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Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
5/28/23 3:14 p.m.
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Where can you find an automotive festival that's dedicated to celebrating autocross, drag racing and–most importantly–low-buck ingenuity? That's right, the Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge presented by Tire Rack.

So, who had the fastest low-buck machine? Th…

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newrider3
newrider3 HalfDork
5/28/23 4:56 p.m.

Perhaps a definition of the classes somewhere in the article would be helpful?

DeadSkunk  (Warren)
DeadSkunk (Warren) UltimaDork
5/28/23 5:01 p.m.

In reply to newrider3 :

Basically six classes. You have narrow (GTN) tires, wide tires (GTW) and unlimited tires (GTU). GTN and GTW are 200TW tires and GTU is anything else. Then the car is either under $2000 or it's not. The under cars have a $ sign added to their class designation.

AnthonyGS (Forum Supporter)
AnthonyGS (Forum Supporter) UberDork
5/28/23 7:17 p.m.

Congrats everyone!

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
5/28/23 8:11 p.m.
DeadSkunk (Warren) said:

In reply to newrider3 :

Basically six classes. You have narrow (GTN) tires, wide tires (GTW) and unlimited tires (GTU). GTN and GTW are 200TW tires and GTU is anything else. Then the car is either under $2000 or it's not. The under cars have a $ sign added to their class designation.

Warren Martin,'99 Miata,'03 CooperS,06 Scion Xb ,73 Corolla SR5, 2019 GMC Canyon

Exactly. A breakdown of classes can be found here:

2000challenge.com/rules

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
5/28/23 8:53 p.m.

Thanks for joining us, everybody!

Evan Williams
Evan Williams New Reader
5/29/23 12:39 a.m.

Hey Tom, did I get the lowest concours score ever?

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
5/29/23 6:16 a.m.

In reply to Evan Williams :

I believe you did--congratulations!

Patrick
Patrick MegaDork
5/29/23 6:57 a.m.

In reply to Evan Williams :

I tried to be nice then reconsidered and took some points away. 

maschinenbau
maschinenbau UberDork
5/29/23 9:29 a.m.

That build book was hilarious. Just 3 pieces of paper each with 1 line of 12 point font.

Team members: Evan

Build story: I bought a BMW for $2000.

Receipts: $2000 BMW 535

Evan Williams
Evan Williams New Reader
5/29/23 10:44 a.m.

I realized on the way home I didn't include the bill of sale. I can post it with personal info reacted if there any concerns about my purchase price but it's legit. Next up is fixing the transmission and selling, but I am having some dirty thoughts about selling the whole interior to myself and getting an eBay tune and tires to come back next year...

buzzboy
buzzboy SuperDork
5/29/23 3:16 p.m.

What does "fastest" mean in the article? I see the ///iata was fastest in drags but I don't see Robbie or Steve in the results.

DeadSkunk  (Warren)
DeadSkunk (Warren) UltimaDork
5/29/23 4:59 p.m.

In reply to buzzboy :

The Miata had the fastest combined time (autocross+drag times) of any car under $2000. The only faster car was the Porsche GT4 which way over $2k.

stafford1500
stafford1500 Dork
5/29/23 7:26 p.m.

In reply to buzzboy :

The official results are posted here:

Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Live Timing — Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge  (Click the link to see the tallied results)

buzzboy
buzzboy SuperDork
5/30/23 8:10 a.m.

Oh, fastest combined times... duh. Thanks

AWSX1686 (Forum Supporter)
AWSX1686 (Forum Supporter) UberDork
5/30/23 8:51 a.m.

Does this BMW powered Miata have a build thread on here? I'd like to see details on how they put it together. 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
5/30/23 9:04 a.m.

Yes, good seeing everyone. Now that we’re no longer working out of the $2000 Challenge Media Center (Chris’ 4-foot card table), look more from the event. :) 

GIRTHQUAKE
GIRTHQUAKE SuperDork
5/30/23 9:09 a.m.

In reply to AWSX1686 (Forum Supporter) :

Seconded!

ChrisTropea
ChrisTropea Associate Editor
5/30/23 9:23 a.m.

In reply to AWSX1686 (Forum Supporter) :

We shot a feature video with them on Sunday where they talk about the build so keep an eye out for that on the Grassroots Motorsports YouTube Channel

dyintorace
dyintorace PowerDork
5/30/23 3:18 p.m.
AWSX1686 (Forum Supporter) said:

Does this BMW powered Miata have a build thread on here? I'd like to see details on how they put it together. 

Andrew W. Smith | http://bacgarage.com/ | @goofballsracing on ig/tt

Or a build thread anywhere? As a fan of both Miatas and BMWs, I'd love to learn more about the build.

dyintorace
dyintorace PowerDork
6/5/23 12:37 p.m.
ChrisTropea said:

In reply to AWSX1686 (Forum Supporter) :

We shot a feature video with them on Sunday where they talk about the build so keep an eye out for that on the Grassroots Motorsports YouTube Channel

I just checked but didn't see the video. Do you know when it will be posted?

Robbie (Forum Supporter)
Robbie (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
6/5/23 1:04 p.m.
AWSX1686 (Forum Supporter) said:

Does this BMW powered Miata have a build thread on here? I'd like to see details on how they put it together. 

And they have BIG plans for mcspool too. 

I heard they do IG, but I would like to hear more about their build(s).

dyintorace
dyintorace PowerDork
6/5/23 2:10 p.m.
Robbie (Forum Supporter) said:
AWSX1686 (Forum Supporter) said:

Does this BMW powered Miata have a build thread on here? I'd like to see details on how they put it together. 

And they have BIG plans for mcspool too. 

I heard they do IG, but I would like to hear more about their build(s).

Did I read correctly it has an N55 powering it? I'm really curious to hear more about this build. 

Matthew Kennedy
Matthew Kennedy HalfDork
6/6/23 2:21 p.m.

In reply to dyintorace :

N54, big single turbo

dyintorace
dyintorace PowerDork
6/6/23 3:47 p.m.
Matthew Kennedy said:

In reply to dyintorace :

N54, big single turbo

Thanks. Just as interested in learning more about the build knowing it is an N54. 

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