My New Hero: $500 BMW competes in WRC Rally Mexico
http://jalopnik.com/5497042/how-a-50...yline=true&s=i
Edit: Follow-up with the co-driver: http://jalopnik.com/5500013/i-co+dro...list-rally-car I really can't stress enough how freaking awesome this story is. Highlights:
He got to take his car through the Opening Ceremonies too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z6kESyQXAk It's WELL worth the read! |
holy crap awesome story! that must have been a highlight in that guys life!
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amazing. good story , good find! lol
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That is one hell of an amazing story. If I ever run into that guy, I'm buying him 2 beers.
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That...was..
Awesome :rofl: I can't say how much of an adrenaline rush it is to triumph over people who got better cars and deeper pockets when you build a car to do it yourself and win over factory ones. Such is the theme I've done myself in my racing years, while not as low of cost as he has, the feeling is the same. This is probably the biggest thing in his life he's ever done or felt, kudos to him. |
Originally Posted by alnielsen
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That is one hell of an amazing story. If I ever run into that guy, I'm buying him 2 beers.
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Awesome story!
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Very impressive!
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Originally Posted by Anijo
(Post 3482378)
Seriously! In one of the emails he mentions someone offering to sponsor him to run in more Rallies... How amazing would it be if some random rich guy flies this guy and his car to another WRC stop?
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amazing story what a great feat
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that is pretty cool! very good for him.
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Awesome story.
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Originally Posted by alnielsen
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From reading that story, I think that car is done for.
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LOl that was great, I liked one of the comments in the gallery, "build a shitbox; get famuous" priceless :rollingla
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im speechless great story. thumps up for the driver...
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So apparently if he'd competed in the WRC class... he wouldn't have come in last! Like, 23rd of 26 (there were 25 registered), but he would ACTUALLY HAVE BEATEN 3 OF THE $400K RALLY CARS!
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Jalopnik posted a follow up section from talking with the Co-driver: http://jalopnik.com/5500013/i-co+dro...list-rally-car
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you can imagine that this story is raging like a wildfire on r3v (e30 forums.)
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oh wow that is one amazing story
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...Anyone got a doner RX8 with a low compression engine they want to repeat this with next year? :D:
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Epic Cruise!
Last Friday night during a cruise we were taking our usual cruise route and I spotted this.
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/attac...1&d=1271557465 http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/attac...1&d=1271557465 We pulled over to take some pictures. One of my buddies heard some noises coming from the garage. He knocked on the garage and low and behold Bill Caswell was in there with some of his friends building another budget racecar for the 24 Hours of which is happening as I type this @ Gingerman Raceway in MI. http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/attac...1&d=1271557759 Back Row: Jeff, Bill, Ryan, Jonathan, Mike and Steve. Front Row: Me. What a great guy. We knocked on his garage @ 330 in the morning, when he and his friends were thrashing to get their newest "Racecar" built, and he took the time to hang out and talk to us for 15 min or so. The car they were working on for the 24 hours of lemons race was a 7 series BMW that they got from a junk yard. The previous owner of the car needed the jaws of life to get out, so they just cut the entire roof off. They were finishing up the roll cage and "custom" exhaust and welding the doors shut. Basically they ended up with a convertible four door 7 series BMW with a V12. What an interesting night. |
That's pretty awesome. Must have been fun.
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It was cool. According to the business card he was handing out his race team is called "Chaos Racing". Aptly named for sure.
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thats pretty awesome man.
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.....here he is again. I was watching a compilation of videos from the 2010 Pikes Peak hillclimb and I spotted him @ 2:35. Looks like fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot0Sk2R0mfk |
He's heading back to Mexico.
Bill Caswell is at it again.
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