COUNTY LIFE
‘Great Race’ racers arriving Sunday
Nocona’s title of “Classic Car Capital of Texas,” comes to life this weekend with The Great Race and Cruisin’ Nocona June 18-20.
Nocona has been added as an overnight stop in the 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race on June 20. The Great Race, the world’s premiere old car rally, will bring 120 of the world’s finest antique automobiles to Nocona for the $150,000 event.
Great Race participants will cover more than 2,300 miles in nine days starting off in front of The Alamo in San Antonio and traveling to Greenville, NC across 10 states. Teams and cars from Japan, England, Germany, Canada and every corner of the United States will be traveling in their vintage autos dating back as far as 1916. The Great Race vehicles will be showcased on Sunday evening.
The Great Race, which began 38 years ago, is not a speed race, but a time/speed/distance rally. Each vehicle has a driver and a navigator, and they receive precise instructions each day that detail every move down to the second. They are scored at secret checkpoints along the way and are penalized one second for each second either early or late.
Cars built in 1974 and earlier are eligible, with most entries manufactured before World War II.
Since Nocona was a perfect spot for the cars to stop, the community has consolidated its popular Cruisin’ Nocona activities with the Great Race weekend. Everyone is invited to line the streets on June 20 as the racers arrive between 4 and 4:30 p.m. They will park downtown until 7 p.m.
Read the full story and see the full weekend schedule in the mid-week Bowie News.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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