Jason Sheets tackled The Race of Gentlemen alongside wife Jennifer, he in this Bantam-grilled Model T and she astride a 1947 Harley-Davidson FL. Image by J. Daniel Beaudry, all images by J. Daniel Beaudry or the author.
This past weekend marked the fourth running of The Race of Gentlemen and the second year in which Hemmings has been a proud sponsor. Despite a one-week postponement due to Hurricane Joaquin, attendance and participation remained high: Approximately 7,000 spectators hit the beach to watch pass after pass by 149 racers in period hop ups and mounted atop antique motorcycles. Mel Stultz, Bobby Green, the Oilers Car Club, and company truly made it look and feel as though an internal-combustion circus had set up camp on the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey.
Under very sunny skies your intrepid reporters photographed and spoke with many racers, crew members, TROG cadre and spectators. At the same time, the Hemmings 1934 Ford heavy tow truck was on hand to assist stalled, stuck or otherwise immobile racers back to the pits, and our tent was garrisoned with folks eager to sell Hemmings gear, calendars and subscriptions to one or more of our four magazines, and just generally spread the word that Hemmings Motor News is still the same great resource to buy and sell the kind of original parts that go into building a TROG racer as it was in 1954 (with a lot of the same buyers and sellers, to boot!).
We are still digesting the thousands of images taken and dozens of interesting encounters had this weekend, but for now please enjoy this sampling of our experience and share your own stories and ambitions for The Race of Gentlemen.
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