- 1. Re: $1500 challenge (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Griffith" <slowse-r@hmp.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 08:07:47 -0500
- Results are on the GRM website: http://www.grmotorsports.com/challsynop.html Beware of the minivan! Pat '93 Sentra SE-R http://www.hmp.net/slowse-r
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00240.html (7,424 bytes)
- 2. Re: $1500 challenge (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 21:51:43 -0600
- I'm a little skeptical of this 1500-dollar limit. Just to make sure it really is on the up-and-up, I will give 1500 bucks cash for the Spridget in as-run trim and condition. Phil Ethier Saint Paul Mi
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00247.html (8,002 bytes)
- 3. Re: $1500 challenge (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Lloyd" <jslz3@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 04:51:43 GMT
- I agree that the winning team as a requirement of winning must be willing to sell said vehicle to the magizine for the reported $1500 then you would not see a 600 man hour spridget... with questionab
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00248.html (7,803 bytes)
- 4. Re: $1500 challenge (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Shields <mshields@inconnect.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 22:15:17 -0700
- willing to · All cars subject to a $1500 claim rule, plus a reasonable builder's fee. Cars may be claimed by any other participant. The GRM staff will oversee all transactions to make sure they ar
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00249.html (8,123 bytes)
- 5. Re: $1500 challenge (score: 1)
- Author: "Eric Linnhoff" <eric10mm@qni.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 00:08:04 -0800
- == Umm, the stated $1500 limit is for parts only. Any used parts must have a "fair" value assigned to them as do any parts that you already have sitting around. Any labor that the owner does is cons
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00252.html (8,812 bytes)
- 6. Re: $1500 challenge (score: 1)
- Author: "Jan Schmidt" <jschmidt@kumc.edu>
- Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 10:32:26 -0600
- What a bunch of B.S.!!!!!!!!!!! A $1500 claim rule, is a $1500 claim rule. In any real form of racing, a competitor could purchase the complete car for the claim amount $1500. The loss of time and mo
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00257.html (8,886 bytes)
- 7. Re: $1500 challenge (score: 1)
- Author: Buddy Ahlers <buddy_ahlers@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 16:18:57 -0800 (PST)
- Don't forget too that if you take any parts from the car and sell them, that money can go into the car as well, and not really count toward your $1500 limit. So that means, I can buy my car for less
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00260.html (9,372 bytes)
- 8. Re: $1500 challenge (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 23:39:29 -0500 (EST)
- ... I thought the point of the grm $1.5k challenge was to do what any one of the standard "low buck car enthusiast" types would do when building a race car? With that in mind, I think the rules were
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00263.html (9,015 bytes)
- 9. Re: $1500 challenge (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 23:12:37 -0600
- You are arguing against yourself. The guys that put 600 professional man-hours into a Spridget are the guys that are trying to turn it into Formula 1. They should be willing to sell it for the 1500 b
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00266.html (9,195 bytes)
- 10. Re: $1500 challenge (score: 1)
- Author: "Eric Linnhoff" <eric10mm@qni.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 23:49:56 -0800
- == What Formula 1?? Oh wait, that's CART and IRL that'll be out on their butts shortly. Nevermind, I get them easily confused. ;^) I do like the grassroots aspect of the GRM $1500 challenge but ther
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00269.html (8,619 bytes)
- 11. Re: $1500 challenge (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 09:23:29 -0500
- "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com> Shouldn't that be "Formula 1500"? DG
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00274.html (7,654 bytes)
- 12. Re: $1500 challenge (score: 1)
- Author: "Edward M. Smith" <edsmith@pobox.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 09:31:55 -0500 (EST)
- Cool! does that mean you can buy a Formula 1 car for a buck? "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00276.html (8,119 bytes)
- 13. Re: $1500 challenge (score: 1)
- Author: Joshua L Locklear <joshlocklear@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 15:16:51 -0500
- Yes, I agree that this rule was made to keep everyone honest, and to prevent travesties like shop-built cars with $1500 in parts and $4000 in labor. But at the same time, this is the rule that made
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00304.html (9,480 bytes)
- 14. Re: $1500 challenge (score: 1)
- Author: Buddy Ahlers <buddy_ahlers@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 14:43:51 -0800 (PST)
- I'm not taking you wrong, in fact, I agree with you. I liked the idea of the contest too. What I didn't like is that the rules were so easily "stretched" (if in fact they really were.) I also agree t
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00317.html (10,813 bytes)
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