine University students were part of teams that competed in the Hemmings Motor News Great Race. The race, held June 18-26, featured 130 vintage cars that traveled from Warwick, Rhode Island, to Fargo, North Dakota. Gavin Swift, an accounting major from Auburn,… Source link

1 of 42: Great Race 3 062722.jpg Cars competing in the Great Race make a stop at Brainerd International Raceway on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch … Source link

FARGO — The marquee of the Fargo Theatre might have said it best: “Beep Beep! The Great Race saved the best for last!” And the estimated 3,000 people who lined Broadway to watch the finish probably agreed. “I just love old cars and this is the coolest thing that’s ever come to Fargo!” said Kari Schlepp of West Fargo. She’s had friends who have driven in the race. … Source link

CHIPPEWA FALLS — Millions of dollars’ worth of vintage cars are competing in a cross country race called the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club. They arrived in Chippewa Falls for a lunch stop on Friday. The Great Race is a time, speed and endurance rally for 1974 and older collector vehicles. It’s based on the famous 1908 race from Paris to New York and has taken place each summer since 1983. The basic idea of the time/speed/distance rally… Source link

The Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club arrived in Chippewa Falls on Friday. The Great Race is a time, speed, and endurance rally for 1974 and older collector vehicles. It’s based on the famous 1908 race from Paris to New York and has taken place each summer since 1983. The basic idea of the time/speed/distance rally is to accomplish the day’s route as closely as possible to the rally master’s perfectly scored time. The team that is closest to the perfect… Source link

FARGO — Vintage car fans will have plenty of opportunities to take in the final miles and finish of the Great Race in downtown Fargo on Sunday, June 26. Similarly, fans of four-wheeled beauty will be able to get an eyeful in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, on Saturday, June 25, with local car clubs showing off their highly burnished babies before the Great Race rolls into that town for an afternoon and early evening stop. The weather should be a plus. Winds out of the northwest are… Source link

With engines growling and exhaust spewing, Studebakers, Hudsons, Ford Model ‘A’s and more than 160 other vintage cars rolled into the parking lot of Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie Thursday as part of a 2,300-mile cross-country rally race. This year’s Hemmings Motor News Great Race began Saturday in Warwick, Rhode Island, and will finish in Fargo, North Dakota on Sunday. The race reached Sun Prairie on Thursday, with the cars enroute to Wisconsin Dells for the night after… Source link

BRAINERD — The 2022 Hemmings Motor News Great Race — a time, speed, endurance rally for 1974 and older collector vehicles — will be making a stop Saturday in Brainerd. This… Source link

Downtown Plainfield on Wednesday afternoon was a piece of Americana, with people lining both sides of Lockport Street on a hot summer afternoon, drawn by their mutual love for old cars. The 2022 Hemmings Motor News-sponsored Great Race, a nine-day rally that kicked off June 18 in Rhode Island, was stopping in Plainfield on its way to North Dakota. The 1965 slapstick movie comedy “The Great Race” – based on the real 1908 automobile race from New York to Paris – inspired this event.

DULUTH — Bayfront Park is about to be filled with vintage cars as drivers on the 2022 Hemmings Motor News Great Race, presented by Hagerty Drivers Club, will stop overnight Friday, according to a news release from the race organizers. Visitors are welcome to look at the classic cars and visit with the participants driving in this old-car rally race. “We are excited to bring this unique event to Duluth for the first time ever,” race director Jeff Stumb said. “It will also… Source link