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Great Race Tour presents Town of Mooresville with 2021 Best Overnight City Award

Special to Iredell Free News The Town of Mooresville has been named as recipient of the 2021 Best Overnight City Award on the Great Race Tour. The Mooresville Downtown Commission (MDC) hosted the stopover in Downtown Mooresville on Saturday, June 26, with more than 5,000 spectators in attendance, as 109 of the world’s finest antique automobiles paraded down Main Street. The Hemmings Motor News Great Race Tour officials bestowed Mooresville with the award due to its “overwhelming… Source link

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Central Magnet School grads win big in vintage car race | News

The Central Magnet School Car Club hit the road to cover 2,300 miles in their 1953 Pontiac Chieftain, winning its division of this year’s Hemmings Motor News Great Race from San Antonio, Texas, to Greenville, S.C. The Great Race features two divisions – the X-Cup for students no older than 24, and the Rookies adult division. Central Magnet beat two other X-Cup teams to win the division. The group also received $1,000 for being voted the most helpful and… Source link

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The most overrated race tracks in the world

Every motorsport fan has a personal list of favourite race tracks – big, small, local, and international. But what about overrated? The lauded layouts that really shouldn’t be as popular as they are. It was a topic of discussion at MOTOR HQ recently, and it got me thinking. The first that came to mind was the Monaco street circuit. In all honesty, Formula 1 outgrew the Monegasque streets two decades ago. Since then, cars have become longer, wider and faster. F1 insiders praise it, but I… Source link

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Newnan sister team becomes first all-female winning team of Great Race road rally

Kahn Media The team of Olivia and Genna Gentry took victory in the Great Race, a road rally for vintage automobiles that ran from San Antonio to Greenville, South Carolina. The Newnan team, who won $50,000 for their victory, became the first all-female team to win the event in its 38-year history. From left are Great Race director Jeff Stumb, navigator Genna Gentry, driver Olivia Gentry and Wade Kawasaki, president… Source link

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2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race finishes in Greenville

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Photos: 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race stops in Huntington | Multimedia

Tyson Compton, president of the Huntington Convention and Visitors Bureau, welcomes guests as participants in the 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race arrive at Heritage Station for a lunch stop on Friday, June 25, 2021, in downtown Huntington. The Great Race started in San Antonio, Texas, and will finish in Greenville, S.C. Source link

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Classic cars come to town as part of ‘Great Race’

Jun. 24—There was a carnival atmosphere on Veterans Boulevard Wednesday evening, as hundreds of people went downtown to welcome participants in the Hemmings Motor News Great Race. Classic cars, pickup trucks, Jeeps and souped-up hot rods cruised down the boulevard as spectators, who were lined up along both sides of the street with lawn chairs, applauded and took pictures. When the drivers parked alongside the road, people swarmed the vehicles, for more pictures and to ask questions about… Source link

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Huntington’s Heritage Station to host stop on 2021 Great Race – The Tribune

HUNTINGTON — The region will host a lunch stop on the 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty on Friday in Huntington, race organizers have announced. The Great Race, the world’s premiere old car rally, will bring 120 of the world’s finest antique automobiles to town for the $150,000 event, with the first car rolling into Heritage Station starting at 11:30 a.m. An arrival ceremony with color guard and national anthem will take place at 11:25 a.m. Each stop… Source link

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Classic cars come to town as part of ‘Great Race’ | News

There was a carnival atmosphere on Veterans Boulevard Wednesday evening, as hundreds of people went downtown to welcome participants in the Hemmings Motor News Great Race. Classic cars, pickup trucks, Jeeps and souped-up hot rods cruised down the boulevard as spectators, who were lined up along both sides of the street with lawn chairs, applauded and took pictures. When the drivers… Source link

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Huntington bureau to host lunch stop for Great Race

Jun. 23—HUNTINGTON — The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race will make a stop at the Huntington Area Convention and Visitors Bureau on Friday. The Great Race, the world’s premiere old car rally, will bring 120 of the world’s finest antique automobiles to town for the $150,000 event, with the first car rolling into Heritage Station starting at 11:30 a.m. An arrival ceremony with color guard and National Anthem will be at 11:25 a.m. Spectators may visit with the participants and look at the… Source link

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