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$2000 Challenge: Celebrate 20 years of thrills with Wreck Racing

To celebrate 20 years of competing in our Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge presented by Tire Rack, Wreck Racing is offering a 20th anniversary T-shirt and hoodie.

$2000 Challenge: No mandatory course work for participants

Sign up today to be a $2000 Challenge course worker, and you get $50, a free t-shirt, a free lunch and more.

$2000 Challenge: A Miata ran by a future Indy 500 tech specialist

Before going over the wall at the Indy 500 as a tire changer, Gracie Hackenberg and her team fielded this Miata in our $2000 Challenge back in 2017.

$2000 Challenge: When Vorshlag Motorsports ran a V8-powered BMW 325e

Back in 2010, a much younger Vorshlag Motorsports made a name for itself putting V8s into BMWs, just like this 325e used to compete in our $2000 Challenge that year.

The day after the $2000 Challenge? A track day at The FIRM.

Who says the fun has to end with the $2000 Challenge? The day following we'll be hosting a track day at our official test track, The FIRM.

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Columns: How to tackle the most radical project of your dreams?

Patrick Caherty–better known in these parts as AngryCorvair–shares his wisdom on tackling a big project when you have a family, a job and only a small two-car garage to build in.

Features: Make your project car faster: Advice from a Formula SAE team

Need help sorting and developing that current project? Florida’s Formula SAE squad–one of the top teams in the nation–to the rescue.

Shop Work: #TBT: A Datsun 510 with a V8 mounted in the passenger’s seat

What's so unusual about the V8-powered Datsun 510 Jeff Hixson and Minh Duong entered into our annual $2000 Challenge back in 2003? The V8 didn't live under the hood.

Shop Work: #TBT: Batvan, a Batmobile built for less than $2000

This low-buck, Batman-themed racer is a custom combination of a 1966 VW Kombi bus and a 1984 Chevy Monte Carlo–all built for under $2000.

Features: #TBT: A budget CRX racer built with a Chevy V8 and a Mustang chassis

This wild build that competed in our $2000 Challenge back in 2004 is an amalgamation of a Honda CRX body, Ford Mustang floor pans, a Corvette frame and a Chevy V8.

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A friendly reminder: cars are meant to be driven

Has our M3 been sitting too much lately? Well, you could say that.

Since purchasing our 2004 BMW M3 in the fall of 2016, we have put …

How to complete a weekend of motorsports? Even more track time.

What’s the best way to recover after the automotive festival that is the Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Presented by Tire Rack? More track time, of course!

We …

Super-easy car show prep that’s super easy | Garage Rescue Miata

The new format has opened our $2000 Challenge to all cars, including our Garage Rescue Miata. We showed it off on Sunday during Hagerty’s Cars & …

Is our Garage Rescue Miata faster than the reigning $2000 Challenge champion? | Garage Rescue Miata

There it was, sitting on grid just a few spaces away from us: Chris Brake and the Bradley-bodied, Ford Panther-chassised creation that took top honors at last year’s $2000 Challenge. …

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Feb 03, 2025 by Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos)
2025 None 2003 Subaru WRX

The Farm Use Challenge Car----------- Build Thread: https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/2003-subaru-wrx-will-this-project-actually-make-it-to-the-challenge/273937/page1/

May 21, 2024 by davidadam1110
2024 None ℚ𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 𝔼𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 ℙ𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖 ℕ𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣@+1 800-417-5147

ℚ𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 𝔼𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 ℙ𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖 ℕ𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕃𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕠𝕡-𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℚ𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 𝔼𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖? 𝕃𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕟𝕠 𝕗𝕦𝕣𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣. 𝕆𝕦𝕣 ℚ𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 𝔼𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 ℙ𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖 ℕ𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕦𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 …

Jan 30, 2021 by Floating Doc (Forum Supporter)
1963 None Minor

Originally built by GRM forum member Tripp, competed in the 2013 Challenge. Sold to me in Jan ‘21, Challenge use stipulated. The Morris body is on an Chevy S10 xtreme …

May 13, 2022 by QuasiMofo (John Brown)
2003 None GS430

Traded an $800 Tahoe for this. I overpaid.

Nov 13, 2019 by surfshibby07
1992 None Mustang LX Coupe

2019 Challenge car. 5.0 5 speed car. trickflow top end, nitrous, and baby suspension upgrades.

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