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Offline PA

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#0: Thu, 20 May, 2010 - 23:17 - ...
I found this a good read.

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This is the multifaceted tale of Bill Caswell, a man who bought a crapcan off Craigslist to run against $400,000-plus rally cars in a World Rally Championship race. It is a tale of a guy who had a welder, a bunch of credit cards, and a lot of free time but no real backing or funds. It is a story of a dude who taught himself how to build an FIA-legal roll cage because he wanted to spend the fabrication fee on race tires instead. It's the story of a gearhead who drove a rustbucket to a third-place finish in an FIA-sanctioned event.

Continue reading the story here.
http://jalopnik.com/5497042/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers

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#1: Fri, 21 May, 2010 - 08:32 - ...
What a legend!

Worth a read even if you're not a huge WRC fan like me.

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