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	Great Race 2008 News
		Named “The Great Race 2008: New York to Paris” by the event organizers, the Great Race will be a re-run of a similar event that took place in 1908 to showcase the newly invented automobile, before the advent of today’s modern highways and refueling systems.
		Great Race 2008: China’s route is 2,653 miles (4,265 km), starting June 20 in Beijing and ending at Wulumuqi in western China on July 2.
		The race began in February because the original plan was for the cars to drive the entire distance – from North America to Asia by crossing the ice of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia.
	greatracegarage.com /wpmu/2008news (3109 words)

	Great Race 2007 News
		He recently raced his 1968 Porsche 912 in the Great Race Texas Challenge and his 1983 Porsche 911SC has been used extensively in Autocross and Drivers Education events staged by the Porsche Club of America.
		Through 25 years of Great Racing the participants have always entered unique cars that have held a fascination with their owners or selected to compete in a car that offers specific features or performance capabilities.
		The 2007 Great American Race, presented by Interstate Batteries began in Concord, North Carolina on June 30, 2007.
	greatracegarage.com /wpmu/2007news (680 words)

	Great Race The - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Great Race, The, motion picture about several people competing in a car race from New York to Paris, set in 1908.
		The deadline set by the United Nations for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait or face the use of force was just two weeks away, and in John Major the British had a new and virtually untested prime minister, who...
		May Technical College (Great Falls), Montana State University, College of Technology-Great Falls, Montana State University - Great Falls College of...
	encarta.msn.com /Great_Race_The.html (202 words)

	The Great Race
		The dogs need to be in great shape, because while on the trail, they may be subjected to hyperthermia (overheating), hypothermia (freezing), frostbite, and a host of other dangers.
		After that, the race route started to alternate between the Northern route in the even years and the Southern route in the odd years.
		Though their race does not cover the same amount of terrain, it does require the same types of qualifying races as the adult competition.
	www.riverdeep.net /current/2002/02/022502_greatrace.jhtml (1437 words)

	Great Race
		Great Racers have logged nearly 6,000,000 vehicle miles, making stops at some of the continent's best-known venues including; The Ellipse at the White House, The Statue of Liberty Centennial Celebration, the Reforma in Mexico City, the Grand Canyon, Indianapolis and Daytona Motor Speedways; and a Parade down Broadway in New York City.
		The Great Race, Presented by the Army National Guard is the world's richest, longest-running road rally for vintage automobiles.
		The Rally Partners have a combined 124 years of Great Race experience and are a group of successful business owners and professionals dedicated to maintaining the integrity of the event while bringing to it a higher level of public interest and competition.
	www.harrisonburg.org /great_race (513 words)

	The Great Race - about the great race
		The race is treated very seriously by both crews and visiting coxwains and coaches are given full briefings on the complexities of the Waikato river and the race course.
		The Great Race begins at 2pm and is covered by National Radio and Television and commentated by Peter Montgomery (the voice of the Americas Cup!).
		A 40 square metre screen allows those at the finish line to watch the race live and speakers lining the banks of the river (both at the start and finish) allow spectators to listen to the live commentary to ensure that no one misses out no matter where they are watching the race from.
	www.thegreatrace.co.nz /gr_about.html (874 words)

	The Great Auto Race 1908 \| The Route
		Two of these men were recruited to assist race officials with charting the American leg of the great auto race.
		Roads were meager, but seemed downright modern compared to the dirt paths of the Great Plains and mountain trails of the far west.
		And that’s why race organizers chose to start in the middle of winter – so that the Bering Strait would be frozen.
	www.thegreatestautorace.com /greatautorace_route.html (269 words)

	Cool Running :: A Great Time Planned for The Great Race
		An Ras Mor is Gaelic (the language of the Gaels) for “The Great Race.” It started seven years ago in Somerville prior to moving to the larger confines of the Asgard Pub in Cambridge.
		The management of the race is in the very capable hands of O’Connor and Clark along with their merry band of Somerville Road Runners (SRR).
		A portion of the proceeds from the race will go to the Cambridge Family and Children Services who’s mission is to strengthen families and promote conditions that provide children and adolescents with stable homes and community environments.
	www.coolrunning.com /engine/6/6_1/a-great-time-planned-for-.shtml (1026 words)

	Great Race Rules
		Racing numbers must be worn and visible on the outside of clothing and competitors' P.F.D. (lifejacket), on the front or downstream side of the participant.
		A race competitor shall not, during participation in the race, push,tow, or carry any device for the transport of another person, animal and/or equipment.
		The determination of whether a race applicant is blind, totally blind or partially blind is to be made by that applicant.
	www.thegreatrace.org /data/rules.html (2824 words)

	The Great Race - Team triathlon (Run, Bike, Canoe or Kayak) Auburn, NY
		We at The Great Race are deeply saddened by the untimely passing of
		Although all teams race together, the kayak and canoe teams are scored separately in their own divisions.
		Each year the Great Race attracts participants of all ages and abilities, from elite athletes to people for whom the Great Race is the only event they do.
	www.great-race.com (473 words)

	Great Race
		Great Race marks the centennial of one of the most remarkable motorsports events of the 20th century — an auto race around the world from New York to Paris in 1908, before today’s modern highways and fuel stations.
		In a re-run of that milestone event, the 2008 Great Race will depart New York City on 30 May 2008 and travel 35,000 km (22,000 miles), to Paris, France and finish on 2 August.
		Great Race Texas Returns to Granbury in 2008
	www.greatrace.com (319 words)

	Reno Great Reno Balloon Race - Reno.com
		Great Reno Balloon Race 2007 was a magnificent event, but it takes a lot of volunteer heart and soul to pull it off.
		With an estimated 180,000 spectators attending throughout the three days, event organizers agree it was the largest Balloon Race in the history of the event.
		The Great Reno Balloon Race and the National Championship Air Races share a storied past, and now the future of these two events once again is entwined.
	www.reno.com /section/EVENTS07 (707 words)

	Driving Vintage Cars: The Great Race
		Recently, participants in the 2003 Great Race, a 4,000-mile, two-week journey from Livonia, Michigan to Daytona Beach, pulled into a pit stop at the Automotive Heritage Museum in Kokomo, Indiana.
		The motorists and their navigators, ranging from a retired school teacher to a NASCAR team owner, were greeted by 1,000 fans as Frank Sinatra melodies blared out of the parking lot loudspeaker.
		The Great Racers are not in it for the speed.
	www.aarp.org /travel/themes/a2003-08-25-great_race.html (626 words)

	'Great Race' Re-creates 1908 Competition (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 1908 Great Race captured the world's imagination, and later inspired a film, called The Great Race, starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood.
		Jeff Mahl says his great grandfather and his winning 1908 team had to be creative in the years before highways were built.
		Organizers will announce those teams selected to join the race early next year, and the race is scheduled to start in New York February 12, 2008, exactly 100 years after the original Great Race began.
	www.voanews.com /english/2006-08-17-voa58.cfm (840 words)

	Education World ® - Lesson Planning: The Iditarod: The Last Great Race
		More than that, this annual race can teach students a thing or two about fairness in competition and about the pride and dignity that comes with seeing a job through to its completion.
		Upon completing the wall map, a math activity comparing the area of one block on the small map with that of one block on the wall map is a great reinforcement lesson in the numerical meaning of map scales.
		A nice extension of this activity is to make a template of a musher's team (usually no bigger than an inch by 2 inches in size), or have students create their own small facsimiles of a dog team out of tagboard and label them with their names.
	www.education-world.com /a_lesson/lesson103.shtml (1741 words)

	The Great Race - Welcome To Our Home Page
		The Great Race - Welcome To Our Home Page
		Be one of the first to receive the below attractive wind shirt.
		"Great" to wear in any of our 35 events!
	www.thegreatrace.net (48 words)

	The Last Great Race
		In 1925, a sled-dog team made a heroic trip across the frozen winter landscape of Alaska to carry much-needed medicine to the town of Nome.
		In order to commemorate this event, the Iditarod race from Anchorage to Nome was established.
		Each year men and women compete for $68,000 in prize money and the chance to take on the rugged and wild terrain of Alaska.
	www.readinga-z.com /newfiles/levels/v/lastgreatracev.html (83 words)

	Running: Family completes Great Race circle (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hatfield, of Clarksburg, W.Va., won the first two Great Races at the height of the running boom.
		She qualified for the NCAA Division II championships in Emporia, Kan. Despite having a fairly high seed, McCollam did not fare well: "It was a very humbling race," she said.
		The Great Race course is a point-to-point event.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06258/722087-140.stm (619 words)

	Message Boards - CBS SportsLine.com
		I think he is a great driver and one that I really respect, but he has trashed plate racing so many times that it would be hard to see him celebrate and ask us to celebrate with him something we know he hates.
		I don't know about a GREAT race, it was surely a great finish....but I personally thought the first two thirds of the race was one of the most boring Daytona's that I've ever watched.
		Half the fans/viewers had to be upset with this race since just about all the big dogs were knocked out of the race on little dust-ups that wouldn't have mattered in a non-restrictor plate race.
	cbs.sportsline.com /mcc/messages/chrono/1524604 (2061 words)

	THE GREAT AMERICAN PERUVIAN HORSE RACE
		The Race is a time for amateurs to expand the limits of that term and to try out daring new riding strategies never seen in horse racing, ever.
		The Great American Peruvian Race is a chance to enjoy the hospitality of Larry and Joy Redman, their family and staff.
		Four races are held: stallions vs. stallions, mares vs. mares, geldings vs. geldings, and free-for-all of first and second place winners, also known as "The Championship Race." Now, you may be thinking "horse race" and getting mental pictures of Secretariat winning the Derby or whatever race it was that he won by 26 lengths.
	www.ranchovilasa-spurs.com /race.html (3379 words)

	Great Race History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When racing, the boat is subjected to such stress that knots, bolts and other components become loose.
		The first Great Race three decades ago was marked by the spirit of the sport and fun.
		The fun of the race pretty much continued into the second decade, but it also saw the introduction of hull/engines specific classifications, which was a fairer system and allowed for a wider group of boats to compete.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /Sport\sport_GreatRace_history.html (1609 words)

	STRIDE - The Great Race
		For those who haven't attended a race before, the goal of this event is to introduce skiers to the thrill and excitement of racing in a safe, fun, and competitive format.
		After the race and prior to the awards ceremony, STRIDE volunteers host a colossal cookout for the racers and their friends and families in front of the base lodge, with music and prize drawings.
		In addition to the race, STRIDE uses this opportunity to raise funds for the continuation of the ski program through a fabulous raffle that includes give-aways of skis, ski equipment, snowboards, gifts, and gift certificates to a wide variety of fine restaurants throughout the Berkshires and the Capital District.
	www.stride.org /events/GreatRace (678 words)

	The Great Race comes to Kimball
		This is the first time Kimball has hosted a stop for the annual History Channel Great Race that draws thousands of people at cities along the U.S. A crowds of 25,000 greeted the racers in Binghamton, N.Y. Monday and anywhere from 5,000 to 10,000 are expected in Kimball.
		Race vehicles will drive through the tent on their way to the Masonic Hall where they are treated to circus type snacks such as peanuts and popcorn.
		One of the two women’s teams entered in the race is the “Spirit of Kimball” driven by Dr. Dee Burchfield and Lois Houston, both of McGrew, Neb. The good-will sponsorship was made by Kimball officials to show support for the nearby contestants.
	www.ci.kimball.ne.us /great_race.htm (812 words)

	The Great Race (1965)
		She takes on the race as her first assignment, and decides she’s drive a car as one of the competitors to ensure she’ll be there for every step of the way.
		The Great Race appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
		Race boasted a vivid and broad palette that favored many bright and lively hues, and the DVD replicated them with incredible vivacity.
	www.dvdmg.com /greatrace.shtml (1814 words)

	The Great Race 2002 - BuickStreet.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Buick’s second great era began in 1953, marked by a major design shift to the big overhead valve (pushrod) V8’s, embodied by the various “nailhead’ designed heads (so-called by virtue of their small diameter, vertically oriented valves).
		These great Buicks are certainly very highly regarded among their owners and others who know them well, but probably have not yet achieved the broad acclaim in the automotive world that they deserve.
		The two Buick Shafer 8’s in the 2002 Great Race, as seen in the photos, were beautifully restored and sponsored by the Coker Tire Company of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
	www.buickstreet.com /the-great-race.html (3174 words)

	The 2003 Iditarod: The Last Great Race
		Called the “last great race on earth,” the Iditarod is an annual race of mushers (the term for the human contestants) from the ceremonial starting place of Anchorage to the finish line.
		The race, which in its current form began in 1973, traces its roots back to the winter of 1925, when Nome was threatened with a diphtheria epidemic.
		Today, the race doesn't really begin in Anchorage because the city is too crowded to begin a race with more than 60 sled teams.
	www.petplace.com /dogs/the-2003-iditarod-the-last-great-race/page1.aspx (1427 words)

	Great Race Land Rover
		The race is not called because of rain unless road conditions are really unsafe.
		Race rules require original period tires, and since we use an electronic speedometer that uses magnetic pick-ups on the front left wheel, the air pressure has to be high to prevent growth with heat, thereby changing the calibration.
		New dual tanks were fitted, with dual senders: The Great Race organization requests range to be a minimum of 200 miles, so that will not be a problem.
	www.landroverparts.us /GR05/greatrace.html (2509 words)

	Great Race of Agoura Hills -- Race Info -- Run
		The Great Race of Agoura was established in 1986 by a group of parents looking to raise money for their children's elementary schools.
		Now professionally produced by Endurance Events and in its 22nd year, The Great Race of Agoura Hills is one of the largest running events in the Los Angeles area and continues to raise money for eight schools of Agoura Hills and Oak Park.
		The Great Race is proud to name its 5K after former Agoura High School standout Deena Kastor, who set the 5K WORLD RECORD at 14:54 in 2002.
	greatraceofagoura.com /raceinfo/index.html (1124 words)

	Road to Avonlea: The Great Race - TV.com
		He trains for the race without her knowledge and is injured.
		Janet and Felix, face their fears; and he enters the race.
		Clive Pettibone wants to prove to his son that he is still as good a rider as he used to be and also enters the race.
	www.tv.com /road-to-avonlea/the-great-race/episode/44791/summary.html (236 words)

	Corporate Challenge - Great Race
		The goal for each team is to be the first to complete the Great Race.
		Designed to take you around picturesque and eventful areas of your location, this is a race with a twist.
		Teams must choose carefully in order to keep ahead of the pack, get early choice of onward transport options and to WIN the Great Race.
	www.corporatechallenge.com.au /greatrace.htm (271 words)

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