# How A $500 Craigslist Car Beat $400K Rally Racers

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers/204762>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [March 24, 2010, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers/204762 "2010-03-24T11:29:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![obi-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@obi-1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/obi-1)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers/204762/1 "2010-03-24T11:29:54Z")

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Not sure if Rally belongs in Offroad or Road Racing, but either way, this is an awesome story.  
This guy competed in a Rally race in Mexico with a $500 1991 BMW and finished 3rd in his class.  
It cracks me up that the car still has an Illinois license plate.

> **[How A $500 Craigslist Car Beat $400K Rally Racers](https://jalopnik.com/5497042/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers)**
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> Professional motorsport is a cold, hard place. If you want to run with the big dogs, you can't just build a car in your mom's garage and show up, right? Wrong. One guy did just that. Here's his amazing story.

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**Author:** ![Wayne9125](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne9125/32/6045_2.png) [@Wayne9125](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne9125)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers/204762/2 "2010-03-24T11:48:54Z")

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ha thats awesome

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**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers/204762/3 "2010-03-25T10:45:01Z")

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great story!

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**Author:** ![BigMack\_Srt8](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigmack_srt8/32/6025_2.png) [@BigMack\_Srt8](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigMack_Srt8)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers/204762/4 "2010-03-25T16:02:47Z")

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Good stuff!

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**Author:** ![Stippy17](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stippy17/32/6053_2.png) [@Stippy17](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Stippy17)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers/204762/5 "2010-03-26T16:20:50Z")

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Wow, what a story…

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**Author:** ![czwalga00gt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@czwalga00gt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/czwalga00gt)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers/204762/6 "2010-03-31T05:48:55Z")

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That’s awesome.