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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

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) – The world’s premiere vintage car rally took off from Rhode Island over the weekend. And on Wednesday, they’ll be arriving in South Bend! The Studebaker National Museum and The History Museum will serve as a checkpoint for the 2022 Hemmings Motor News Great Race. Over 150 automobiles, dating as far back as 1916, are expected to be in town for a lunch break. The great race participants will then continue their journey to North Dakota as part of the competitive… 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

At 14 and 16, sisters Olivia and Genna Gentry entered their first Great Race, a 2,300-mile rally across 18 cities in eight states. Two years later in 2019, they placed seventh overall, and in 2020, the race was canceled due to the pandemic. A few weeks ago, the Gentrys came back to win the whole thing, setting a record as the youngest team to take the crown in the nearly 40-year history of the rally. Team Gentry piloted a 1932 Ford five-window coupe powered by an original style 21-stud Source link

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

Jun. 22—The Benda family had been waiting for years for the race to get close enough. Lydia Benda, of Lawrence, Kansas, on Monday stood on Main Street with her father and her son, both of whom were anxiously watching historic automobiles drive in. As each vintage vehicle drove through, they snapped pictures, pointed out features and wondered what was coming next. “My dad has been waiting 30 years for the race to get close enough for a visit,” Benda said. They were three of thousands of people… Source link

The Benda family had been waiting for years for the race to get close enough. Lydia Benda, of Lawrence, Kansas, on Monday stood on Main Street with her father and her son, both of whom were anxiously watching historic automobiles drive in. As each vintage vehicle drove through, they snapped pictures, pointed out features and wondered what was coming next. “My dad has been waiting 30… Source link