Josh Hull (driver) and Trevor Stahl (navigator), both of the Roanoke Valley, finished sixth in this summer’s Hemmings Motor News Great Race. The race, which attracted 109 competitors this year, is a unique challenge that brings together vintage cars to traverse an intricate route mapped out across multiple states.
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Josh Hull of Roanoke (right) and Trevor Stahl of Salem (left) placed sixth in this summer’s Hemmings Motor News Great Race. The unique event took teams of vintage cars along a nine-day, 2,300-mile route through eight states from San Antonio, Texas, to Greenville, South Carolina.
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Josh Hull, a Roanoke Fire-EMS lieutenant who drives fire engines in his day job, had no prior background in racing when his friend Trevor Stahl first invited him to be Stahl’s teammate in the Hemmings Motor News Great Race. The duo are now consistently among the event’s top finishers. “It’s definitely been a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” Hull said.
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The 1932 Ford Speedster raced by Josh Hull (driver) and Trevor Stahl (navigator) is always a crowd favorite at the race’s daily end points, said Great Race director Jeff Stumb. People have nicknamed the car “Stars and Stripes.”
Josh Hull was guiding his team’s 1932 Ford Speedster through a curve on a country road when calamity struck: The gas pedal malfunctioned and the vintage car began quickly losing speed.
Josh Hull (driver) and Trevor Stahl (navigator), both of the Roanoke Valley, finished sixth in this summer’s Hemmings Motor News Great Race. The race, which attracted 109 competitors this year, is a unique challenge that brings together vintage cars to traverse an intricate route mapped out across multiple states.
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Josh Hull of Roanoke (right) and Trevor Stahl of Salem (left) placed sixth in this summer’s Hemmings Motor News Great Race. The unique event took teams of vintage cars along a nine-day, 2,300-mile route through eight states from San Antonio, Texas, to Greenville, South Carolina.
Josh Hull, a Roanoke Fire-EMS lieutenant who drives fire engines in his day job, had no prior background in racing when his friend Trevor Stahl first invited him to be Stahl’s teammate in the Hemmings Motor News Great Race. The duo are now consistently among the event’s top finishers. “It’s definitely been a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” Hull said.
The 1932 Ford Speedster raced by Josh Hull (driver) and Trevor Stahl (navigator) is always a crowd favorite at the race’s daily end points, said Great Race director Jeff Stumb. People have nicknamed the car “Stars and Stripes.”
