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RE-SCHEDULED TO 2009 Join the greatest race of the new century!IRC is pleased and proud to have teamed up with the Rally Partners Inc., in order to provide tracking / timing and communication solutions Great Race 2008: New York to Paris and for other future events. Rally Partners Inc., manages and operates GREAT AMERICAN RACE 2007 and GREAT RACE 2008 - New York to Paris. Rally Partners Inc. is focused on bringing experiential automotive events to consumers both nationally and internationally through Great Race events. Rally Partners, Inc., is a group of 14 businessmen including Jack Roush, one of NASCAR’s leading team owners and, Corky Coker, CEO of Coker Tire. Now in its 25th year, Great Race keeps the spirit of adventure and independence alive through family entertainment and community events in more than 900 cities, logging over 9,000,000 competitive miles on North American Highways. In 2008, Great Race marks the centennial of one of the most remarkable motorsports events of the 20th century — a race nearly around the world from New York to Paris. Six teams took the challenge, before the advent of today’s modern highways and fuel stations to prove the viability of the newly invented automobile. Learn more about the Greatest Auto Race of 1908. In a re-run of that milestone event, The Great Race 2008: New York to Paris will depart New York City on May 30 and travel 35,000 km to Paris and will finish on 2 August 2008. Click here to learn more about The Great Race. Three shorter events for the less ambitious will run parallel to the New York to Paris event; Great Race by the numbers:
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