Last Thursday, the 4,000-mile Great American Race had a chance to snatch a little time for lunch at the Muskogee. They are actually heading to the over night stay at the Norman. They had a great Okie from the Muskogee Welcome.
A radio station known as the 101.7 radio station had a chance to introduce the cars that had made it to the lunch stop. The radio personalities such as Cliff and Kelley introduced the cars on stop for lunch on the Muskogee Civic Center according to the News On 6’s Rick Wells.
Since Saturday, the team was on the place when they came from Concord, North Carolina. They started at Fort Smith going to Norman and had a few minutes on lunch break at the Muskogee. As usual, there are plenty of viewes on the area watching the racing cars parked on the street of Muskogee. One among the owners of the cars is Rick McIntosh who is a veteran Great American Racer who handles a 1930 Ford Racer. McIntosh was the navigator of the Great American Race. And during the lunch, McIntosh and the racers had went along and swapped stories.
He said, "It’s tough on the driver, because I’m telling him what to do for two weeks in a row."
Cookson’s Mike McLaughlin had one of the cars parked and part of the event. He was the owner of the ‘67 corvette, one among the few Oklahoma cars to go on the race. McLaughlin was noted saying that the Great American Race has always been a dream to him. McLaughlin specified, “Always wanted to do this in a ‘67 vette.”
The lunch spent by the racer on the Muskogee was in fact a huge chance for the people to express their warm interest on the car racing. They have welcomed the racers on their area. There are even some people who brought their very own vintage cars to become a part of the rare spectacle. The team of the racers also felt glad about this warm welcome. The lunch they spent on the Muskogee was perhaps one among the most overwhelming opportunities that happened to them.