2008 24 Hours of LeMons Thunderhill: Let the madness commence
Over 100 racers have taken to the track for the 2008 24 Hours of LeMons at Thunderhill, and the field of competitors is as disturbing as it is vast, with every marque, drivetrain and criminally indecent act of automobiledom represented in spades.
The green flag dropped about two minutes ago and we're already at a loss to describe the vast expanse of potential carnage ahead. We're in the process of picking out our favorites, and after meeting up with the esteemed Mr. Lieberman, we learned that a new cheater class (four cars that amassed between 700 and 2,100 penalty laps each) has been established to separate the lightly-veiled racers from the usual assortment of crap can conveyances.
Naturally, as we're typing the green flag has gone back to yellow after an off-track excursion at turn five. Let the attrition begin...
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Chris 2:00PM (12/27/2008)
Good lord, 700-2100 laps? What the hell kind of cars did they think were worth $7500-$21500? I hate assholes that try to ruin things like this.
www.lemons300zx.blogspot.com
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Eric 2:03PM (12/27/2008)
Was the CBR powered car relinquished to the cheater's class? I read the rules and buying the car/engine/drive train must have been more the $500 for sure.
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sdcarnut 2:40PM (12/27/2008)
Hey ESPN ( abc ) speed channel, are you reading about all this fun ? id much rather watch this on espn than nascar ! Lots of drama, truma and back stories that go with developing and contributing to this race series. also there real cars and real driver's .....
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Mobius_1 2:47PM (12/27/2008)
Go on guys! Yay!
I would love to see Top Gear (USA) take this on, would be hilarious.
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olddavid 3:06PM (12/27/2008)
I second......and third, and fourth- the proposition that this "spectacle" be televised. What fun this would be! The sponsors? Schucks, Carquest, NAPA, as well as your local U-Pull-It. I should be working the phones right now, putting the package together. I'm sure when Steve Earle first thought of racing old cars "they" said what a folly, it can't be done, etc., etc. What was this last year? Thirty? Now where is my ten page rollodex?
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bhtooefr 7:26PM (12/27/2008)
Every drivetrain? Really? Mid-engine FWD, too? ;)
(There actually have been mid-engine FWD cars, even some sold in the US, but the only ones cheap enough to run in LeMons would be Renault LeCars, IIRC. :P)
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Gerald Reining 10:07PM (12/27/2008)
This event is way cooler to participate in or to go and spectate. It needs something like Dust to Glory produced about it. No words can decribe being part of the whole shenanigans. We can't wait till June to race again.
Team Buckaroo
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