Although we already covered the Great Race finish yesterday (and will have more coverage in the pages of Hemmings Motor News), I’ll add a few other interesting points about the Great Race winners. Winners Howard and Doug Sharp have been trying to win for 20 years, and have been entering the Race with the 1911 […]
We mentioned a few weeks ago that Corky Coker’s team of restorers and wrenches were putting the finishing touches on Coker’s replica of the 1911 Indy-winning Marmon Wasp in advance of the centennial celebrations at the Indy 500. It hasn’t had much time to gather dust since then, as Coker has pressed it into publicity […]
Congratulations go this morning to Doug and Howard Sharp, the father-and-son team from Fairport, New York, who won this year’s Great Race on Friday in their 1911 Velie H1 Racetype. While longtime competitors in the Great Race and in other vintage car rallies, this year’s event proved far from smooth sailing for the team, as […]