I look fat in my grinding picture. Before someone says something yes I'm wearing flip flops and safety glasses.
The Grassroots Motorsports $2016 Challenge Driven by General Tire and sponsored by CRC Industries and Miller Electric Welders took over central Florida’s Gainesville Raceway this past weekend seeking the finest and fastest cars that can be built on a budget of just two grand and change. The full recap of the weekend can be found here.
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I look fat in my grinding picture. Before someone says something yes I'm wearing flip flops and safety glasses.
so... i need to know more details on this
In reply to edizzle89:
It's even more confusing than you think. Some Subaru suspension pieces, air ride in the rear, Chevy engine, Lincoln mk8 seats... the list goes on but it was definitely a lot of things that weren't ever meant to be in the same vehicle all crammed into an F350 cab.
I walked behind it as it was driving by and was momentarily terrified that a dually rear wheel was about to run over me 
Still pictures don't do it justice:
It was a great autocrosser, but slow as crap on the dragstrip. I put a few posts on Instagram and made a sandwich while driving that 1/4 mile....
However, the RX8 was unbelievably consistent.
Car # 53 on the left, car #53 on the right. 2 separate timeslips. 2 identical 1/4 mile times to the thousandth. 
Don't worry. That's not skill. Pure unadulterated luck!
So what happened to team Razorback MGB? drag times only 11.9. I thought for sure he would be in the 10.s
Stampie wrote: I look fat in my grinding picture. Before someone says something yes I'm wearing flip flops and safety glasses.
Everyone time i see you, I swear you're my doppelganger. It's bizarre. You need more beard thow.
In reply to driftz28:
They might be able to get in the 10s, but they destroyed a front control arm bushing in the autocross and didn't spot it until after the drags. That made for some extremely sketchy quarter-mile runs.
Oh and I have video from the MGB on the drag strip both looking forward and at the driver. I haven't watched it yet, but that should be interesting.
driftz28 wrote: So what happened to team Razorback MGB? drag times only 11.9. I thought for sure he would be in the 10.s
So few people have ever run 10's, the vast majority of us have no idea what it takes. It's a LOT more than a big motor and a chassis.
Andrew Nelson says the chassis is rated for 8.5, and that Aussie has much more motor than he does. So, it could happen. But there are 100 other factors and details that need to also be accomplished.
Andrew got in his car at the end of the night and said, "This ones gonna be a 10.2". Then he ran a 10.2.
Me, I usually get in the car and say, "I wonder what this car can do??" Razorback is much better than me, but Andrew is accomplishing something that is very difficult. Don't assume it's easy.
Hats off to Razorback! More important than the drags, they also made that beast turn. Fastest combined time of anyone. THAT'S impressive!!
That Opel GT is really nice looking. Lots of great looking vehicles.
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