Lake Superior Performance Rally has been dubbed “The Oldest, Meanest, Toughest Rally on the Circuit”.  It’s predecessor, the Press On Regardless®, was first run as a Time-Speed Distance Rally in 1949 and became a stage rally in 1969.  In 1973 and 1974 it played host to the World Rally Championship.  In 1994 the event reverted to a Time-Speed-Distance Rally, and the Lake Superior Performance Rally was born, running on many of the same roads previously used.  LSPR returned to Marquette in 2021 after being headquartered in Houghton for several years.  Traditionally held in October, the fall colors provide a breathtaking backdrop to the action on the gravel stages and bring thousands of people out to watch the competitors in action.