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Not Olds. $500 junker in Rally Mexico takes 3rd in class

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Old March 23rd, 2010, 01:13 PM
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Not Olds. $500 junker in Rally Mexico takes 3rd in class
This just proves that it's not the car, it's how insane you are while driving it. Guy takes a $500 car from craigslist to compete against $400,000 cars in the rally with no support team. He comes in 3rd in his class and would have been 23rd out of 25 in the big boys WRC class.

http://jalopnik.com/5497042/how-a-50...k-rally-racers
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Old March 23rd, 2010, 04:35 PM
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That is an awesome story!
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Old March 24th, 2010, 10:46 AM
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That's just how we do things out here.
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Old March 24th, 2010, 10:51 AM
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Yeah I saw that. Its pretty awesome. Just think how the sponsors of the professionals feel!!! LOL
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The little guy the could stories are the best. This guy represents all of us backyard builders and wantabe racers.
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