2024 Great Race: Team SuperNova

Team SuperNova consisting of driver Erin Liberty, navigator Ron Rowland, and a 1962 Chevrolet Nova competed in the 2024 Great Race. One hundred thirty-seven (137) teams took the green flag in Owensboro, Kentucky. Nine days and 2300 miles later, only 114 teams crossed the finish line and received the checkered flag in Gardiner, Maine. Once […]

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Analog Stopwatch With Countdown Bezel: Application Notes

Here are some tips and suggestions for using an analog stopwatch with a rotating countdown bezel in the Great Race. Historically, rotating bezels have been used for watch synchronization and elapsed time measurements. Diver’s watches popularized the use of elapsed-time rotating bezels for time-of-day watches. However, by their nature, stopwatches are elapsed-time measuring instruments, making

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Rally Clock With Rotating Bezel: Application Notes

Here are some tips and suggestions for using a rally clock with a rotating bezel in the Great Race. Historically, rotating bezels have been used for watch synchronization and elapsed time measurements. Diver’s watches popularized the use of elapsed-time rotating bezels, and in recent years, countdown bezels have gained favor. While elapsed-time measurements are desirable

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2024 Great Race Spring Rally, Chesterfield, Michigan

The 2024 Great Race Spring Rally, presented by Stahls Automotive Collection, took place May 3-5, 2024 out of Chesterfield, Michigan. The 3-day time-speed-distance-endurance event garnered 84 entries, with most teams wrangling 1974 and earlier vintage automobiles and motorcycles. Team SuperNova, consisting of Erin Liberty (driver), myself Ron Rowland (navigator), and the 1962 Chevy II/Nova 400

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Facebook Murdered and Erased Me

Facebook murdered me and then erased all traces of my existence. The actions were much more than just a case of the company being judge, jury, and executioner. It was also the police, the undertaker, the cover-up agent, and the history eraser. Facebook, without any notice or justification, removed my 10+ years of original content

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2023 Great Race: Team Windup Key

The continuing adventures of Team Windup Key and the 2023 Great Race. This year’s event is now in the rearview mirror, providing a chance to reflect on all that transpired. As you may recall, just days before the transport truck was due to arrive in Arizona and haul Mark Shaw’s 1965 Mustang to Florida, a

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Great Race Preparation

The following “true story” about the Great Race preparation makes liberal use of the concept, rhyme scheme, meter, and some lines from “Hotel California” by the Eagles. The 1977 song was written by Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey. Great Race Preparation On a dark desert highwayRoad test underwayMustang purring sweetlyIt has been a

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Auburn 2023 Great Race Spring Rally

The Great Race 2023 Spring Rally took place last month in Auburn, Indiana. I was fortunate to navigate for Erin Stahl-Liberty in her 1962 Chevrolet Nova. We were sponsored by Stahls Automotive Collection of Chesterfield, Michigan. The three-day rally was billed as a tune-up event for the annual big race: The 2023 Great Race, which

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