---
title: "The Drive Toward a Cure Classic Car Road Rally Takes the Fight Against Parkinson’s to the Streets"
description: "This is Drive Toward a Cure, and it's far more than your average gathering of well-off people strutting their shiny wares. For many, this annual, multi-day rally is really a fight against the ravages of Parkinson's Disease."
date: "2018-09-06"
modified: "2018-09-06"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/video/23397/the-drive-toward-a-cure-classic-car-road-rally-takes-the-fight-against-parkinsons-to-the-streets"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "Features"
  - "News"
  - "People"
tags:
  - "California"
  - "Charity"
  - "Drive Toward a Cure"
  - "Kia Stinger"
  - "parkinson's"
  - "rally"
---

# The Drive Toward a Cure Classic Car Road Rally Takes the Fight Against Parkinson’s to the Streets

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When you think of a classic car road rally, there's probably a few choice associations that pop into your head. Stunning, achingly expensive sheet metal, sure. Beautiful roads and luxury accommodations, fine. But a bunch of complete strangers coming together to help fight an incurable illness? This is [Drive Toward a Cure,](<https://www.drivetowardacure.org/drive-toward-a-cure-day-2018/>) and it's far more than your average gathering of well-off people strutting their shiny wares. For many, this annual, multi-day rally is really a fight against the ravages of Parkinson's disease.

That includes founder Deb Pollack, a longtime veteran in the luxury automotive public relations world who's represented names like [Singer](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/22251/listen-to-singer-williams-911-dls-scream-to-9000-rpm-at-goodwood-hillclimb>), Maserati and Ferrari throughout her career. Pollack's mother sadly succumbed to Parkinson's in 2006, and a decade after her passing, Pollack decided the small, one-time charity events she'd been involved with setting up over the years weren't enough. Her ultimate dream is to see an end to Parkinson's in her lifetime. Drive Toward a Cure was born.

![message-editor%2F1536253889752-dtac\_2018-05-03\_md0119.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1536253889752-dtac_2018-05-03_md0119.jpg>)
*Deb Pollack in her 1957 Porsche Speedster, *Mark Davidson | Drive Toward a Cure**

The group hosts two annual multi-day rallies—one in the Southeast and one in California—and it's also involved in smaller one-day events throughout the year. Even though these kinds of luxurious gatherings are something of a tried and true format, we were still surprised by something as we tagged along on the group's California Adventure drive in a [2018 Kia Stinger](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/19400/2018-kia-stinger-gt-v-6-review-korea-builds-a-modern-day-four-door-muscle-car>) earlier this year. Most of the participants were there not because they wanted an excuse to drive their pricey classic, but because they knew someone in their lives with Parkinson's and genuinely wanted to help. As a result, Drive Toward a Cure doesn't feel like your average rally. It feels a little more important.

Of course, it's still full of all the trappings you'd expect for an all-inclusive luxury experience, like fine hotels, great meals, interesting and exclusive tours of places like the Petersen's Vault and the Canepa Collection along the way. Registration for next year's California Adventure opens next week [on the group's website.](<https://www.drivetowardacure.org/drive-toward-a-cure-day-2018/>) Don't worry if you miss it though—if Pollack has her way, there'll be many more to come.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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