Back to the Fifties Weekend 2013: The Great Race Update
The Great Race teams will be on hand at their location in the race track behind the Grandstand on Friday. They will attend Rally School in the morning and during the late morning they will depart for a short practice session on the roads of Minnesota, leaving through gate 15.
They will return after noon and will be on hand for the remainder of the day with their race cars on display to meet and greet attendees of MSRA’s “Back to the 50′s Weekend” event.
Saturday morning they will complete their final preparations for the Great Race’s Grand Start at 50′s. The starting line-up, beginning at 10:30 am, will take competitors from the racetrack on a route through the event, leading them to the Minnesota State Fairgrounds Main Gate at Snelling and Dan Patch Avenues where the Grand Start ceremonies will take place at 11:00 am.
Follow the Great Race online as participants make their way along the Mighty Mississippi on their way to the Grand Finale at the Gulf in Mobile, Alabama on Sunday June 30.
The map for the departure route through the fairgrounds at Back to the 50s is available for viewing and downloading.