ENTRANTS: Carlos Mendez and James Hageman
TOTAL BUDGET: $1969.53 (2010)
EVENT YEARS: 2007-’10
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Back in 2007, Carlos Mendez and James Hageman made their first Challenge appearance with an E30-chassis BMW fed by a Volvo turbocharger. They invested less than $1500 in the car, completed the tuning that morning, and finished 11th overall.
By 2010, that …