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Start your engines: 2,300-mile antique car race set to roll into Fargo – InForum

FARGO — The Hemmings Motor News Great Race will end this year in front of the Fargo Theatre on June 26. The race will begin in Warwick, Rhode Island, on June 18, and “120 of the world’s finest antique automobiles” will begin rolling onto Broadway in downtown Fargo at about 1 p.m., according to a news release from the Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau. The Great Race is an old car rally presented by Hagerty Drivers Club. It has a history of 39 years, and so far has… Source link

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Rev the engines, but don't go too fast: Great Race of 120 antique cars starts June 18 at Rocky Point, ends June 26 in Fargo, N.D. – Johnston Sun Rise

Rocky Point Park fondly remembered as an amusement park where rides of all kinds from bumper cars to the flume made for thrills will now make the automobile history books. Last week Hemmings Motor News announced the Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers Club will start Jun 18 at the park.  The selection of the park to start the race was Mayor… Source link

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Great Race tests teams’ mettle on 2,300-mile journey (copy) |

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

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Great Race tests teams’ mettle on 2,300-mile journey | State and Regional News

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

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Great Race tests teams’ mettle on 2,300-mile journey | Local News

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

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Local youth to drive in vintage race | Thestar

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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US firm, 8 others join race to acquire SsangYong Motor

Seoul, July 30 (IANS) A US vehicle importer and eight other companies have submitted letters of intent to acquire debt-ridden SsangYong Motor, the company said on Friday. US-based Cardinal One Motors, SM Group and Edison Motors Co confirmed they joined the race to acquire the financially troubled carmaker to expand their business portfolios. K-pop Motors Co, which mainly produces electric scooters, and pharmaceutical firm Park Seok-jeon & Co reportedly submitted LOIs. In April, they formed a… Source link

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