STORY AND PHOTO BY KAREN BOSSICK

The 2025 Sun Valley Tour de Force has been canceled due to a sudden and unexpected loss of insurance.

The event was scheduled to be held July 17-19 with the No Speed Limit run in Fairfield for the first time. Also cancelled is the Welcome Breakfast & Huckleberry Drive from Sun Valley to Redfish Lake, the popular Sun Valley Tour de Force Car Show in Champions Meadow and the Cars & Comedy Fundraising Dinner.

The loss of the event will be a severe blow to The Hunger Coalition, which has received $2 million dollars from the event in the past few years.

Proposed cuts to federal aid programs and rising food prices had made the partnership more important than ever, said Krista Felton, director of Philanthropy for The Hunger Coalition.

Sun Valley Tour de Force organizers, led by Maya Blixen, said they had explored every possible way to go forward. But without proper insurance in place, they could not proceed safely.

The event run smoothly for years, attracting car drivers from all over the nation eager to see how fast they could push their Bugattis, Porsches and other sports cars down a stretch of Highway 75 near Cathedral Pines. Last year, however, one of the first cars to take part in the No Speed Limit Run had an accident near the finish line, sending its driver and passenger to the hospital.

Organizers left open the possibility of the event being resurrected in the future: “Though we are devastated by this outcome, we are committed to exploring every possibility for the future.”