The Great Race Travels to Sault Ste. Marie June 23, 2012
The Great Race is a cross-country rally that pits driver/navigator teams against the clock and against each other. This year’s event will be around the Great Lakes, covering 19 cities, 2 countries and 4 states. Entrants will participate in a timed, controlled-speed, endurance competition over scenic public highways and roads. The scores for each team are the result of a team’s ability to follow all designated course instructions precisely.
Following specific course instructions, teams navigate through 4 to 7 timed checkpoints each day. Their arrival time at each checkpoint is recorded and compared against the perfectly driven route, with each second off the perfect time, (either early or late) counted as penalty points. The winning team is the one with the lowest overall score (the most accurately driven route) at the end of the event.
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Join us Saturday June 23, 2012
Join us Saturday June 23, 2012 to welcome the teams as they roll into town. The first car is expected to arrive in Sault Ste. Marie around 5 p.m. and another car will arrive each minute for the following hour and a half. The cars will remain parked on East Water Street to allow spectators to visit with the participants and to look at the cars. It is common for kids to climb in the cars for a first-hand look. The racers will stay the night and set off through Canada Sunday morning.
This year’s event will start in Traverse City, Michigan and circles the Great Lakes through Canada before finishing at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan
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Sault Ste. Marie Convention & Visitors Bureau
536 Ashmun Street, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
Phone 800-647-2858 or (906) 632-3366 or you can contact us!