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NY: Doris Bovee Memorial Road Rally
April 14, 2023 @ 7:15 AM – 1:00 PM
The first event of the day will be the Doris Bovee Memorial Road Rally. This is a Time-Speed-Distance event held on scenic public roads of the Finger Lakes Region, is a part of the Green Grand Prix day at Watkins Glen International. Drivers and navigators will be scored on their ability to follow a challenging course at precise legal speeds. A 100-mile, fuel economy event on the 2.45 mile WGI short track will follow in the afternoon. This is essentially the same configuration as the original 1957 track. The rallies are open to nearly all classes of road vehicles. The afternoon fuel economy event will include the Prius Challenge, with special categories of competition for all generations of Toyota Prius. A class for Exhibition category vehicles will also be included.
Many hybrids, plug-in hybrids and full electric vehicles are expected.
The Doris Bovee Foundation is one of the Green Grand Prix’s key supporters, and the morning event is named in the honor of Doris Bovee, who was a well-known area environmentalist and taught for many years in the Corning-Painted Post (NY) School District. She was known for her love of plants and birds. Ms. Bovee was also involved with SCCA road rallies and was part of the Glen Region Sports Car Club of America at its inception. The rallies are sponsored by the Glen Region Region SCCA and are the only official SCCA road rallies of their kind in the nation.
Other important supporters of the event are Corning Enterprises of Corning, NY and the Central New York Clean Cities Coalition based in Rochester, NY.
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