This year, Coker Tire sponsored the "Classic Car Night" event at the Chattanooga Lookouts. Our local baseball team has a beautiful facility near the Tennessee River right here in downtown Chattanooga, so it's a great setting for an evening game in the summer time. We pulled eight cars out of the Coker Tire Museum and put them on display for all the folks to see, and we also held our company picnic on the same night, so most of the Coker Tire staff was on hand for the event.
THE GREAT RACE CONTINUES RALLY SUPPORT OF AUTISM WITH A BENEFIT AUCTION
Chattanooga, TN The Great Race began in 1983 when a couple of car guys, Tom McRae and Norm Miller, got together and bought out an ailing race promoter, who had attempted to organize a vintage car race from California to Indiana. After acquiring the assets, McRae and Miller went to great lengths to market the event, and their efforts paid off, as the Great Race turned into one of the greatest automotive events of all time. McRae and Miller always strived to contribute to local charities, and the Great Race was a terrific place to gather a large donation. Now, with Corky Coker in charge of the Great Race, the same generous spirit lives on with the 2011 event.
[caption id="attachment_1542" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="Corky Coker with Peter Charman from The TEAM Centers, Inc."]