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3 days ago | 
grassrootsmotorsports.com | Colin Wood |Tom Suddard |Austin Cannon |David S. Wallens
Update by Austin Cannon to the BMW 325i project car Jun 25, 2025 | $2000 Challenge, BMW Photography by Austin Cannon A Grand Marquis, a Crossfire, a Volvo P1800 older than my mom–all here to race. When I arrived at this spring’s $2000 Challenge Presented by Tire Rack, I had no idea what to expect from the competitors.
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3 days ago | 
grassrootsmotorsports.com | David S. Wallens
Update by Paris Van Gorder to the Ford Mustang GT project car Jun 25, 2025 | Ford, Ford Mustang, Club Spec Photograph by Chris Tropea Our Mustang has faced a challenge most anyone with a project car can understand: back orders. What parts are we waiting on for our Club Spec Mustang? Camber plates. Why are they holding up the works? Our plan: Install our upgraded suspension setup–meaning the SCCA-mandated Koni dampers and Eibach springs–at once.
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1 week ago | 
grassrootsmotorsports.com | David S. Wallens
[Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the June 2000 issue of Grassroots Motorsports. Some information may have changed and prices have been left as they originally appeared in print.]When we first conceived of the $1500 Challenge, we knew that it would take an impressive automobile to win the grand prize. What we did not know was how impressive it … This content is available for GRM+ members and Grassroots Motorsports magazine subscribers only.
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2 weeks ago | 
grassrootsmotorsports.com | David S. Wallens |Paris Van Gorder |Colin Wood
Update by Paris Van Gorder to the ERAU Motorsports ER-09 project car Jun 10, 2025 | organization, Shop Work, ERAU Motorsports Photography by Paris Van Gorder The heart of the shop? The car. The rest of the shop? Built around it. A well-organized workshop doesn’t just fall out of the sky. In this case, it’s engineered by students who think like the pros. The first thing you encounter at Embry-Riddle’s motorsports shop?
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2 weeks ago | 
grassrootsmotorsports.com | David S. Wallens |Colin Wood
Update by David S. Wallens to the Mazda Miata project car Jun 9, 2025 | Mazda, Mazda Miata, Garage Rescue Miata Photography by David S. Wallens I let my Miata sit too long and paid the price–a totally dead battery. My penance arrived in the form of a bill from the local auto parts store. The redemption? A day out. Just me, the Miata and a packed camera bag containing some black-and-white film.
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3 weeks ago | 
grassrootsmotorsports.com | Colin Wood |David S. Wallens
By David S. Wallens Jun 4, 2025 | BMW | Never miss a review Miata’s too small, Porsche’s too much. You want a convertible. It’s summertime. Mustang? Maybe you want to go a little more upmarket. How about the latest BMW M440i Convertible? It fills a niche long served by the 3 and 4 Series convertibles that came before it: comfortable, sportier than a Benz, more than adequate performance, top goes down.
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3 weeks ago | 
grassrootsmotorsports.com | Colin Wood |Chris Tropea |David S. Wallens |Keith Tanner
By David S. Wallens Jun 3, 2025 | Jeep | Never miss a review My wife and I were bumping along one of the many dirt roads that cross the nearby Ocala Forest. Hey, this is kinda fun, we agreed. Just us and nature. "Do we want a Jeep?" My wife asked. My reply: Our old 2000 Subaru Impreza wagon could have handled all of this–and without the challenging entry and exit, lackluster highway manners and, finally, the $73,095 price tag.
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3 weeks ago | 
grassrootsmotorsports.com | David S. Wallens
What does Gridlife have in store for its Midwest Festival? Lots of race cars, lots of music and just about everything in between. It all goes down this weekend, June 6-8, at GingerMan Raceway in Michigan. The racing schedule is comprised of intense action of time attack and drifting, as well as the bumper-to-bumper thrills of GLTC and Rush SR road racing. Off the track, there are car shows, onsite camping, an arcade and a music lineup of over 30 acts. Interested? A limited number of tickets remain.
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3 weeks ago | 
grassrootsmotorsports.com | David S. Wallens
A Toyota Supra. An Alfa Romeo 4C. A Saturn Ion. Of these three, which would you vote for to appear on the dash plaque of Harper’s Auto Square’s Cars & Coffee. Keep in mind, event organizers say it draws more than 6000 cars and 10,000 guests, so you have great responsibility here. If you chose the Ion, you’re not alone, because it won. The secret to its allure? Its owner egging on the crowd to vote for it. Who doesn’t like a good dare? He even got his wife in on the process of getting votes.
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3 weeks ago | 
grassrootsmotorsports.com | David S. Wallens
Few things say “1970s” quite like an orange-over-orange Pinto wagon with woodgrain paneling. Better yet, the interior and exterior–woodgrain paneling and all–are billed as being original to the car. It’s not all about looks, however, as the 2.3-liter engine in this Pinto has been modified to “Geraghty specs,” as originally published in Car & Driver, which included re-curving the distributor and re-jetting the carb. Find this 1974 Ford Pinto Squire Wagon for auction from Mecum.
