Great Race offers $25,000 Prize. Hybrids can compete.

[ericbecky]

I don't know if any of you watch the annual Great Race, but it is a race that used to only have vintage cars, muscle cars, etc competing for cash prizes.

Their web site says

Great Race, The Ultimate Automotive Adventure is proud to be celebrating its 25th Anniversary from June 23 – July 7, 2007. And we’d like to invite you to participate with us in this stirring milestone of Great Race adventures.

With this 25th celebration, GREAT RACE USA 4,000mi 2007 introduces some new and exciting firsts:

- First event ever to organize a coast-to-coast “future” automotive technology class of competition, featuring Hybrids and Alternative Fuel vehicles competing for the Innovation Cup and a $25,000 purse
- First event ever to introduce the wildly popular Muscle Car class (up to 1969) to a coast-to-coast competition
- Increasing its purse to $350,000, the first increasesince 1983
- Increasing its Rookie Class Purse to $50,000 [/b]

It looks like a time/speed/distance race and doesn't have an mpg component to it. (Although it'd be interesting to hear how the hybrids do mpg-wise.)

Does anyone else regularly watch the results from this race, or have you had it go through your town? I'm interested in hearing more about it.

Also is anyone from PriusChat entering the Great Race this year? I couldn't find any discussion about it on the boards.

[tochatihu]

Participation fees are $5500 and up.

[mtbmbe]

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Participation fees are $5500 and up.
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True enough ... however a limited number of teams are going to be allowed to compete for the $25,000. (see link: http://www.greatrace2008.com/index.php/Gre...hnologies/2007)