Our favorite photos from the 2023 Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge

Colin
By Colin Wood
Jun 5, 2023 | $2000 Challenge

Photography by Dave Green

Sad that the $2000 Challenge is over, and now you have to wait until 2024 to experience it all again?

Here are some of our favorite photos from this year’s event to hold you over–and keep your eyes peeled for full coverage of the 2023 Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge in an upcoming issue of Grassroots Motorsports.

Have some photos you'd like to share? Drop them in the comments below.

What is the $2000 Challenge? It’s our annual automotive festival that celebrates autocross, drag racing and ingenuity.

The real challenge is in the event's name, however, as entries are required to prepare their vehicles for less than $2000. Each of these sub-$2000 cars will compete in autocross and drag racing sessions, followed by a concours-style judging session the next day.

For those interested in seeing if more money really equals more speed, competitors are also welcome to enter cars built or prepared for more than $2000.

Visit 2000challenge.com for future updates and more information.

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Comments

did anyone get a decent shot of MonZora three-wheeling? i only have screen captures from a video that was shot at great distance.

Matthew Kennedy
Matthew Kennedy GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
6/5/23 4:42 p.m.

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
6/5/23 4:56 p.m.
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) said:

did anyone get a decent shot of MonZora three-wheeling? i only have screen captures from a video that was shot at great distance.

I'll have to sort through the pictures, but I think we might have a photo. I'll post it if I find it.

Mndsm
Mndsm MegaDork
6/5/23 6:31 p.m.

That benz looked like it was fixing to body roll into a different zip code. 

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/5/23 6:53 p.m.
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) said:

did anyone get a decent shot of MonZora three-wheeling? i only have screen captures from a video that was shot at great distance.

That is in fact what I came here for, too.

Matthew Kennedy
Matthew Kennedy GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
6/5/23 8:07 p.m.
Mndsm said:

That benz looked like it was fixing to body roll into a different zip code. 

Lots of people try to modify their suspension to reduce body roll.  Those people are dead wrong, because that thing was a total blast to drive.

maschinenbau
maschinenbau GRM+ Memberand UberDork
6/5/23 8:09 p.m.
Mndsm said:

That benz looked like it was fixing to body roll into a different zip code. 

Rumor has it the oil sloshed into a different dimension and the engine started knocking before drags.

lsumner
lsumner New Reader
6/5/23 8:37 p.m.

In reply to maschinenbau :

Good thing it's got a tree fiddy in it so it did the drag passes just fine anyways

Mndsm
Mndsm MegaDork
6/5/23 8:37 p.m.
maschinenbau said:
Mndsm said:

That benz looked like it was fixing to body roll into a different zip code. 

Rumor has it the oil sloshed into a different dimension and the engine started knocking before drags.

I've only seen more pronounced body roll once in my life- and that was the time I watched someone 10/10 a Citroen 2cv. Slowest, yet most puckering run I've ever witnessed. 

Mr_Asa
Mr_Asa UltimaDork
6/5/23 10:27 p.m.

 

 

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