The 2016 Great Race began today in San Rafael California and is expected to conclude in Moline Illinois on June 26th. Their first stop was in Vacaville California and I was there to look for Studebakers. The first to arrive was a 1955 President driven by Annegret Reichmann and navigated by Uli Kammholz both from Kirkland Washington. I spoke with Annegret and she informed me that they were not members of SDC.
The only other Studebaker (out of 137 participants) was a 64 Daytona Driven by Steve Hedke and navigated by Janet Hedke. They are from Santa Clarita California and are SDC members. Steve told me he frequents the Forum and recognized SDUDE (me). I told him I would post pictures on the forum and hopefully he will contribute to this thread with some updates on how they are doing.
There were some pretty spectacular cars there, my favorite being a 1927 T35b Bugatti. I took advantage of the hood being opened to snap a picture of the beautiful powerplant.
After all the cars arrived, Carlene and I stuffed ourslelves with a spectacular taco salad. When we came out of the restaurant, all the cars were gone except on old car. As we neared the car, I told Carlene, "that looks like a Studebaker". sure enough it was a beautiful, apparently stock, 1942 Champion.
They are on their way. Look for them at stopovers in Old Sacramento, Gardnerville NV, Reno, Austin NV, Elko, Wendover UT, Evanston WY, Rawlins WY, Cheyenne, Lusk WY, Rapid City SD, Chamberlin SD, Sioux Falls, Mason City, Cedar Rapids IA, and Walcott IA. Last stop is Moline IL. Please post updates at any of these stopovers and make sure you say hi to Steve and Janet. They are one of us.
The only other Studebaker (out of 137 participants) was a 64 Daytona Driven by Steve Hedke and navigated by Janet Hedke. They are from Santa Clarita California and are SDC members. Steve told me he frequents the Forum and recognized SDUDE (me). I told him I would post pictures on the forum and hopefully he will contribute to this thread with some updates on how they are doing.
There were some pretty spectacular cars there, my favorite being a 1927 T35b Bugatti. I took advantage of the hood being opened to snap a picture of the beautiful powerplant.
After all the cars arrived, Carlene and I stuffed ourslelves with a spectacular taco salad. When we came out of the restaurant, all the cars were gone except on old car. As we neared the car, I told Carlene, "that looks like a Studebaker". sure enough it was a beautiful, apparently stock, 1942 Champion.
They are on their way. Look for them at stopovers in Old Sacramento, Gardnerville NV, Reno, Austin NV, Elko, Wendover UT, Evanston WY, Rawlins WY, Cheyenne, Lusk WY, Rapid City SD, Chamberlin SD, Sioux Falls, Mason City, Cedar Rapids IA, and Walcott IA. Last stop is Moline IL. Please post updates at any of these stopovers and make sure you say hi to Steve and Janet. They are one of us.
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Excellent stuff, Jon; thanks for the report. 
BP
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