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Albuquerque resident Sophie Futrell and her sons walked by a 1976 Oldsmobile Toronado at Balloon Fiesta Park on an overcast Wednesday afternoon.

As they looked at the Toronado, 6-year-old Fynn Futrell told his mom it was one of his favorite cars because of the engine.

Moments later, a 1932 Ford Cabriolet rolled by.

Fynn Futrell turned his head and said, 鈥淢ommy, look. Mommy, mommy, mommy. Look.鈥�

鈥淚 love watching them see what their favorite cars are and why they love each one,鈥� Sophie Futrell said. 鈥淲atching them get excited over the cars makes me want to come (to shows like this).鈥�

The Futrells were among the hundreds of people to look at the 127 Hemmings Great Race rally cars that stopped in Albuquerque on their way to Pasadena, California, where the race ends. The race followed along Route 66 this year 鈥� starting in Springfield, Illinois 鈥� in honor of the road鈥檚 100th birthday celebration.

The race鈥檚 total purse will be $160,000 with the grand champion receiving $50,000.

鈥楢 part of living history鈥�

Before the participants arrived, about 50 to 60 classic cars and pickups from local clubs lined up in a parking lot inside Balloon Fiesta Park.

鈥淲e came out because we want to see the fantastic cars coming through Albuquerque,鈥� said Phil Chavez, president of the Old Town Car Club.

As Chavez waited for the vehicles, Marisol Lucero, New Mexico鈥檚 tourism development director, talked to visitors about the importance of the car culture to the state and beyond.

鈥淐ars connect us from the past to the present,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hat's what makes events like the great race so special. Every single vehicle participating in the race is not a museum piece hidden behind glass. No, they're a part of a living history that reminds us that the journey is just as important as the final destination and that the automobile is a way for travelers to meet new people and experience new places.鈥�

The first vehicle to arrive was a 1965 Ford F-250 driven by 16-year-old Kasyn Mathews, of Aztec, who came with his father, Calvin Mathews. They were greeted by people with signs, including one in the shape of a balloon that said, 鈥淏ienvenidos Racers!鈥�

Other drivers then started trickling in, like John Leggett and his navigator Tom Ditchburn of Brisbane, Australia, who came in a 1966 Mercury Marauder named 鈥淩usty Red.鈥�

On each side of the Mercury are 鈥淎ce鈥� decals, which are given to those who are able to drive between two prescribed checkpoints during the race at the exact second they are supposed to, event coordinator Houston Gibson said.

Leggett calls them 鈥渢he Holy Grail of the whole thing.鈥�

Antonio Lomanaco and Joshua Lomanaco, of Smithville, Ontario, Canada, arrived wearing goggles and jumpsuits in their 1917 American LaFrance, also known as 鈥淭he Beast.鈥� People flocked over to look at the car and talk to the drivers. 

Joshua Lomanaco shared some of the challenges they have faced during the race, including dealing with rain back east and 鈥渟ome overheating.鈥�

Concerns about how these historic vehicles will run is nothing new to contestants like the Lomanacos and Kyle Skinner and Rich Hamilton from Tacoma, Washington, who have driven over 3,200 miles in their 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass.

Only vehicles built during or before 1974 are eligible to participate in the event. Hamilton said dealing with these cars can be a challenge 鈥渂ecause in some cases, they鈥檙e 100 years old and they鈥檙e temperamental.鈥�

鈥淎nd you have to have the parts and knowledge to be able to fix it because while there are a lot of great shops along the way, there aren鈥檛 many places that can make cars like this anymore,鈥� he said.

Car issues caused about 15 drivers to drop out of the race as of Thursday morning, Gibson said, but that has not deterred participants like Argy Zelaya Castillo, of Kent, Washington, from trying to motor on.

Zelaya Castillo is a navigator on the Great Race X-Cup Team that is driving the 1976 Oldsmobile Toronado.

She said she learned it takes 鈥渜uite a bit of work鈥� to try and get the Toronado through the Great Race.

Driver David Safian said Zelaya Castillo, an apprentice at the LeMay - America鈥檚 Car Museum in Tacoma, and fellow navigator Brayden Hooley have been amazing in 鈥渂eing able to diagnose something, fix it 鈥� literally on the fly or in a hotel parking lot 鈥� so that we can make the next leg of the race.鈥�

Safian helps out with the RPM Foundation, a nonprofit that supports the education and training of the next generation of restoration and preservation artisans, craftspeople, and technicians.

鈥淚t鈥檚 about preserving the art of automobile restoration and helping today鈥檚 students that are interested in automobiles become the mechanics and restorers and builders of tomorrow,鈥� Safian said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 an industry that鈥檚 aging out and is slowly disappearing, so our goal is to promote the growth and continue the art of restoration and this is one way we鈥檙e doing it.鈥�

Gregory R.C. Hasman is a general assignment reporter and the Road Warrior. He can be reached at ghasman@abqjournal.com or 505-823-3820.