Getting back on track can be difficult after a loss like that, but Herbert says he'll keep on trucking.
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To get to each destination, the drivers choose their own routes. "It took all afternoon, and we missed yesterday's stop," he said, chalking the mishap up to the kind of thing that happens when you're racing a vintage car across the country. On Monday, he was driving a 1974 Monaco Sedan, better known as the "Bluesmobile," after his first car broke down over the weekend. This marks the 10th time Herbert's taken part in the race. Like Socquet, many of this year's drivers are returning competitors. As an announcer remarked as an old speedster pulled into the lot "If it rains, they just get wet."
Almost none of the cars have working air conditioning - essential to most summer travel in the South - and some don't even have roofs.
The competition has daily cash prizes, with the finalist able to win $50,000.Ĭompetitors in the Great Race aren't driving the sleek sports cars most might expect every car in the Great Race is vintage, with the newest being from 1970. Augustine, Florida, and will end in Pueblo, Colorado.
This was the fifth stop along the 2023 Hemmings Great Race, and drivers - dozens of them - raced to grab a meal before hitting the road again.Įach year, drivers from all walks of life gathering to compete in the Great Race, a cross-country ride open to vintage rally cars of numerous makes and models. 26-TUPELO - Under an blazing sun on Monday afternoon, a long entourage of unusual cars - rolling relics with stickers crowding their surfaces - pulled into the parking lot behind the baseball and softball fields at Tupelo's Veterans Park for a pitstop. Julius Eric Thompson (1993), The Black Press in Mississippi, 1865-1985, Gainesville: University Press of Florida, ISBN 0813011744.(Includes information about weekly rural newspapers in Mississippi) Mississippi newspapers, 1805-1940: a preliminary union list of Mississippi newspaper files available in county archives, offices of publishers, libraries, and private collections in Mississippi – via HathiTrust. (1907), "Newspapers", Encyclopedia of Mississippi History, vol. 2, Madison, Wisconsin: S. Thomas McAdory Owen (1900), "Bibliography of Mississippi", Report of the American Historical Association for 1899, p. 777, hdl: 2027/mdp.39015039328946 – via HathiTrust, Newspaper Press.Proceedings of the Mississippi Press Association, 1885 (1866-1884).Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. "Catalogue of Periodical Publications: Mississippi". North United States Department of the Interior (1884). "Press of Mississippi: Historical Sketch". Hattiesburg: University of Southern Mississippi. ^ "School of Mass Communication and Journalism".Sacramento, California: McClatchy Company. ^ Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., Locations: Mississippi, Montgomery, Alabama, retrieved March 27, 2017.^ a b Gannett Co., Inc., Our Brands: Mississippi, McLean, Virginia, retrieved March 27, 2017.University of Southern Mississippi School of Mass Communication and Journalism (est.Media of locales in Mississippi: Biloxi, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Jackson.List of television stations in Mississippi.The Student Printz - student newspaper of The University of Southern Mississippi.The Spectator - student newspaper of Mississippi University for Women.The Mississippi Collegian - student newspaper of Mississippi College.The Reflector – student newspaper of Mississippi State University.The Daily Mississippian – student newspaper of the University of Mississippi.The Black Sheep - student newspaper of the University of Mississippi.This is a list of newspapers in Mississippi.ĭaily and nondaily newspapers (currently published) Title
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