Haters gonna hate, especially when it's the rich vs poor who hot rod and win the Pikes Peak race with a hot rod Model T in 1922, with only a 4 banger and some new Firestones (the most expensive things on the car)

The lightest smallest car to every race the PPHC, a true home built from scraps race car, and it ran the race in 19.50.900 to win King of the Mountain for 1922. http://ppihc.org/wp-content/uploads/All-Time-Kings-of-the-Mountain-2018.pdf

Junkyard frame from an old Ford delivery truck, a $50 Ford engine block, a scrapyard radiator and hood.

Versus all the factory specials. The Hudson, Essex, Lexington and Pierce-Arrow race cars.

So, where's the hate? Well, when Noel Bullock showed up the first time, he missed the practice week, missed the time trials, and still placed 24th! No paint, so sponsors, no team to help, and he slept under his car.

The Pikes Peak race started in 1916, without a lot of rules, without a lot of competitors


https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/colorado-auto-racing-brief-history http://www.racingpastdevilsplayground.com/2017/03/11/noel-bullock-1922-part-one-pikes-peaks-first-hot-rod/

This upset the establishment, that the hoi polloi would dare to mix with the aristocracy!?!!? Indeed!

So, they changed the rules so he couldn't race at Pikes the next year.

A kid from Ord, Nebraska, named Noel Bollock shook the well-heeled racing establishment by grabbing the crown (and setting a new course record) in a Model T that he'd built up from stock.

Penrose and his rich racing buddies made a point of changing the race's rules so that Bollock's car could not compete the next year. Instead of pure race to find the fastest car, the rich bastards got the AAA to run it, and that meant that you couldn't race unless you met some strict rich bastard criteria. No racing the Pikes Peak entry at any "unsanctioned" race in that state for the year, which in reality meant that rich guys could afford to buy a car just for Pikes that wouldn't race anywhere else, but lunchpail blue collar guys were OUT.

AND there were no races in Colorado that were AAA races... Pikes was the only one.

PLUS a 1600 pound minimum. That hot rod was 1100 pounds.

Though Bollock adapted his car by adding weight, to meet the new rules, he was then banned from competition for competing in an unsanctioned race earlier that year.

A local Ford dealership would take advantage of the Noel Bullock win. Didn’t matter that it was a salvage yard built car with parts from several vehicle, and driven by a dirt track racer. The old Nascar saying “Win on Sunday Sale on Monday”, way before there was a even national stock car racing association.

the remains of the car were found on a Nebraska farm, and restored

http://www.britishv8.org/articles/Images-V22-1/