Steve McKelvie let us know this week that Scott Henderson, a Great Race rally driver who notably helped save a Buick that lost its brakes from tumbling off the Mount Washington auto road this past su...
Dean Bordigioni crosses the finish line on his 1914 Harley-Davidson. Photo courtesy Motorcycle Cannonball. A total of 107 intrepid riders set out from Portland, Maine on September 8 on a race across ...
Photograph courtesy Michael Lichter. Day five of Motorcycle Cannonball 2018 has been completed and the race has now officially covered 940 miles. Stage five spent the day in the Midwest, traveling fr...
A lineup of prewar Bugattis is nothing short of breathtaking. “Gotta love Bugatti owners–they drive ’em.” Ask just about anyone even on the fringes of the scene, and that’s the comment you’ll hear ab...
All images courtesy of and copyright Bryan McCarthy of Bearded Mug Media, except as noted. A few years back I wrote about the need to take your kid to a vintage rally. If you didn’t heed my advice th...
Driver Jim Menneto and navigator Stephanie Sigot pose with the Hemmings Speedster. Photo courtesy Stephanie Sigot. Aided by a sixth-place finish on stage nine, the leg from Dartmouth to Halifax, Nova...
Carl Schneider and Jack Juratovic heading to the Mt. Washington summit in their 1955 Buick. Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd, unless otherwise noted. The Mount Washington Auto Road, which climbs to the summi...
Competitors have exactly 60 minutes from arrival to eat lunch and depart, making for scenes like this one as the no. 46 Plymouth Bluesmobile of Dennis O’Connell and Stephen Hebert and the no. 17 Pack...
Photos courtesy Jon Seltenheim. As part of our 2018 support for the Alzheimer’s Association’s Longest Day fundraising drive, we were pleased to make the acquaintance of one of the Hemmings Great Race...
During the awards banquet immediately following the conclusion of the 2017 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty, Great Race and Coker Tire Company owner Corky Coker announced that the ...
Photos graciously provided by rally photographer, Eugenio Robleda of One way Books. Supplemented by the author. For decades, Pedro Vargas has dreamed of bringing a true Mexican road rally to the Baja...
Lonnie James Isam, Jr. Photo courtesy Felicia Morgan. Lonnie James Isam, Jr., best known for being the motivating force behind, and the organizer of, the Motorcycle Cannonball semi-annual cross-count...
Jody Knowles and Beth Knowles-Gentry accepting their first-place check. Photos courtesy Tommy Lee Byrd and Great Race It must be in the family bloodline, to go fast (but not too fast) and follow dire...
Sportsman racers James and Louis Goode cross the finish line in Ypsilanti, Michigan, in their 1965 Chevrolet Corvette. Photo by author. Day five of the Great Race on Wednesday took teams from the hos...
Photos by the author. The Hemmings Great Race presented by Hagerty traveled through Mufreesboro, Tennessee, for lunch on Monday, June 26, and the stage’s finish line was located in the historic Canno...
Rookie competitors Richard Foster & Dave Wathen arrive at the lunch stop in French Lick, Indiana on Day 4 of the Great Race. Sunny skies and cool temperatures greeted races for day four of the Hemmin...
Jody Knowles and Beth Gentry arrive in Newnan, Georgia, in their 1932 Ford Cabriolet. Photos by the author. Of the 120 cars that started the Great Race in Jacksonville, Florida, rally officials told ...
Photos by the author. Finally out of the oppressive Florida heat, the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Insurance travel through Newnan, Georgia, today. The city is home to one of t...
Harald von Langsdorff and Steve McKelvie cross the finish line in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in their 1972 Mercedes 350SLC. At promptly 7:15 Sunday morning, a 1963 Jaguar E-type, entered by Edward Overm...
Gary & Jean Ann Martin arrive at the finish line in Tifton, Georgia, in their 1964 Chevy Nova. The 2017 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty – the premier pre-1972 vintage car time/dis...
Bryan & Ian Deering in their 1935 Ford 5-window Coupe roll into the finish ahead of overall winners Erin & Brad Kaplan in their 1966 Ford Mustang. The Hagerty Trophy Run, the traditional prelude to t...
Photos by the author. Although nearly all of the 120 teams scheduled to start the 2017 edition of the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty arrived in Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesda...
The Hemmings Speedster’s vacant parking spot. Our team is en route to Jacksonville. Photos by author, unless otherwise noted. On Saturday, June 24, the 150 teams competing in the 2017 Hemmings Motor ...
The Alfred College teams pose in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge before the start of the 2016 Great Race. In 2015, Alfred State College in Wellsville, New York, entered its first Hemmings Motor ...
The Chattanooga start of the 2011 Great Race. Photo by Tommy Lee Boyd. The popularity of the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty has grown tremendously in recent years, with each new ...