2009 LeMons Reno: Goin' for Broken, Day Two
by Alex Nunez on May 24th 2009 at 11:02AM 
Click above for an action-filled gallery of the 24 Hours of LeMons: Reno
Monaco. Indy. Reno. Sure, the first two have fancy TV coverage and all kinds of history working in their favor this weekend, but Reno has LeMons, hilarious cars, and Damon on the ground covering the events as they happen via Twitter. He's posting photos and video with his updates, which you can (and should) follow at http://www.twitter.com/autobloglemons.
Special thanks go out to Autoblog reader Dat Nguyen, who headed to Reno specifically because we saw that we were there. Dat caught up with Damon and then cemented his status in the Autoblog Reader Hall of Fame by taking some great photos for us, a sampling of which you can look at in the gallery below. He's got even more posted up at his Flickr account, which you should absolutely check out as well. So, big ups to Dat, and to Damon for tweeting away feverishly to keep us appraised of the ongoing wheeled mayhem. Watch for more updates from Damon today after he gets up and addresses some issues we're sure he'll be dealing with before the festivities in Reno get back underway.
If you missed Damon's Day 1 summary, check it out here.
Photos copyright ©2009 Dat Nguyen, used with permission.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Guticb 11:07AM (5/24/2009)
How much horsepower does that spoiler add? ;)
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Jake B 2:45PM (5/24/2009)
At least a hundred horses to be sure.
The good thing about the ZX is that if you drive it into a wall you can always use that inline six in an earlier Z yay.
goppeltygook 2:43AM (5/26/2009)
That ZX doesn't have an inline. All 300's were made with a V-6.
kal326 9:57AM (5/26/2009)
What about the hood scoop? My 85T had the little driver side scoop that vented onto the intake pipe, really weak version on an inter-cooler if you could even call it that.
sean 11:49AM (5/24/2009)
Sweet! Saturday June 6th its BABE v. LeMons on the drag strip down in N.O.
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Tomac 12:01PM (5/24/2009)
It's funny, I always look at these LeMons pics and see many cars I'd like to own. I have a soft spot for BMW E30s, E28s, Volvo 140s, 240s and 740s, and Datsun 240Zs and 510s. Anything with RWD and modest power makes exploring the limits fun at even low speeds. They can be cheap fun without as much risk.
Also, was that a pic of a fastback Alfa? How uncommon is that in the States?
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bmwMontreal 12:20PM (5/24/2009)
Please stop putting stuff on twitter. Or at least put a summary up here after the even has completed. I really don't want to know how they event is going in 140 characters or less. Are you really trying to make your target market 'tweens?
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Ken 12:37PM (5/24/2009)
2nd. So freaking sick of Twitter this, Twitter that. Twitter sucks.
And I have to work, otherwise I would go out and watch :-(
Kunikos 11:48AM (5/25/2009)
Yeah, twitter is a horrid way to do just about anything. The worst of all worlds.
Smegley 12:27PM (5/24/2009)
I seriously think this is perhaps the coolest organized sports event of all time. There isn't one vehicle in these pics that doesn't make me smile and climb behind the wheel of.
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Blacknimbus 12:52PM (5/24/2009)
Dat Nguyen? Did you get to see his Superbowl ring? ;)
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Damon Lavrinc 1:24PM (5/24/2009)
We're doing the twitter feed just for ease of use. I can post from my phone, upload pics and videos, and generally keep you up to date in a more timely fashion. It just works.
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bmwMontreal 2:04PM (5/24/2009)
No beef with that, can we expect a more detailed conclusion after the finale? similar to: http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/31/24-hours-of-lemons-2008-part-v-we-finish-in-9th-place/ Obviously as an autoblog project car those were special circumstances, but maybe even a copy and paste of the good updates for those not down with the fad? Worst case scenario, maybe just the good awards like: http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/11/24-hours-of-lemons-wrap-up-galleries-standings-and-stories/
Erik Tomlinson 1:11AM (5/25/2009)
Excellent photography, looks like a lot of fun.
I hope one of the Volvos wins :-)
That Fiero-as-Landspeeder gets a big thumbs-up from me too.
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