2021 Great Race, Car Show Coming To Mooresville

Mooresville NC

18 June, 2021

1:42 PM

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MOORESVILLE, NC — The 2021 Great Race antique car rally and car show is headed to Mooresville. More than 100 vintage vehicles are scheduled to route through Mooresville Saturday, June 26 as they make their way from San Antonio, Texas to Greenville, South Carolina. The Mooresville leg of The Great Race is expected to run from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m, on Main Street between Center and Iredell avenues. Cars are expected to start arriving in downtown Mooresville around 5:30 p.m., with a vehicle arriving every minute for about two hours, according to Downtown Mooresville. Here's what Downtown Mooresville says about the event:The "Spirit of Mooresville" car will arrive between 5pm – 5:30pm* and in the tradition of this race, is a vintage 1940 Ford Coupe powered by a 292 cu in Mercury Flathead V8 built and driven by Don Miller retired President of Penske Racing and current Chairman of the NC Auto Racing Hall of Fame, here in Mooresville. Before the rally arrives, vintage auto fans can enjoy a local car show downtown. That event, which runs from noon until 4 p.m., will include a DJ, food and beer gardens along the street. Here's a run down of the 2021 Great Race Route: Saturday, June 19 — San Antonio, San Marcos and Temple, Texas Sunday, June 20 — Granbury and Nocona, Texas Monday, June 21 — Sapulpa, Oklahoma and Joplin, Missouri Tuesday, June 22 — Rolla and Cape Girardeau, Missouri Wednesday, June 23 — Paducah and Owensboro, Kentucky Thursday, June 24 —Elizabethtown and Lexington, Kentucky Friday, June 25 — Huntington and Beckley, West Virginia Saturday, June 26 — Galax, Virginia and Mooresville, North Carolina Sunday, June 27 — Greenville, South Carolina More information about the 2021 Great Race may be found here. SEE ALSO: June Solstice 2021: When Summer Starts In MooresvilleHistoric Latta Plantation Closed Amid Juneteenth DustupGirl Scout Cookie Glut: Donate To 1st Responders In MooresvilleNew COVID-19 Delta Variant Rapidly Spreading Throughout NC: DHHS