Our 1976 Vega drag car gets some much needed attention. Me and Sam take Pearl for a spin.

Contact us for a spot in the Barn Find 5000! Rules below.

I am hoping to announce the date soon for the Barn Find 5000. If you want to get in on this race, contact me for details. This one is LOW budget and all about fun. Rules are below.

Barn-Find 5000 rules

1. Find/use a car/truck that has been discarded (whether in a field, barn, junkyard, etc…) and is otherwise destined for the grave. Revive the car and keep it as original as possible, (use what you got). (Vice Grip Garage style).

2. These cars are not race cars. They should be slow (in theory). No tube chassis, back half, front half, or heavily modified/lightened cars will be permitted. We will do our best to stay true to the spirit of this race, which is to find a car, revive it, and race it “as is”. We are not building pro-mods.

3. (AMENDED). Participants will be restricted to a $1,000 budget. This does not have to include the purchase of your barn find, but will go toward your repairs and upgrades. You may use incidental stuff/parts you have laying around within reason. Cars WILL have working brakes and seatbelts. Safety equipment (roll cages, seatbelts, etc may be excluded from the $1k budget).

4. No turbos, superchargers, blowers, or other forced induction power adders will be permitted unless they are being retained as “stock” from the manufacturer, (ex- Buick Grand National). Nitrous will be permitted.

5. Trying to “skirt” the rules, cheating and “puppy kicking” will not be permitted. If you show up on race day with your dad’s 7.0 bracket car, or a hellcat with mud on it, you will be excluded. Documentation that your car fits the “Barn Find” parameters will be necessary, (photos, videos, etc).

6. A panel of at least three members of the race will look over the cars before buy in to confirm they fit the rules.

The plan is for this to be a heads up race.

This competition is about FUN!!! Now go find you a ride and let’s race!!!

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