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Honors Program members learned details of the trip from the student team, including that lack of trailer space for the return trip at the end of the race required the students to drive to Alfred from Moline, thus completing a cross-country journey in the 1953 vehicle. Students were treated to a lap around campus in the vintage truck.
On a beautiful fall day, members of the Alfred State Honors Program took a break from the books to meet some fellow students who competed in The Great Race this summer.
The Great Race, a controlled-speed endurance rally, challenged 109 teams to drive vintage vehicles from San Rafael, CA, to Moline, IL, crossing eight states. Driving a 1953 Dodge Power Wagon, the Alfred State team earned a third-place finish in the X-Cup division. The 6000-pound, 85-horse power tow truck climbed the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains and crossed the Mojave Desert on the nine-day trek.
Honors Program members learned details of the trip from the student team, including that lack of trailer space for the return trip at the end of the race required the students to drive to Alfred from Moline, thus completing a cross-country journey in the 1953 vehicle. Students were treated to a lap around campus in the vintage truck.
