It's not unusual for poorly-received cars to be maligned as built of cheap plastic, but some fascinating fiberglass creations haunt our highways.

On weekends, he races cars on dirt tracks. Pictures of cars circle around his office walls like stock cars speeding around at the Darlington Raceway. Bond, 42, owns Gibbon Fiberglass Bodies by Bond.

GM used fiberglass for early Corvettes to reduce costs and keep weight down. It still uses fiberglass in modern Corvettes, albeit alongside other materials.

McClenaghan's car is the eighth one built by Fiberglass Freaks. Racop said his team started hand-building the car in September 2014 and finished it in July 2016.