Project Beta: Part Two

Short Life as a Trailer Queen

Nov 16th, 2008 // Article By: Skunk2 Staff

Once Beta was finished being built, we decided to take the fresh racecar to some local car shows to take advantage of the pristine paint and virgin components. Its shown here at the '98 (very first) Import Auto Salon in Pomona and also the very first Northern California Import Showoff in San Mateo, CA where we managed to take home "Best Racecar"! In total Beta went to 3 shows where it won many awards. At that time, few people in the industry had seen a racecar like Beta.

3 comments

Andres C

[1] Jul 31st, 2011 @ 1:25 PM

Oh my god, I remember this car from back in the nineties. I was 14 or 15 and remember tripping out on this all-motor build back when everyone seemed to be turbo-ing. I even remember my taking his RX-7 to you guys when you were Group-A, near Concord If I remember correctly.

Project Beta spent years on the cover of my school binders. I think you guys even had the center page of some tuner magazine back in the 90s and I posted it on my bedroom wall right next to the Spoon EK and Adam Saruwatari's Rx-7.

Your Project Beta series are a pleasant trip down memory lane, good work guys.

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[2] Aug 1st, 2011 @ 8:36 AM

Andres C, thank for the comments, and good memory!

Rod D.

[3] Dec 23rd, 2011 @ 2:33 PM

I remember this car in the late 90s as well. I think one of its debuts was at Famoso in Bakersfield when my silver HDS Racing all-motor Integ went up against your Skunkworks Integ, which I believe was running mid to low 12s all day. Everyone was in shock! Personally, I was happy to be running mid to low 13s at the time so your Integ put mine to shame. Good memories though!

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