Pro racer Randy Pobst returns as the Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge Special Guest for 2026.
Not just an inexpensive, Oldsmobile V8-powered Firebird, but a means to raise funds for a good cause, too.
How fast can you go without spending more than $2000? Enter our annual $2000 Challenge Presented by Tire Rack and Powered by AutoBidMaster to find out.
Before Georgia Tech's Wreck Racing became a mainstay of our annual Grassroots Motorsports $2000 Challenge, a few classmates ran this GTI.
This Mitsubishi Eclipse that competed in our $2000 Challenge in 2004 wasn't a low-buck homage to a showroom stock racer, but a genuine ex-IMSA Firehawk race car.
Back in 2004, this Kia Rio may not have been the fastest entry in the $2000 Challenge, but it very well could have been the most evil.
The perfect livery for a Nissan minivan turned low-buck racer? Peter Brock’s famed red-and-blue BRE stripes, of course.
Who needs a turbocharged Porsche 944 when you could stuff one with a 350 Chevy V8 instead?
In addition to the $2000 Challenge, this Wartburg 311–fitted with the engine from a Subaru Legacy–also competed in the 24 Hours of Lemons.
If this Honda CRX Si low-buck racer looks familiar, it's because it wears the same color scheme found on a Hot Wheels CRX.
