{"62088":{"#nid":"62088","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Wreck Racing Takes First Place","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Wreck Racing team took the top spot in the Grassroots\nMotorsports $2010 Challenge, including first-place finishes in the autocross and\nconcours events. Wreck Racing\u2019s No. 81 Lexus-V8-powered Mazda Miata claimed the\noverall title, beating 53 teams that included cars from professional tuning\nshops and veteran race car builders. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHeld annually in Gainesville, Fla., the Sept. 30 \u2013 Oct. 3 event was hosted\nby \u003Cem\u003EGrassroots Motorsports\u003C\/em\u003E (GRM) magazine.\nThe competition required competitors to buy and build a race car for less than\nthe dollar amount of the calendar year. The cars competed in three different\nevents including autocross, drag and concours. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2010 race marks the first time Wreck Racing placed in the event\ncategories. In addition, the team\u2019s best overall finish in previous years was\n12th place. A full recap of this year\u0027s competition, along with photos and\ninformation about the event, will be featured in the April 2011 edition of \u003Cem\u003EGrassroots Motorsports\u003C\/em\u003E magazine.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWreck Racing is a volunteer student organization, comprised of more than 35\nstudents representing schools across campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Team Captures Top Spot at Grassroots Motorsports $2010 Challenge"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Wreck Racing team took the top spot in the Grassroots\nMotorsports $2010 Challenge, including first-place finishes in the autocross and\nconcours events. Wreck Racing\u2019s No. 81 Lexus-V8-powered Mazda Miata claimed the\noverall title, beating 53 teams that included cars from professional tuning\nshops and veteran race car builders.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Wreck Racing team took the top spot in the Grassroots Motorsports $2010 Challenge, including first-place finishes in the autocross and concours events."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2010-10-12 10:45:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:23","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-10-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-10-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62086":{"id":"62086","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Wreck Racing Team","body":null,"created":"1449176337","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:57","changed":"1475894531","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:11","alt":"Georgia Tech Wreck Racing Team","file":{"fid":"191389","name":"Wreck_Racing_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Wreck_Racing_2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Wreck_Racing_2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":47348,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Wreck_Racing_2_0.jpg?itok=c-Sn1ger"}},"62085":{"id":"62085","type":"image","title":"Wreck Racing","body":null,"created":"1449176337","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:57","changed":"1475894533","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:13","alt":"Wreck Racing","file":{"fid":"191388","name":"Wreck_Racing_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Wreck_Racing_1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Wreck_Racing_1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":58015,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Wreck_Racing_1_0.jpg?itok=_TIcsbcw"}}},"media_ids":["62086","62085"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.wreckracing.com\/?q=node\/3089","title":"Wreck Racing"},{"url":"http:\/\/grassrootsmotorsports.com\/events\/2010-challenge\/","title":"Grassroots Motorsports $2010 Challenge"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10929","name":"Grassroots Motorsports"},{"id":"10928","name":"race car"},{"id":"167142","name":"student organizations"},{"id":"10927","name":"Wreck Racing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Ray Grovenstein, 404-894-8835\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}