The Great Starship Race (event)

The Great Starship Race was a race of spacegoing vessels that were to travel from Starbase 16 to the planet Gullrey in 2269. The race was organised by the Rey as a celebration of their entry into the United Federation of Planets, and representatives from all over the Alpha and Beta Quadrants entered the race.

The race was eventually won by the private vessel, New Pride of Baltimore, commanded by Miles Glover X. Their was of course some drama from the race, as the Romulan cruiser Red Talon which was a late entry into the race, had the sole intent in find the location of Gullrey and annihilating the planet. Fortunately, the USS Enterprise intervened and no harm was caused. (TOS novel: The Great Starship Race).