After knowing each other for up to several years, the founding members of Team WTF?! decided to organize into a team—at least in name. The trick was finding, or creating, the right name which would describe ourselves and our collective autocrossing efforts and outlook in a simple and memorable manner. Debate between members raged on the message boards for weeks (which itself is a defining characteristic of Team WTF?!). Many names were suggested and discarded as missing the mark. It was at the Washington, DC stop of the SCCA ProSolo series in June 2004 when the name appeared. Two Team WTF?! members (JST and Clyde) were walking the courses in the rain early that Saturday morning when JST paused to look around at the situation, raised his hands and uttered, "WTF? That's what we should call ourselves: Team WTF?!" Given the events of the weekend—pouring rain all day on Saturday that drenched us all, JST running a bone stock E46 M3 on bald street tires, Clyde's codriver leaving the key to the Z4 at the hotel on Sunday (which was later discovered in a small bag of tools at the 2004 Solo II Nationals in September), and more—the name Team WTF?! couldn't have proved more apt. JST and Clyde proposed the name to the rest of the team and it was quickly adopted. We had all become Team WTF?!

Yes, we are aware of the incorrect usage of the two punctuation marks in our team name. To the last team member, we are united in the belief that time has come for the interrobang to become an accepted part of our punctuation system. We firmly believe that through our autocrossing efforts we can show the world that the interrobang is as desperately needed by all societies as is clean drinking water. Unfortunately, the interrobang is not a character in most typographic fonts, specifically those used on the message boards we frequent. So, in addition to describing ourselves with the name Team WTF?!, we are also working to make the world a better place by improving the communication tools available to all people everywhere.

Traveling to the wrong venue on an event day. Letting a car fall off a jack. Standing in the rain for 4 hours in order to drive for 6 minutes. Spending 2 hours on a plane in order to stand around in a parking lot or on a tarmac for 8 hours in order to drive for 6 minutes and then spending 2 more hours on a plane for the trip home. Spinning in 4 of 5 events. Operator misuse of Wankermatic. Hopefully, you get the idea...if not, we'll come up with new examples by the end of the next event.

You can't really "join" Team WTF?! You are either a member or you or not. Through careful testing and exhaustive research, we have determined that Team WTF?! membership is a condition, much like a blood bourne disease. You either have it or you don't. Team WTF?! has members all over the world. Most of them just don't know it yet. If you suspect that you might be a member, feel free to contact us to learn more about your condition.