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$2000 Challenge , Mercedes-Benz
$2000 Challenge: The first Mercedes to compete in our low-buck bash

How much time does it take to properly prepare a late '70s Mercedes-Benz for our annual $2000 Challenge? As we found out back in 2005, about six hours.

$2000 Challenge | Subaru | Subaru XT
$2000 Challenge: Not a space ship, but a nitrous-fed Subaru XT

This Subaru XT was acquired and prepped to compete in the 2003 edition of our $2000 Challenge for just $984.69. Part of that prep? Fitting a used nitrous system.

David S. Wallens
$2000 Challenge
$2000 Challenge: Planning is hard, so we’re making entry easier

We're revamping the registration process for our annual Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Presented by Tire Rack in order to make planning your entry even easier.

Colin Wood
$2000 Challenge | Audi | Audi 4000
$2000 Challenge: A turbo Audi 4000 built and bought for under $1000

What could $1000 get you back in 2004? An Audi 4000 CS plus the turbo engine from an Audi 5000 to swap in.

David S. Wallens
$2000 Challenge | Mazda | Mazda RX-7
$2000 Challenge: When a JDM RX-7 could be bought for just $500

1999 was a magical year–a new millennium was just around the corner, Star Wars was back and a first-gen, Japanese-market Mazda RX-7 could be bought for less than $2000.

David S. Wallens
$2000 Challenge | Dodge | Dodge Neon
$2000 Challenge: A nostalgia-inducing, $100 Dodge Neon

Remember when a Dodge Neon on AR-24 wheels was commonplace at virtually any autocross? We certainly do. Back in 2006, this $100 Neon had us reminiscing.

David S. Wallens
$2000 Challenge | AMC | Low-Buck Racing | AMC Spirit
$2000 Challenge: Sometimes, it's the (AMC) Spirit that counts most

How to best follow a masterpiece like a $2000 Challenge-winning Jeep Cherokee? With a turbo-six-powered AMC Spirit, of course.

David S. Wallens
$2000 Challenge | Volvo | Volvo 242
$2000 Challenge: Daily drivers–like this Volvo 242–are welcome, too

While wild low-buck builds are more than welcome at our annual $2000 Challenge, several previous competitors have had just as much fun running more mild machines–like this Volvo 242.

David S. Wallens
$2000 Challenge | Nissan | Nissan Sentra SE-R
$2000 Challenge: A force-fed, BRE-liveried Sentra SE-R

After leaving the $2000 Challenge with a rod poking out of the engine block, this Nissan Sentra SE-R was back in 2014 with a junkyard replacement motor fitted with a …

David S. Wallens
$2000 Challenge | Plymouth | Low-Buck Racing | Plymouth Voyager
$2000 Challenge: The turbo Plymouth Voyager that started a legacy

We didn't know it then, but this factory-turbocharged Plymouth Voyager was the beginning of a lifelong friendship–and the creation of a $2000 Challenge legend.

David S. Wallens
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