Factory Five 818 Wins 2013 Editors' Choice Award and Scores Cover of GRM!

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

The new Factory Five 818 continues to earn serious recognition and this month it blazes across the cover of Grassroots Motorsports Magazine. So far this year, the new 818 has been tested with rave reviews in Road & Track Magazine, Automobile Magazine, Yahoo! Autos, and was also featured on the cover of Kit Car Magazine.

Not only did the 818 make the cover, Factory Five won an Editors’ Choice Award, and the crew from Grassroots Motorsports begins a step-by-step build coverage in this issue. The 2013 Editors’ Choice Award is the fourth major award we’ve earned from GRM!

The crew at GRM have built their own 818 and you can follow along with their build on the website and in the pages of each magazine starting with this December issue.

We have the highest respect for Tim Suddard and his team at Grassroots Motorsports Magazine. They are the #1 amateur racing source in the magazine world and their website has a tremendous wealth of race car information and a terrific discussion forum.

Click here before November 11th to receive this issue for free as a test drive of Grassroots Motorsports Magazine!

Dave Smith
Factory Five Racing

Left: The new 818 hits the cover of Grassroots Motorsports Magazine and the December 2013 issue kicks off their 818 build project

“20 Things That Rocked Our Year” from Grassroots Motorsports STARTS #1 with the awesome 818R design!

Tony Z., Dan G., Jesper I., Jim S., and Colby W. accept the 2013 GRM Editors’ Choice Award for their work on the 818.

The 2013 GRM Edito”s Choice Award is the third time we’ve received this honor!

Left: Factory Five Challenge Series Car hits the cover of the December 2010 issue of Grassroots Motorsports.

Right: Factory Five Challenge Series cars earn 2009 Editor’s Choice Award for one of the “25 Best Cars Ever” (number 9)!

2002 – The new Challenge Series Cars from Factory Five earned our first Grassroots Motorsports Editor’s Choice Award.

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