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Damon went straight from racing in this past weekend's 24 Hours of Lemons to Japan to cover the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, so we haven't been able to corner him for a recap on his experience. Thankfully Bryan McQueen from Team Santa Cruz ran the entire race with a pair of cameras in his car pointed out the front and back. His video on YouTube shows you exactly what driving on a tight course with dozens of other insane racers is like. There are no driving lines, no apexes to consider, and no strategy other than to keep going at all costs, even at the expense of taking out your competitors. It's the live action version of Carmaggedon and downright scary and thrilling to watch. Follow the jump to view the video.
UPDATE: Team Santa Cruz uploaded a new version of the video with no soundtrack, just the aural assault of beater cars slamming into each other. Check it out after the jump.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jon @ Oct 24th 2007 2:36PM
Why do people think that all videos have to have a soundtrack? This is an enthusiast site, I'd rather listen to the car sounds.
Bryan McQueen @ Oct 24th 2007 3:21PM
I posted a new version with no music, just the sweet sounds of pedal to metal, and metal to metal contact.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGZ8bQz3wJY
thanks for the post AutoBlog.
Team Santa Cruz Drivers:
Geoff Hayford
Lane Skelton
Connor Welles
Misha Varshavsky
Mark Christie
Bryan McQueen
Joe K. @ Oct 24th 2007 2:49PM
Some of us don't mind music when we drive... plus who wants to hear a tired old Porsche bang into caprices? Looked like a lot of fun out there. I hope to make one one day, Would be difficult to justify towing a car to, plus can't guarantee the vehicle would make it home...
vectorbug @ Oct 24th 2007 10:42PM
I want to hear it!
Drew Phillips @ Oct 24th 2007 2:58PM
That looks ridiculously fun.
Rogue_G @ Oct 24th 2007 3:22PM
Damn that seven can move. I also like how you included the screw ups at that one turn many times. You gotta slow down and accelerate out of it, not INTO it! That rear end kicked out every time, hope you learned your lesson(s).
Oh, and some of those cars are serious pieces of poo. That one basically bounced right off you and nearly tipped, I hope that driver muttered a prayer of thanks he was alive after that one.
Allan @ Oct 24th 2007 3:06PM
So um... I don't know a WHOLE lot about this event and probably missed this... but is there a winner? And if so... how in the hell do they tell who it is???
jason @ Oct 24th 2007 3:52PM
yeah, there is a winner, each car has a transponder that counts laps
http://jalopnik.com/cars/racing/the-top-44-lemons-of-24-hours-of-lemons-313355.php
Big John @ Oct 24th 2007 3:45PM
As last time, clicking on the image to view the video does nothing but take me to the same page, not down to the video or anything. This is on Firefox, last time was on a Mac and this time was on WinXP.
FLR @ Oct 24th 2007 3:51PM
That race looked like a lot of fun. It reminded me of old school go cart racing, you know, the kind that aren't fast enough for you to get hurt on. The best part is there wasn't anybody on the track telling you to quit bumping. LOL
Your RX-7 was way faster than the other cars. You had the inside line on every corner.
I agree with the guy above, hit the brakes more before that tight left hander that you kept oversteering into.
ConnorW @ Oct 24th 2007 4:32PM
The car is actually a 944: http://jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2007/10/43-44.jpg
and yes thaw was the fin and sunroof flying off the back of the car
SAAj @ Oct 24th 2007 4:43PM
That was beautiful.
What exactly was that flying out of the car?
ConnorW @ Oct 24th 2007 4:47PM
see above
Rahul Nair @ Oct 24th 2007 6:11PM
Team SFF1 also had two cameras during its Lemons drive. We are still sifting through the 50+GB of raw video now but I have put up a short clip of someone pushing us off track on Sunday.
http://vimeo.com/355585
rs505 @ Oct 25th 2007 6:48PM
Yeah that was me @ the :46 mark. I remember lookin out my window and thinkin I was goin over. It was a great time for sure.
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Khanh @ Oct 25th 2007 10:57PM
Dirty drivers lol. Looks really fun though.