Well, in all honesty, we haven't exactly won the lottery, or through a stroke of good luck, become famous, but our hard work has paid off, and we've got what we've never thought was possible, Grassroots Motorsports Magazine (www.grassrootsmotorsports.com) has an article about our car in their latest issue! Its actually about the car as it appeared in the 2008 GRM challenge. I've uploaded the low resolution proof for those of you too cheap to go out and buy the real thing! Enjoy, and go out and tell alll your friends!
After all the issues we had at the Bank Atlantic autox, we wanted to finish the year off with a bang, and that's just what we did. Jimmy and I signed up for the Homestead autox. After our spectacular radiator failure at the last event, we made sure the car was running "tip top" at this event. Jimmy spent some time the week before replacing the busted radiator and hose, he tightened up the shifter with some o-rings our friend Bartley gave us, and when Sunday morning arrived, we hooked the car to the back of the truck, and were off to Homestead.
Christy, like always was at home helping us swap wheels.
We had lots of good help when my sister and her family showed up!
Our newest pit crew member hard at work.
A drive-by video I shot of Jimmy driving using my phone.
A better quality in car video of one run.
We had some stiff competition in our class, a Mitsu Evo IX, Subaru STI, and a Corvette Z06!
When the dust settled, we had the best results to date an an autox.
This site documents the progress of our Holset hx35 powered 1988 BMW 325is built exclusively for the Grassroots Motorsports Challenge. We are 4 year GRM veterans, finishing in 3rd place overall and 2nd in the autox for the past 2 years in a row. We are now in the process of creating a TT track monster that will do its best at dominating the Ultimate Track Car Challenge field at Virginia International Raceway in 2011. Stay tuned for updates!