VIDEO: Surprise People's Curse at Goin' for Broken 24 Hours of Lemons Reno
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As of noon PST today, the inaugural Goin' for Broken 24 Hours of LeMons race at Reno-Fernley has been one of the cleanest events to date. Car-to-car contact has been kept to a minimum, penalties are normally for small infractions and the competitors haven't have been nearly as bitchy as in previous years. So after voting ended, there wasn't a clear winner/loser for People's Curse. Entries ranged from LeMons' founder Jay Lamm's Volvo wagon to... nobody. So the consensus was there was no consensus. With that, hit the jump to watch a video to see which iconic LeMons vehicle met its demise in the Nevada desert and check out our Twitter feed of the proceedings from the penalty box.
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Rob 4:03PM (5/24/2009)
Exciting, cheap form of racing with a good sense of humor = WIN
Blatant wasteful destruction of a perfectly good racecar = FAIL.
I hate it when shows destroy decent vehicles just to generate ratings. This kind of crap is lame.
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irocthief 4:30PM (5/24/2009)
meh. if i wanted to race with risk of having my car crushed id just do it on street.
amfan12 7:03PM (5/24/2009)
It is not a show though.
It is LeMons tradition to smash any car they choose fit, and the people who enter the race know this quite well.
Matt (that likes ford) 8:16PM (5/24/2009)
VW bus does not = racecar
John 7:20AM (5/25/2009)
#1, Not a race car. A VW Micro-bus. Probably saved a few lives by crushing that death trap.
#2, The people's curse is another cheating deterrent. If your car can be crushed at any time, for any reason, then you are less likely to go above and beyond the acceptable fudge factor. Thus, the event STAYS the, "Exciting, cheap form of racing with a good sense of humor = WIN".
S P 7:42PM (5/24/2009)
Somewhere, a tree hugging animal loving grass smoking hippie is crying...
At least the hubcaps look salvageable!
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schneider 9:43PM (5/24/2009)
If they didn't have a clear "winner", why didn't they just run over the Bobcat?
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ropeburn 9:57PM (5/24/2009)
SWEET PICKLE!!!!!!!
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Camarokid 10:31PM (5/24/2009)
fricking sweet crush!
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bduddy 2:56PM (5/26/2009)
Isn't the VW bus the "penalty car"?
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