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03-22-2010, 10:00 AM
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| How A $500 Craigslist Car Beat $400K Rally Racers (updated)
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This is the multifaceted tale of Bill Caswell, a man who bought a $500 crapcan off Craigslist to run against the $400,000+ rally cars in the World Rally Championship's Rally Mexico race earlier this month. It is a tale of a guy who had a welder, a bunch of credit cards, and a lot of free time but no real backing or funds. It is a story of a dude who taught himself how to build an FIA-legal roll cage, with no prior experience, because he wanted to spend the fabrication fee on race tires instead. It's the story of an enthusiast who drove a rustbucket to a third place finish in a FIA-sanctioned race.
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This is a somewhat long read but worth it.
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Now the story from the side of his codriver...
Enjoy http://jalopnik.com/5500013/i-co+dro...list-rally-car
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03-22-2010, 10:07 AM
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that is fucking awesome.
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03-22-2010, 10:13 AM
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#3 | | not the mod you're looking for
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03-22-2010, 10:29 AM
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#4 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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That was a very good read. the guys insane!
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03-22-2010, 11:05 AM
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#5 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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awesome.
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03-22-2010, 11:12 AM
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props to him, but it seems like he just got lucky landing at 3rd place because other cars were out of commission.
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03-22-2010, 11:30 AM
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#7 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Originally Posted by RX_Renesis props to him, but it seems like he just got lucky landing at 3rd place because other cars were out of commission. | The other cars also had teams of people to fix the car. He had himself, his co-driver, duct tape and borrowed tools from other teams to fix his car.
I wouldnt say it was luck. It was just more determination to actually finish then the other teams.
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03-22-2010, 11:34 AM
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long read indeed, but pretty cool
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03-22-2010, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by RX_Renesis props to him, but it seems like he just got lucky landing at 3rd place because other cars were out of commission. | that's what rally racing is all about. It's who is the fastest over the weekend with the best set up car with fewest problems. The fact that he sounds like a good driver helps too.
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03-22-2010, 12:31 PM
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#10 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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03-22-2010, 01:12 PM
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#11 | | I'm like the Fred Astaire of Revscene
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this guy is a hero!
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03-22-2010, 01:37 PM
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that guy is an awesome driver.
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03-22-2010, 01:53 PM
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#13 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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true grassroots racing the kind of guy that gets us all into it
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03-22-2010, 02:10 PM
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props for the dude
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03-22-2010, 02:13 PM
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#15 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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damn thats sweet
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03-22-2010, 02:47 PM
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#16 | | RS Operative (G)
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good for him
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03-22-2010, 05:10 PM
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#17 | | MiX iT Up!
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the stock price of rust buckets just went up on craigslist.
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03-22-2010, 07:17 PM
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#18 | | I'm being watched.
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sweet, in an e30 too
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03-22-2010, 08:07 PM
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wow... thats awesome, sounds like everyone loved him too.. must've felt like a rock star
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03-22-2010, 08:27 PM
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man. living up the dream
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03-22-2010, 08:49 PM
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#21 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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03-22-2010, 09:19 PM
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#22 | | Head of HR....have a seat on that couch
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Great read!!!
Reminiscent of John Britton and his V1000.
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goddamn...fuckin epic
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03-22-2010, 11:04 PM
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#24 | | The RS Freebie guru
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It keeps saying "in his class"... so he didn't actually beat those million dollar rally cars, right?
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03-23-2010, 07:58 PM
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