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Held in Helena, MT June 16 – 18 2025 Rank Driver’s Name City/State TotElasp Time Total Miles Avg. Speed Car# Final Remarks 1 Eddie Wright Colby, KS 9:15:59 506 54.61 1 2025-Winner 2 Larry Azevedo Corales, NM 9:24:30 506 53.78…

The 2025 Montana 500 was held in Helena, MT June 16th – June 18th Leg 1, North on I-15 to Wolf Creek Hwy 434 Off Ramp, Hwy 434 to MT-200 to Lincoln, MT. 85 milesLeg 2, West on MT-200 to…

There have been about 200 drivers enter the Montana 500 over the course of the last 40 years. Almost everyone who enters comes back another year to try it again. In fact about 80 percent of Montana 500 drivers return…

by Tom Carnegie Hal Wilson passed away recently. I knew him from when I ran in the Montana 500 in the seventies. I will describe my first impression of him. I don’t recall what year it was, but on this…

As remembered by Nan Robison My first recollection of Cokey Williams was in 1972. My brother Rick had decided to try his luck in the Montana 500 endurance run. My Mom and I had been enlisted as pit crew. When…

by Steve Coniff and Tom Carnegie It was the late 1960’s, and Joe was visiting relatives, who lived in Montana. While he was there, a bunch of T’s came roaring through Livingston. He had run into one of the local…

by Gillian Hensley The Model T Racing Bug bit Bill in l960. He restored a 1925 Model T in the garage, painted it black and blue, and was off and running. His first competition was the 50-mile race Labor Day…

By Tom Carnegie Bud Peters of Ledger, MT. first entered the Montana 500 in 1963 and didn’t miss many times after that. He ran every year from 1963 through 1994. 1998 was the last time Bud entered. In 1981 Bud…

Tillman Oblander grew up in Oklahoma. Later, he left home and moved to La Grange Park, Illinois, where he met Don and Clem Englmann. The Englmanns got Tillman interested in joining the Montana Cross Country T Association. Tillman Oblander first…