Staff members are also present at most large national and regional automotive enthusiast events involving modern or vintage sports cars.

Grassroots Motorsports was originally called "Auto-X" and started in 1984 in Deland, Florida by publisher Tim Suddard and his wife, Margie.

It includes all the same content as the print version but is enhanced with hyperlinks to relevant information mentioned in its pages.

When referring to a specific running of the event, the name changes to reflect the year it was held (i.e., $2015 Challenge in 2015).

[7] A special points system determines the final rank of each entry based on its performance in each segment of the competition.

Pasterjak, the $1500 Challenge was intended to feature staff-built cars as a way to create editorial content for the magazine: "Well, originally it was supposed to be just a staff thing.

The goal of the UTCC is to discover the fastest track car in a field governed by minimal classifications.

As of 2023, the UTCC's date and location have changed; it will occur each year in October at NCM Motorsports Park in Bowling Green, KY as part of the SCCA Time Trials Nationals.

Forum members use the boards to ask car-related questions, post build threads to track their progress on a project car, organize user gatherings, and share information about events.

Several initialisms are frequently used in place of common phrases: Several words are automatically filtered to keep the forum family-friendly and relatively spam-free.