Hundreds of spectators crowd a parking lot at Ogunquit Beach to view participating cars before the start of the Great Race road rally on Saturday in Ogunquit.

Joe Reinan of Otter Tail County, Minn., drives an Auburn Speedster Special along with his navigator, Chris Brungardt of West Fargo, N.D., in the Hemmings Motor News Great Race.

A 1932 tribute to a Bugatti Atlantis, owned by Pete Vicari of New Orleans, draws a crowd before the start of the Great Race.

John Swindle of Fort Pierce, Fla., drives a 1962 Chevrolet Corvair Van in the Great Race.

Marc Perlman of New Fairfield, Conn., driving a 1969 American Motors AMX, takes part in the Great Race road rally on Saturday. Officials say part of the challenge is following the instructions to win the race; the other challenge is finishing the race without any major mechanical breakdowns.

Navigator Chris Clark, left, of Ansonia, Conn., and driver Frank Buonanno of Newtown, Conn., take part in the Great Race on Saturday. Participants left Maine Saturday morning on a nine-day road rall to Florida. The event, which launched in 1983, is a time/speed/distance rally with each driver and navigator being judged on how well they follow precise instructions that detail every move down to the second.

Photos by Robert F. Bukaty/The Associated PressNavigator Gerald Schawrtz, of Jonesburg, Mo., waves to spectators from the passenger seat of “Barnie,” a 1964 Ford Galaxie police car driven by Bob Selleriek, of Jonesburg, Mo., on Saturday in Ogunquit.