rmcdaniels wrote:So think about what you are building and what it's really worth and bring something reasonably congruent with the idea of a $500 car to the race. Then it won't matter what your documentation says. You can pay $10,000 for a 1998 Daewoo Leganza and nobody will care at all, but if you pay $150 for a 325i, then you are a filthy cheating scumbag, even if you really paid $150 for it.
It all comes down to how good/bad the car is when it gets in front of the judges. When we showed up with our Saturn the first race, we got a bit of scrutiny but we were okay. We showed up with a 1970 BMW 2800 and all they asked us about was the motor. It was stock and Phil was very happy. We showed up with the 1969 Rover P6-3500 aka Super Grover and we were never asked anything about money. The most words out of Jay were him thanking us for building a Rover to race. If you have a terrible car, they won't care. If you have a really nice car, they care. When it comes down to it, as long as you aren't trying to blow the budget with cheaty race stuff, you will still get to race and prove how bad you really are at this racing thing.
Do your best to follow the spirit of the rules. if you do that, the worst thing is you'll get penalty laps. You still get to race and have fun.
1992 Saturn SL2 (retired) - Elmo's Revenge - Class B winner, Heroic Fix winner x2
1969 Rover P6B 3500S(sold) - Super G-Rover - I.O.E Winner, Class C Winner
1996 Saturn SW2 - Elmo's Revenge (reborn!), Saturn SL1 Dazzleshipm Class C x2 and IOE winner
1974 AMC Javelin - Oscar's Trash heap - IOE,”Organizer's Choice" and "I got Screwed" award winner