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Colin Wood
March 30, 2023

$2000 Challenge , Low-Buck Tech , Tire Rack , Low-Buck Racing

How to get paid to work the $2000 Challenge

Wish you could be more involved in the $2000 Challenge? You're in luck: We are currently hiring autocross workers–and yes, that means you get paid.

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Colin Wood
March 29, 2023

$2000 Challenge , Lotus , Low-Buck Tech , Tire Rack , Europa , Free Europa , #LowBuckWednesday

Is this Lotus one of the last free joys in the world? | #LowBuckWednesday

This Lotus Europa is the stuff of GRM legends–fitting, then, that it's destined to compete in our (equally legendary) $2000 Challenge.

Colin Wood
March 22, 2023

$2000 Challenge , Chevrolet , malibu , Low-Buck Tech , 2JZ , Tire Rack , Low-Buck Racing , #LowBuckWednesday

Will 2JZ power make this Chevy Malibu a surefire low-buck champion? | #LowBuckWednesday

What this old-school Malibu lacks in American iron, it plans to make up for with turbo Toyota power.

Colin Wood
March 17, 2023

SCCA , UTCC , #FastFriday , Ultimate Track Car Challenge , NCM Motorsports Park , Tire Rack

Can this ethanol-fed BMW E36 M3 corn its way to victory? | #FastFriday

How is this E36 M3 preparing for the Ultimate Track Car Challenge? A steady diet of corn, says driver Todd Inman.

Colin Wood
March 15, 2023

$2000 Challenge , Pontiac , Fiero , Low-Buck Tech , Tire Rack , Low-Buck Racing , #LowBuckWednesday , Pontiac Fiero

Is this Pontiac Fiero a bargain engineering marvel? | #LowBuckWednesday

If you've ever sworn vengeance against the engineers who designed your car, here's your chance to compete against them.

Colin Wood
March 10, 2023

SCCA , UTCC , #FastFriday , Ultimate Track Car Challenge , NCM Motorsports Park , Tire Rack

Is this the most extreme Mazda RX-8? | #FastFriday

Big power, big turbos, big wings. Does Dallas Reed have the ultimate 2004 Mazda RX-8?

Colin Wood
March 8, 2023

$2000 Challenge , Low-Buck Tech , Tire Rack , Low-Buck Racing , #LowBuckWednesday

Can you defeat this Neon dynasty? | #LowBuckWednesday

Bill Cuttitta, and the Shelby Dodge Auto Club, have been mainstays of the $2000 Challenge since its inaugural event in 1999–but does all that experience equate to an easy win?

Colin Wood
March 3, 2023

$2000 Challenge , SCCA , UTCC , #FastFriday , Ultimate Track Car Challenge , NCM Motorsports Park , Tire Rack

The ultimate track car only costs $2000 to build? | #FastFriday

Winning the $2000 Challenge wasn't enough for nocones, apparently, so he's entered his wild Subaru 360 racer into the 2023 Ultimate Track Car Challenge.