In October of 2018 my wife, Lynn and I entered our 1948 Hudson Commodore 6 in the inaugural running of the Great American Mountain Rally Revival (GAMRR). The “revival” is a resurrection of the origin...
The finish line for day seven, Vancouver, Washington. Photos by author. Days seven and eight On day seven, racers had Mt. Hood to the driver’s side of their cars most of the day. Weather had improved...
Crowds await the finish of day five in Grants Pass, Oregon. Photos by author. Day Five – Wednesday, June 26 We are betting most of the race teams in open cars are glad to be out of Oregon as they wer...
Photos by author. Day Three – Monday, June 24 Leaving Gardnerville, Nevada on day three, racers skirted Reno and climbed to cooler temperatures and back into California via Truckee and on to the mini...
Ford Model A’s from the local chapter of the Ford Model A Club of America (MAFCA) at the start of Saturday’s leg. photos by author. Day One – Saturday, June 22 The start of the Great Race was on Miss...
A hosted social hour was held after the day’s rally followed by an awards ceremony for Friday’s Trophy Run. This day of rallying is a separate preliminary event to the Great Race, which began at Miss...
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...
The road through Smugglers’ Notch in Lamoille County, Vermont, typically part of the GAMR. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith. From 1953-’57, the Great American Mountain Rally (GAMR) brought a taste of Euro...
Team Fredette’s 1933 Ford pickup touring eastern Tennessee at a furious pace. Photos courtesy of The Great Race. Jeff Fredette and his son Eric graced the cover of Hemmings Motor News in October of 2...
The Hemmings Motor News 1932 Ford Speedster. Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd, courtesy The Great Race. It is time once again for Great Racers and vintage car rallying fans to make their annual pilgrimage to...
Cover: Patrick Depailler’s Tyrell P34 at the 1976 Dutch Grand Prix. Photos courtesy of McKlein Publishing. Do you have a passion for racing in the 1950s through the 1970s? An interest in Formula One,...