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How a $500 car got into the WRC

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prontocuts.com
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http://jalopnik.com/5497042/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers


awesome
Mar 23 2010 1:54PM
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pomme-de-terre
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i am so glad i search barred before i was going to post this.

its fucking crazy though. that guy is such a boss.
Mar 23 2010 1:56PM
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Ski_The_East10
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jalopnik is the holy grail for car enthusiasts
Mar 23 2010 1:58PM
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.AR6rider.
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I just read all of that and that guy is awesome.  I love how he just hops out of his car, blasts music, and fixes everything himself after each stage.

Mar 23 2010 2:04PM
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Big_Spence
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wow.
that's probably the best article i've read in a long ass time.
what an epic story.
Mar 23 2010 2:10PM
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-Dan
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Craziness.
Mar 23 2010 2:24PM
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rigzz
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[redacted] crazy story. 

He is a true hero, and should be remembered for years to come! haha!

Mar 23 2010 2:27PM
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treebeard
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pretty cool.
i know nothing about cars or rally events or anything like that.
but still, that's pretty cool.
Mar 23 2010 2:29PM
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factory81
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why does ski the east have eheath's icon?
Mar 23 2010 2:37PM
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Ski_The_East10
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^cry about it
Mar 23 2010 2:55PM
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remove
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kind of a big foul here.... but your the one who has to deal with it
Mar 23 2010 2:58PM
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adamlukowski
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http://http://jalopnik.com/5497042/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers
Mar 23 2010 2:59PM
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adamlukowski
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http://jalopnik.com/5497042/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers
Mar 23 2010 3:00PM
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Balto
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well I know what I'm doing this summer
Mar 23 2010 3:05PM
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Big_Spence
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i think you need a license for that thomas.
Mar 23 2010 3:15PM
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Scolson
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Cool article, but it makes it sound like he is beating WRC cars, which.. he isn't.
Mar 23 2010 3:35PM
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theabortionator
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I love it
Mar 23 2010 3:38PM
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Thenowhereman42
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Learning to build a roll cage isn't really that hard. A couple years ago when I was an autoshop head we used to have the fabrication guys from the welding classes make them for people's shitty little civics and stuff lol.
Mar 23 2010 3:39PM
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Dan.
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but he is beating out brand new evos and other such cars.
Mar 23 2010 3:42PM
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Balto
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i have a permit, so i just need someone 21 or older as my wing man
Mar 23 2010 3:44PM
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Big_Spence
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i'll get a fake i.d.
Mar 23 2010 3:46PM
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connoroh
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he beat 2 of em.
Mar 23 2010 3:51PM
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MAPLE_SYRUP
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Thats legit.

this pic describes it all

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Mar 23 2010 4:10PM
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Scolson
Posts: 2904 - Karma: 92

He wasn't even competing against them, he was racing in the Rally America event.  If he did manage to beat any WRC drivers they either had major problems or crashed.  The times are somewhere in this thread http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4814862&page=1 But he ends up getting 4th in his class, after time penalties.

Mar 23 2010 4:14PM
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