"On the one hand, they've obviously got some sort of cheater cam," I yelled above the roar of the Fox-bodied Mustang's burbling V-8, as the drivers' girlfriends flashed cleavage and blew kisses in our general direction. "But on the other hand, they did give us a case of Budweiser. I really don't see any problem here."
It's good to be the king, or at least someone with ready access to another man's girlfriend's boobs. This past weekend I was in Kershaw, South Carolina, judging the cars at the first running of LeMons South, the latest iteration of the 24 Hours of LeMons — a 24 hour-ish endurance race with one special caveat. You can't spend more than $500 on your car. Beaters of all stripes, dents, leaks, odors, and vintages enter. The car that throws the least rods (i.e. the winner) is paid $1500. In nickels. But always remember: Racing is cheating. Even with a prize purse that barely covers fuel costs, LeMons competitors cheat their asses off...
Michaelangelo - Team Post-Killing Ninja I never trust any grey-market car coming out of Florida. You could take a dead manatee, stick some wheels on it and title it at the Florida DMV." - VadGTI
Brilliantly written. One of the best motive articles to date. The team taping $5 bills to their contraband parts made me bust out. Nice!
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Oh, welcome to the Lounge. You'll probably spend a couple months in the MkIV forum - realize its garbage...then spend literally the next 8-10 years of your life here in the Car Lounge.
I would love to participate in something like that!
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Any idea where the results are? I checked their website, but they're not up yet. A friend of mine drove with the "Saabs Gone Wild" team at this event (and one other, I believe), and I'd like to see how they did.
And if anyone has a good source for photos, I wouldn't mind checking that out either. My friend sent me a few links to random people's sites, but there weren't any photos of his team.
I've also asked him for a write-up/journal of the event, and if he ever gets around to it, I'll post it here (with his permission).
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The ignorance of what you said there is so multi-faceted; it's like a kaleidoscope of ignorance.
What do you mean its not giving you boost. A hose could have just blown off. What does the car sound like? If you want help, you need to approach the situation with a little more transparency. Maybe its not giving you boost because its keeping it all for itself, because of your attitude.
Raptor Jesus, please provide us with hella sluts clad in pork garments, and whiskey of sufficient proof to kill off any trichinosis. PAH be your name, whatever and ever, amen.
I wanted to be on a team (the yellow FX16 Schumacher's Taxi Service car behind the Pinto) for that race, and the upcoming event in CT, but I decided to buy a Miata instead. I'm doing this next year, they didn't win, but had a great time doing it.
Haha, so awesome. Great job drawing our attention in with a couple paragraph's, I'm off the read the whole article now!
"Within an hour of the starting gun, two Alfa Romeo Alfettas had run their natural course and blown up (one tossed a rod, one blew an oil pump). The two teams didn't know each other, but they scrambled and built one good engine, tossed it into the best car, and kept racing. In fact, the new doubles Alfa team finished the race in 45th place! You sure as hell don't see that in F1, let alone NASCAR. I was sold; hook, line, and sinker."
Wait, who wrote this? Murrilee or Johnny? Either way, great read.
I had the "pleasure" (?) of being a volunteer on the V8olvo/Black Metal/Evil Genius/TTAC/Jalopnik/FSF team at the last 24HoL at Altamont. Both of the yahoos pictured above were part of the team, as well as the irascible JackB.
I'm hooked.
I'm now on a team prepping for the December "Arse-Freez-A-Palooza" race @ Thunderhill. I feel like a third-grader waiting for Xmas. Our car is a 1966 Plymouth Belvedere. w00t.
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I have always made a point of avoiding people who do not like root beer. They are not to be trusted any farther than they can be thrown. Root beer is truth.
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