Montana’s Going to the Sun Rally

Montana offers endless open highways with 75 mph speed limits – surely the perfect place for a classic car rally. This year’s Going to the Sun http://www.goingtothesunrally.com event, held September 1-6 also crossed over into spectacular Canadian territory for the first time, reinforcing its claim to be one of the best in the country.

Entrants enjoyed jaw-dropping scenery, smooth, winding spectacular roads and the company of extraordinary cars. In five days, I drove 1,300 miles from Helena, Montana, north through Banff National Park, and back, in the company of two 1957 Jaguar XKSS’s, a sherbet-green 1945 Delahaye 135 MS, and “Old Yeller #1,” the race car reportedly built from junkyard parts by Dick Morgensen in 1954.

The rally is limited to 35 to 40 cars, and included a 1973 Porsche 911, driven by racing legend George Follmer, the only professional driver from the United States to have competed in Indy Cars, NASCAR, Formula 1, the World Endurance Championship, Can-Am, Trans-Am, and IMSA.

By Mitch Katz

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