Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge presented by Tire Rack

| This $2000 Challenge entry met the rulebook approval by combining a Zamboni ice resurfacer with parts from a Mazda Miata and a Ford Mustang:

#TBT | The epic tale of an ice resurfacer turned autocrosser This $2000 Challenge entry met the rulebook approval by combining a Zamboni ice resurfacer with parts from a Mazda Miata and a Ford Mustang.

Don't wait to register, the 25th anniversary $2000 Challenge–our automotive festival that celebrates autocross, drag racing and ingenuity–is coming this April.

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📷 Dave Green (Green Miata)

Don’t wait: Register for the 25th anniversary $2000 Challenge today The 25th anniversary $2000 Challenge–our automotive festival that celebrates autocross, drag racing and ingenuity–is coming this April.

How to best optimize an MG Midget for autocross? How does a rotary engine, massive box flares and a custom suspension sound?

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Rotary Powered MG Midget Built for Autocross This 1978 MG Midget has massive box flares, a rotary engine and a custom suspension. It can autocross nearly as fast as a Porsche Cayman GT4. Read more about...

Part Subaru, part prototype racer and now 100% Gridlife famous, GRM forum user nocones' wild Subaru 360 build continues to wow audiences after winning our annual $2000 Challenge.

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Gridlife puts the LMP360 under the spotlight Gridlife puts the LMP360 under the spotlight

This 1984 Chevrolet Corvette Cart previously competed in our annual $2000 Challenge–and now, it can be yours.

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📷 Danny Varner Jr./Facebook Marketplace

Listed at less than $2000, this Chevy Camaro could be your next perfect budget race car.

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📷 Robby Cummins/Facebook Marketplace

Having an organized toolbox is one of the first steps to ensuring that your track event goes as smoothly as possible–so if and when something breaks, you aren’t wasting time searching for the 10mm socket.

What are some of your toolbox must-haves?

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After fifth place finish at the $2000 Challenge in 2020 and a 10.1-second quarter-mile pass in 2021, this V8-powered Mazda RX-7 is in need of a new caretaker.

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📷 Jeremey Randolph

How much work can you get done on a project car in four months?

In that same amount of time, Georgia Tech Wreck Racing took this fire-damaged Factory Five 818 and turned it into a Honda K-series powered custom race car–all for less than $2000, of course–for our annual $2000 Challenge.

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Is This the Wildest Nissan 300ZX You’ve Ever Seen? In 4 months, the Wreck Racing team at Georgia Tech took this fire-damaged Factory Five 818 and turned it into a Honda K-series powered custom race car. The c...

Want to make a name for yourself?

Don't worry as much about getting your project or idea in front of the right people, focus first on making it the best it can be.

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📷 Dave Green

Focus on making something good, and accolades will follow Want to make a name for yourself? Don't worry about getting your work in front of the right people, focus on making your work the best it can be.

What do you do after winning our annual $2000 Challenge? For Daniel Cummings and his LMP360, you keep improving and competing.

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📷 Gridlife

How one $2000 Challenge winner is spreading the GRM gospel Daniel Cummings and his $2000 Challenge-winning LMP360 have kept busy.

One way to win our annual $2000 Challenge? For team McSpool, the answer was Miata–but with a twist.

This low-buck NB Miata racer is powered by a BMW inline-six that’s capable of nearly 700 horsepower.

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A 700-Horsepower BMW-Powered NB Miata built for the Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Team McSpool took home first place at the 2023 Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge with this home-built, BMW-powered NB Miata. With a Spec Miata suspensio...

Everyone talks about flying cars, but what about turning a plane into a race car?

Jeff Bloch, better known as Speedycop, has been there and done that with his creation, the Spirit of Lemons.

Bloch brought the unique low-buck racer to our annual Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge.

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How Speedycop Built This Wild Car to Race in the 24 Hours of Lemons Jeff Bloch, better known as Speedycop, is behind some of the wildest cars to race in the 24 hours of Lemons. He joined us at the Grassroots Motorsports $2000...

Even though picking our favorite tools can be like trying to pick the favorite child, there are a few tools we rely on most when elbow-deep in one of our many project cars.

What are some tools you swear by?

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Does Your Shop Have These 5 Essential Tools? We work on cars every day, and that got us thinking: What are five tools that every home shop needs? Here are the favorites from the Grassroots Motorsports c...

Georiga Tech (home of the $2000 Challenge team Wreck Racing) and Hyundai have partnered up to work towards a more sustainable future of mobility.

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📷 Dave Green

Georgia Tech, home of Wreck Racing, partners with Hyundai Georiga Tech–the home of the $2000 Challenge team Wreck Racing–and Hyundai have partnered up to work towards a more sustainable future of mobility.

Sign up now for the $2000 Challenge! GRM+ members get discounted registration.

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📷 Dave Green

The latest perk we're adding to GRM+ membership? How does a discounted price to enter our annual $2000 Challenge sound? https://buff.ly/43JVKsr

📷 Dave Green

How to best optimize an MG Midget for autocross? How does a rotary engine, massive box flares and a custom suspension sound? https://buff.ly/3ryKIIX

Does racing always have to be expensive? We asked some competitors from our $2000 Challenge–our annual low-buck motorsports competition–for their tips on how to go fast without spending a lot of cash. https://buff.ly/3OnL51S

Sure, 1999 marked our first-ever low-buck Challenge, the $1500 Challenge, but it's also when a clean, single-owner Datsun 240Z could be had for less than $1500. https://buff.ly/3pNQx4Y

📷 Tony Geise

Remember when $2000 could get you a running and driving Porsche 944 Turbo? Such was the case for Dave Monarchi and the 944 Turbo he entered into the 2006 Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge. https://buff.ly/3POSWXL

📷 Anthony Neste

What happens when Plans A, B and C fall through? You bring in the Yugo. https://buff.ly/3NSMTzO

📷 Tony Neste

Why should you go to the Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge presented by Tire Rack? Because it's where penny-pinching and extreme speed meet—often with spectacular results.

Why You Need to Go to the Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Penny-pinching and extreme speed meet at the Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge presented by Tire Rack—often with spectacular results.Build a car for les...

Miss out on this year's $2000 Challenge or just want to relive the thrills? Here are some of our favorite photos to hold you over until 2024. https://buff.ly/3MYCXmW

📷 Dave Green

2023 GRM $2000 Challenge photo gallery Miss out on this year's $2000 Challenge or just want to relive the thrills? Here are some of our favorite photos to hold you over until 2024.

Nothing like ending off the $2000 Challenge with a track day at the Florida International Rally & Motorsport Park.

How to complete a weekend of motorsports? Even more track time. We mark the end of the 2023 Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Presented by Tire Rack by taking our Mk7 VW Golf GTI to the FIRM.

Better start building, the 2024 Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Presented by Tire Rack is coming next spring. https://buff.ly/45KK4rG

(Visit https://2000challenge.com/ to learn more about the $2000 Challenge)

📷 Dave Green

Dates for 2024 Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Better start building, the 2024 Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Presented by Tire Rack is coming next spring.

Curious how a car built for only $2000 performs on track? We're heading to the Florida International Rally & Motorsport Park after the $2000 Challenge to find out.

May 29: Open track day at the FIRM Curious how a car built for only $2000 performs on track? We're heading to Florida International Rally & Motorsport Park after the $2000 Challenge to find out.

Don't miss out: Registration for the 2023 Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Presented by Tire Rack ends May 26. (That's tomorrow!) https://buff.ly/3MzRo0j

📷 Dave Green

May 26: Last day to register for the $2000 Challenge Registration for the 2023 Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Presented by Tire Rack ends soon.

The 2023 Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge is this weekend! Follow this thread to stay up to date with all the low-buck thrills. https://buff.ly/3q6VZzw

📷 Dave Green

Live thread: 2023 Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Follow this thread to stay up to date with all the low-buck thrills from the $2000 Challenge.

Why turn an Audi TT into a track car? It's inexpensive, lightweight and features all-wheel-drive, says $2000 Challenge competitor Nick Weaver. https://buff.ly/42sUrhM

📷 Dave Green

First-gen Audi TT: All-wheel-drive thrills for a bargain? For week 13 of our 2023 Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Presented by Tire Rack , we're looking at Nick Weaver's 2001 Audi TT.