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Pocahontas Wins in The Great Race - June 2004
The Great Race is the country’s longest running vintage and
richest vintage automobile rally. Each year more than 100 vintage
automobiles participate, and this year The Great Race traveled
through Pocahontas for a lunch stop on June 22. Hosting The Great
Race is a project of the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce. "It
went very well, considering we had a rainy day," states Mark Futrell,
a member of the Randolph County VISION 2010 Leadership Team.
"There were a couple thousand people around the courthouse
square, and the Great Race people were impressed. If we win the Best
Lunch spot, $5000 will go to our local library." Pocahontas was
voted second in the nation for the best stops in 1999, when they
served duck, wild turkey, and catfish to the Great Race
participants.
Each day, drivers and navigators carefully follow a set course
while competing in a time-speed-distance race. Vehicles must be 45
years or older, and the age factor plays a big part in the final
score. Great Race vehicles arrive to spectator-lined streets as the
$4 million parade of historic automobiles pass by. Learn more at
www.greatrace.com.
In other news, the Imperial Dinner Theater and Studio for the
Arts in Pocahontas is getting ready to open a new facility. One of
only two year-round dinner theaters in Arkansas, the $1.5 million
facility attracts visitors and tour buses from Missouri and
surrounding states. Approximately half of the funds were raised
locally, which demonstrates tremendous community support for these
institutions and for the director, Ms. Andee Evers. See
www.randolphchamber.com/tourism/imperial.html.
Way to go Pocahontas - we knew you were a winner even before The
Great Race.
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