Streetwise Streetwise (July 09, 2004)

What was the toughest part of the race for you? Asked at Great Race event on Main Street

Corky Coker
Chattanooga, Tenn. Driving a 1909 Lozier Model J 6
The toughest part was the daily grind for 14 straight days - up at dawn, out on the road until late in the day and then making repairs before getting some sleep, but with the fun of seeing local folks in different cities for breakfast, lunch, dinner and overnight stops.

Denny Paul
Carmel 1950 Ford convertible
The drive into Pleasanton from Truckee was the hardest, having to follow a maze of roads all the way here. At one point, drivers had to hold to 48 mph for 1-1/2 hours without varying by a single mph. Now that's tough!

William D. Cook, M.D.
Paradise Valley, Ariz. 1951 Chevrolet Deluxe 2 dr. sedan
One of the hardest parts were those places where we had to go onto expressways and freeways to get through cities. Traffic zips by us at much higher speeds and sometimes cuts in, so we're always glad to get back on the secondary and back roads where most of the Great Race takes place.

Lyle Corey
Grenada, Miss. 1925 Rickenbacker Roadster
Today was about the hardest. They routed us back and forth, testing our driving skills and calculations to the fullest on this, our 13th day on the road. I've been doing this for 11 years and today was the toughest ever.

Mark Young
Fargo, N.D. 1928 Willys-Knight 66A
For me, the toughest part was making it up hills. This car weighs 4,500 pounds but the engine's only 70 horsepower. That means we have to calculate the speed we lost going up the hill, and make it up exactly coming down so that we have a good score at the next checkpoint.

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