The "I can't believe they raced it!" Thread.

[Liquid]

Minis were ten a penny but I would not be risking my import or Rolls-Royce against plonkers from the public. That's insane.

 

[05XR8]

I love Saabs and had no re was a One Make 900 turbo series.

 

[L8 Apex]

Early American sub-compacts like the Chevrolet Vega and Ford Pinto were some of the most competitive models in the formative days of NHRA Pro Stock drag racing. And because both of those cars were offered in 2-door station wagon form, it should come as no surprise that at least a few enterprising teams decided they'd draw more attention by basing their racers on those variants instead of the usual hatchback body styles.

 

[Har1MAS1415]

Anyone remember Brilliance, the Chinese manufacturer that entered the 2005 World Touring Car Championship but never turned up?

(A Brilliance show car appeared at the launch of the 2005 WTCC in Monte Carlo but that was it)

Well, a Brilliance touring car did race sporadically in China in 2006 and 2007.

Batchelor's Shot at Brilliance - Grand Prix Rejects

When Geely’s boutique manufacturer Lynk & Co. joined the fledgling WTCR series in 2018, they boasted of being the first Chinese manufacturer to take it to the global motorsport stage. However, thirteen years prior, another Chinese manufacturer could have made history play out differently...

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