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  • 24 hours of lemons

    Jalopnik Celica Gets Into Race After Heroic Fix, Goes On Black Flag Binge

    By Murilee Martin, 10:15 PM on Sat Sep 13 2008, 2,214 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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    The '88 Celica GT-S, manned by Jalopnoids Andy Didorosi and Ben Wojdyla, showed up for tech inspection three hours and 22 minutes after the race began, then proceeded to rack up three black flags for what TheEastBayKid calls "hitting stuff." He also says they're "pretty quick when they're out there." And… oh, no! Late-breaking news from the track says the Celica "blew a hub and launched the wheel," and had to be dragged off the track. Damn!

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