YOU WILL WANT TO STAY TUNED
IN FOR THIS, BECAUSE KIDS ARE
GETTING FREE BOOKS.
THIS WEEKEND, WE
ARE
EMBARKING ON A 2400 MILE ROAD
TRIP OVER
NINE DAYS FROM FLORIDA
TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN, BUT THIS
IS NO ORDINARY ROAD TRIP.
THERE ARE TWO CATCHES.
THE KIDS WILL BE RIDING IN A
1935 15 PASSENGER VAN.
THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE
CELL PHONES, OR MAPS OF ANY
KIND.
[LAUGHTER]
THEY ARE
PART OF WORK HARD
MUSEUMS GARAGE WORKS PROGRAM, SO
OUR PHOTOGRAPHER CAUGHT UP WITH
THEM BEFORE THEY HEADED OUT.
♪
THE GREAT RACE I A RACE THAT
GOES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED
STATES.
THEY GO FROM ONE PLACE TO
ANOTHER, LIKE L.A. OR ANOTHER
PART OF THE COUNTRY.
THIS YEAR, WE ARE IN
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, AND WHAT
MAKES IT INTERESTING ABOUT THIS
IS THE CARS, 1973 OR EARLIER,
AND THEY HAVE NO GPS OR CELL
PHONES, NO MAPS, AND BEFORE THEY
LEAVE THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR 15
SECONDS AND
DRIVE 37 MILES PER
HOUR FOR FOUR MINUTES AND 12
SECONDS.
THEY HAVE TO DO THAT FOR 2400
MILES, ALL BACK ROADS FROM
FLORIDA TO TRAVIS CITY.
WE ARE ON 18 OF HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS THAT WILL BE
NAVIGATORS, WE HAVE THREE
DRIVERS ON THE TEAM, WE
HAVE
DRIVERS AND THE HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS WILL BE THE NAVIGATORS.
THEY ONLY HAVE STICKS
-- SIX
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY RUNNING THIS, AND OUR
TEAM IS THE ONLY ONE FROM
MICHIGAN.
WE HAVE BEEN
DOING THIS SINCE
ABOUT 1983, AND 30 SOMETHING
YEARS SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN DOING
THIS INSIDE THE SPACE.
WE ARE EXCITED TO COME HERE.
WE ROLE IN HERE ON JUNE 29,
RIGHT AROUND NOON.
IT IS ONLY SIX HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS
THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT SPONSORS,
AND
WE WILL SEE HW WELL THEY DO.
IT MEANS A LOT THAT THEY ARE
STOPPING HERE, THE VERY FIRST
STOP IN MICHIGAN.
OUR CAR
IS ONE OF THE FIRST FIVE
CARS THAT ROLLED THROUGH
MICHIGAN.
IT IS AN STING THAT WE HAVE SOME
HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO WORK FOR A FEW YEARS,
AND USE THE HELP OF OUR STAFF TO
GET THEM UP AND RUNNING.
THEY ARE NOW HERE AND WILL THE,
IN A SHORT TIME, RUNNING THIS
CAR.
MY ROLE IN THE GREAT RACE IS
I AM A NAVIGATOR, AND ALSO A
MECHANIC.
NAVIGATORS -- IT IS NOT A
MAP-BASED, DIRECTIONALLY-BASED
ROUTE.
I HAVE TO TELL THE DRIVER TO
STAY AT THIS SPEED FOR THIS
AMOUNT OF TIME, TAKE THIS TURN
AT THIS TREE OR ROAD, NO NAMES
ON THE ROAD.
IT IS THE BIG TREE ON THE RIGHT,
THE BIG TREE, THE
BIG CHURCH,
TAKE A LEFT.
THIS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE DONE
A ROAD RALLY RACE LIKE THIS.
THERE IS A LEARNING CURVE TO
GETTING, NAVIGATING AND GETTING
DIRECTION DOWN.
I HAVE BEEN ON FAMILY ROAD TRIPS
WHERE YOU DO NOT HAVE A MAPS AND
SAY ON THIS ROAD, YOU TURN.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO LEARN.
THIS CAR WAS DONATED TO US
ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, AND
WHEN
THIS MAN PASSED AWAY, HE WAS IN
THE MIDDLE OF RESTORING IT.
HE WAS A
DUTCH BUT IT WAS A
BASKET CASE.
WE SAY THAT POLITELY, BECAUSE IT
CAME IN BIG BASKETS.
THE TEAMS WOULD WORK ON IT FOR A
LITTLE BIT, MAYBE WORKING
ON THE
SPARK PLUGS OR INCUBATORS OR
LOADING OUT PLANKS,
AND LAST
OCTOBER WE DECIDED WE WOULD RUN
THE GREAT RACE.
WE REALIZED THEY
DO NOT HAVE
ENOUGH HOURS IN THEIR CLASS TO
COME UP HERE AND WORK ON IT.
OUR MAINTENANCE SHOP TOOK OVER,
AND A BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS SPENT
SOME TIME ON IT AND PAINTED IT
AND COMPLETELY ASSEMBLED IT AND
GOT IT WORKING.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO GET YOUNG
PEOPLE INTO A HOBBY AND GET THEM
AROUND THESE CARS.
WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU GET A
CHANCE TO WORK ON CARS LIKE
THIS?
I WANT
THESE KIDS TO HAVE AN
BE ABLE TO REPEAT, AND BE AROUND
PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY PASSIONATE
ABOUT THIS HOBBY, AND MOST EVIL
ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO
SCHOOL OR MAYBE ALREADY WORKING
IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY OR REPAIR,
WELDING.
I WANT THEM TO LOOK AT THIS LIKE
WOW, THIS WAS SUCH A NEAT
EXPERIENCE.
I WANT THEM TO BUILD MEMORIES.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE GET TO DO.
IT IS -- NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE GET
TO DO
.
IT IS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY AND I AM VERY PROUD
THAT I GET THE CHANCE TO
EXPERIENCE THIS.
I LOVE THEIR BUMPER STICKER.
THE RACE BEGINS TOMORROW MORNING
IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.
THIS IS THE LOCAL TEAM
HEADING OUT FROM THE AIRPORT IN
GRAND RAPIDS.
THEY WILL BE MAKING A STOP AT
THE GILMORE CAR MUSEUM NEXT
THURSDAY.
AND TO WELCOME THE HOME TOWN
TEAM AND ALL THE RACERS, THE
GUILT OR CAM MUSEUM WILL OPEN
ITS SOURCE IN THE PUBLIC FOR
FREE, NO ADMISSION OR PROCESSING
FEES
-- PARKING FEES WILL BE
CHARGED.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
IN 51
YEARS THE MUSEUM HAS DONE THIS,
-
SO IF YOU ARE ARRIVING IN A IN 51
YEARS THE MUSEUM HAS DONE THIS,
SO IF YOU
COLLECTOR CAR, YOU ARE INVITED
TO PARK DOWNSTAIRS WITH THE
RACERS.
AND IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOUNG
PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SOMETHING
LIKE THIS.
REALLY COOL.
WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE
EIGHTWEST.
♪
TO TELL
US
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