$500, an old bimmer, a bag of Chuck Norris' beard trimmings = WRC podium

[Damn True]

This is nothing but pure awesome:

http://jalopnik.com/5497042/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers

[CamaroAJ]

thats awesome. that sounds as much fun as lemons was.

[rrunner68]

Classic. 100% what motorsports is all about.

[TonyHuntimer]

That's crazy cool!

[James OLC]

Awesome!
Great inspiration!

[formula]

i just want to give this guy a hug and a handshake.

[Chad-1stGen]

holy hell that is pure awesomness!!! Thanks for the link!

[WS6]

Very awesome! I had no idea a car liek that could even get close to the podium. No wwhere's TV coverage of the race. Sure wish Speed was covering WRC instead of NASCAR

[baktrak09]

Very awesome! I had no idea a car liek that could even get close to the podium. No wwhere's TV coverage of the race. Sure wish Speed was covering WRC instead of NASCAR

I wish they would cover anything else but nascar, I dont even watch speed anymore.

[jknight16]

What an awesome story. You'd have to think that some kind of job offer would come out of this for him. If he can do this by himself, what would he do with a team?

[andrewb70]

Great story! Here is the best line:

" I once asked Bill why he insisted on going through every spectator section crossed up and with the engine banging off the limiter. "Dude," he said, 'I don't care if it costs me a couple of tenths. It makes the fans go nuts.' "

Andrew

[mc84_zz4]

Now that's just plain raw talent and ballziness.
:1st:

[CarlC]

Wow! A welder and a good set of tools.....

[fishtail8]

Awesome, nothing like beating up on the big dogs!

[JohnUlaszek]

brilliant.

[subtlez28]

I am inspired!

[Rod]

I'm:usa: on craigslist Right now!! do we want a 2 or 4 door!!

[Kenova]

Cool story. He bought the thing with lunch money (relatively speaking) then beat on it like it owed him money.
Living proof that the less money you have tied up in your car, the more fun you have with it.

Ken

[Rick Dorion]

And the Spirit is alive! Cool read; awesome man.

[ProVette]

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How a $500 Craigslist lemon beat supercharged Rally Racers

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Professional motorsport is a cold, hard place. If you want to run with the big dogs, you can’t just build a car in your mom’s garage and show up, right? Wrong. One guy did just that. Here’s his amazing story.

This is the multifaceted tale of Bill Caswell, a man who bought a $500 crapcan off Craigslist to run against the $400,000+ rally cars in the World Rally Championship’s Rally Mexico race earlier this month. It is a tale of a guy who had a welder, a bunch of credit cards, and a lot of free time but no real backing or funds. It is a story of a dude who taught himself how to build an FIA-legal roll cage, with no prior experience, because he wanted to spend the fabrication fee on race tires instead. It’s the story of an enthusiast who drove a rustbucket to a third place finish in a FIA-sanctioned race.

Most of all, it is a story of hoonage.

Bill Caswell, an unemployed Chicago racing freak, entered the Mexico round of the World Rally Championship in a 1991 BMW 318i that he found on Craigslist. The car cost $500. One year ago, Caswell decided that he wanted to go rallying with Rally America. Two months later, he crashed a car and blew up an engine five minutes into his first event. Four events later, he found a loophole in the FIA rules that let him enter a twenty-year-old car in the same event as guys like Ken Block and former F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen.

Full story: How A $500 Craigslist Car Beat $400K Rally Racers – Jalopnik (http://jalopnik.com/5497042/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers)



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[79-TA]

repost, sorry.

https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66640

[trapin]

It's a great day for all us backyard warriors.

You wait until I wow them this Summer at the Motorstate challange in my jalopy Pro-Touring Camaro.

You....just....wait.

[Bow Tie 67]

Great story:

http://jalopnik.com/5497042/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers

[LS6 Tommy]

Very awesome! I had no idea a car liek that could even get close to the podium. No wwhere's TV coverage of the race. Sure wish Speed was covering WRC instead of NASCAR


They don't even cover NASCAR, just the endless BS talent/game/talkshows that SPEED seems to view as being more important that the actual racing. I looked at SPEED's program guide last weekend- 14 NASCAR oriented shows & not 1 minute of actual racing!! Every time I turn the TV on... Superbike... Unique Whips... Now they're showing MTV's Pimp My Ride!! Howbout some programs for people above the age of 15 that actually know something about motorsports, not just what they cluelessly emulate from The Fast & Furious movie series... Also, what's with the endless repeats of Chop, Cut, Rebuild... 3 year old My Classic Car episodes... Way to destroy the best motorsports network in the country, Fox!!

Sorry about the Hijack. Just had to vent...

Tommy

[73X]

Absolutely THE coolest thing I've seen in motorsports in a long time. This is the stuff that all our car dreams are made of.

[Roger M]

What a great story. Very inspiring.

Thanks for posting that.