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Ed Higginbotham
Ed Higginbotham Editorial Assistant
12/23/15 2:38 p.m.
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It's official: We have dates for the Grassroots Motorsports $2016 Challenge Driven by General Tire and sponsored by CRC Industries and Pulstar Spark Plugs. We will return to Auto Plus Raceway in Gainesville, Florida, September 30-October 1, 2016. Think you can build a competitive car for less than …

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JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 MegaDork
12/23/15 2:44 p.m.

Nearly a month earlier this year than 2015.
Oh sh!t, the scramble is on!

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/23/15 2:57 p.m.

Yes, between football games, parents' weekend and some other stuff, this is the date that works best.

Stampie
Stampie Reader
12/23/15 3:10 p.m.

I was going to start after the new year now I'm a month behind. Oh E36 M3 is right. But cool thing is it's my week with my son so I don't have to convince the ex to trade.

DatsunS130
DatsunS130 Reader
12/23/15 3:48 p.m.

I plan to start in January, but this includes purchasing the car. I wanted to make sure we have time to test.Feeling behind now.

Ranger50
Ranger50 PowerDork
12/23/15 5:28 p.m.

Crap. Have truck. Have motor still at jy. Trans and bellhousing is 3hrs away.... Complete but not assembled, kinda.

Stampie
Stampie Reader
12/23/15 5:32 p.m.

I just got unworried as I realized that hell it just did the Challenge two months ago. I could run it as is. But knowing me, I'll rip it all apart and freak out the last two weeks trying to get it back together.

PseudoSport
PseudoSport Dork
12/23/15 5:33 p.m.

Doh, looks like I'm out again this year

itsarebuild
itsarebuild Dork
12/23/15 6:20 p.m.

E36 M3!!!!!!!!!

2/3ds of my team will be on another continent. Which means the build we just started will accumulate another year of storage if we finish on track this year......

Jinxed....

patgizz
patgizz PowerDork
12/23/15 7:10 p.m.

Whatever. I'm there. Get the entry ready and I'll send my check

Gearheadotaku
Gearheadotaku PowerDork
12/23/15 8:47 p.m.

uh-oh, what happened to Oct 21-22?

SilverFleet
SilverFleet UltraDork
12/23/15 10:30 p.m.

Yeah, the GRM calendar I just got says 10/21-10/22. If it's the other dates, then External Combustion (or whatever we call ourselves now) is out.

Pat
Pat HalfDork
12/24/15 6:17 a.m.

In.

spin_out
spin_out Reader
12/24/15 8:13 a.m.

In.

I think we are finally bringing a turbo. (insert blow off valve psst here)

wheels777
wheels777 Dork
12/25/15 6:40 a.m.

In

XLR99
XLR99 HalfDork
12/25/15 7:25 a.m.

On my way out of work yesterday, I put in for vacation time around that weekend.

patgizz
patgizz PowerDork
12/25/15 7:33 a.m.
XLR99 wrote: On my way out of work yesterday, I put in for vacation time around that weekend.

You're welcome to join team alavanche, might have 2 cars going

wrenchedexcess
wrenchedexcess New Reader
12/27/15 6:34 p.m.

In, this time bring something that runs!

GTXVette
GTXVette Reader
12/30/15 7:25 a.m.

So 9 month's to finish, and I thought a year was enough,LoL it's been apart for two years now.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/30/15 10:07 a.m.
SilverFleet wrote: Yeah, the GRM calendar I just got says 10/21-10/22. If it's the other dates, then External Combustion (or whatever we call ourselves now) is out.

University of Florida announced parents' day for October 21-22, meaning really inflated hotel room rates. In order to keep the usual rate, we had to move our event.

Andy Neuman
Andy Neuman Reader
12/30/15 10:31 a.m.

The new date makes me sad.

SilverFleet
SilverFleet UltraDork
12/30/15 10:46 a.m.

In reply to David S. Wallens:

Boo....

Well, there's always 2017. Maybe by then my CSX will be able to compete.

patgizz
patgizz PowerDork
12/30/15 4:45 p.m.

Ask hotel for grassroots motorsports block? Im not getting booked out next time, no procrastinating. Biggest thing is sorting the car and not test driving it the week before the event. I'll procrastinate on car #2 because it might be closer to a $2017 entry at this point since it's sitting in a field and haven't heard back about buying it yet.

pimpm3
pimpm3 Dork
1/2/16 12:25 a.m.

Same weekend as Petit Le Mans, ugh... oh well I missed it in 2015 I can miss it in 2016.

Can't miss a challenge especially with minivans in the mix

Desert 2009
Desert 2009 New Reader
1/5/16 4:03 p.m.

How about a West Coast version? C'mon- you know you want to do two each year!!

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