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more about #24hoursoflemons more comments → Avastmateys: With all these engines blowing up I can't believe that Zmax and WatterWetter don't sponsor this thing. It's a freaking torture test for crappy cars an... more » philibuster: Did you stuff the interior with batting to increase the effective box volume? If not: for shame. more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: Clever, well-executed, of questionable taste, of questionable sanity...all funny. LeMons = WIN more » Schweppes - Now with more school work: Even with the Tigra and Bunny video above I still couldn't place the decade the song was from. This mash up also seems Jalopnik/ Lemons appropriate: ... more » WindowsBreakerG4: Is Evil Genuis ever going to bring their black ops vehicle?! I know what it is but it's never been ran as far as I know. more » souldoubt88: I was able to read all of the jackets except the one on the far right. what does it say? more » CptSevere: I'm surprised anyone gets anything done all weekend what with all the tomfoolery and silliness that goes on at these affairs. I'd be cracking up so ha... more » evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars: Inspired choice on the song there. I think it would be an excellent choice to play over any racetrack PA system whenever a car sheds it's motor all ov... more » Novaload: Every Lemons is like the coolest Halloween, with the people AND the cars dressing up. These are pure win. more » Super Traction Engine: I have found some potential Le Mons cars. Would they allow a custom van to race? Or a 60's Ford truck? more » -
#24hoursoflemons
A Treasury Of 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Costumes, Part II
How can you tell the "serious" racers from the ones who really get the 24 Hours Of LeMons? Team costumes! Following up our first Team Costume Treasury, here's Part II! More » -
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Ghost Ride The Whip Box Relies On Junkyard Goodness, Gets Thumbs-Up From Tigra And Bunny
The Ghost Ride The Whip 24 Hours Of LeMons penalty doesn't need much explaining: screw up on the track, you and your team dance your way around the paddock while on or around a LeMons Supreme Court Official Vehicle. More » -
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What's It Like Racing A $500 Porsche 928 Shooting Brake?
First thing you need to know: the Members Only Porsche 928 LeMons car isn't a factory shooting brake; the freaks at Evil Genius Racing made that engine-turned roof themselves. More » -
#questionoftheday
Take The Same Automotive Trivia Test We Forced On LeMons Miscreants In The Penalty Box!
A recent addition to the Toolbox-O-Crueltyâ„¢ used by the LeMons Supreme Court is the Trivia Test. We've got a half-dozen tests, written by members of the Court, and miscreants generally get the choice between LeMons trivia and general car trivia. More » -
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The Top 152 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 2009!
The 21st race in 24 Hours Of LeMons history took place in Northern California last weekend, and we saw a BMW E30 take the overall win for the second time in a row, bringing BMW's LeMons win total to four. More » -
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For The First Time, Chief Perp Lamm Claims A LeMons Car For 500 Bucks!
We totally believed the story behind the drug-smuggling Paraguayan S600 Benz, and so the big V12-powered German got zero penalty laps during the BS Inspection. However, a good story won't save you from the claimer rule! More » -
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Wienerschmoker E30 Gets Shiny Side Down, Brings Arse Freeze Rollover Total To Three
Tying the old LeMons record from last year's Thunderhill event, three cars flipped over at the '09 Arse Freeze-A-Palooza. In every case the driver suffered zero injuries, which should serve as a counter-argument to those whining about "overkill" rollcage specifications. More » -
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V8olvo Gets Upside-Down, Roof Barely Dented: Volvo Bricks As Sturdy As Advertised!
After a little mishap with a TR7 on Saturday, the Scuderia Flatpack V8olvo (formerly the Black Metal V8olvo) suffered a much worse setback late in the race today, when it attempted to share space with a '67 Plymouth Fury. More » -
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And The Other Winner Is...
Pandamonium Racing, the team that placed 78th in last year's Arse Freeze-A-Palooza, did everything right this weekend: drove clean, didn't break the car, and didn't panic even with several wild-eyed competitors going all-out to catch them. More » -
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And The Winner Is...
Since we all care more about the Index Of Effluency than we do about the overall winner, I'm going to take advantage of my very limited internet access to share the IOE winner with you: Purple Lemon Racing's 1969 Beetle! More » -
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Italian Cars Totally Reliable At Arse Freeze, Just About Everything Else Blows Up
Race cars built for 500 bucks and thrashed on a tough endurance course for hour after hour tend to develop a few problems. OK, they develop many problems! More » -
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More British Leyland Carnage: Spinout-Happy TR7 T-Boned By V8olvo
The guys driving the V8-powered Volvo 244 were hoping to follow up their victory at Buttonwillow with another this weekend, but the Buick V6-powered Wedginator Triumph has made that goal much, much harder to reach. More » -
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Killer Bee MGB Wipes Out, Gets Rolled Into Ball Of British Leyland Scrap
Yes, one of our favorite Index Of Effluency contenders went into the dirt and flipped over yesterday afternoon. That's the bad news. The good news is that the driver of the Killer Bee MGB wasn't hurt. More » -
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Day One In The Books, Germans Dominate Top Five
Many cars have been sidelined by the usual mechanical problems, but some have just kept on going around and around and around. With the first session of racing over, we've got three Germans and two Japanese in the top five. More » -
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One Hour To Go, Pandamonium BMW E30 Leading
You may remember Pandamonium Racing as the team that brought us the 24 Hours Of LeMons Jackass Reel last year. This is also the team that donated number 43 to the Ãœber Birds. At the moment, Pandamonium leads the race! More » -
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Yes, You Can Buy A "Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R" LeMons Team Shirt!
Many, many readers were all in a tizzy after they saw the LeMons Team Shirt-stravaganza last weekend, because they needed to obtain a Team JDL BMW team T-shirt. Well, now you can- just in time for Hanukkah shopping! More » -
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They're Racing!
150 cars, more or less, have hit the track at Thunderhill. The casualties started building up yesterday, with a Porsche 944 and a Neon losing their engines during practice, and we expect to see more cars a-blowin' up now. More » -
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Watch Eight Hours Of Arse Freeze-A-Palooza BS Inspection In Three Minutes!
Racing will be getting underway in a few hours, so what better way to prepare than by watching a timelapse video of all the cars that came into the LeMons Supreme Court's clutches yesterday? Here we go! More » -
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Adventures In Depreciation: 1995 Mercedes-Benz S600 Gets Zero Penalty Laps At The Arse Freeze!
We've seen the LeMons depreciation record shattered, with the '89 BMW 750iL that reigned supreme in that category since its (brief) appearance at the The Lamest Day knocked off its pedestal! More » -
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Ãœber Bird!
Those of you who followed the saga of Mad_Science's LeMons 6 Series know that some difficulties held them back at the Buttonwillow Histrionics over the summer. They've made a few changes since then. More » -
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The BS Inspections Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 2009
Whew! The largest number of entries we've ever had roll past the LeMons Supreme Court. The rain fell, the wind blew, and the penalty-lap hammer came down on many a racer's skull. More » -
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Inside Those Crazy Motorcycle-Engined LeMons Racers
You've seen the Angry Hamster Racing V65 Magna-powered Honda Z600 under construction, and of course you're familiar with the LeMons-winning CBR900-powered Geo Metro-Gnome… but the engineering behind these two machines pushes the LeMons Insane-O-Meterâ„¢ into the red numbers. More » -
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Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
Since our last LeMons team T-shirt post my shirt collection has nearly doubled; not only do I get them as bribes from teams, but Chief Perp Lamm has kindlydumpedgiven his collectiononto me. More » -
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Soviet Flags and West Virginia Trailer Parks: The Penalties Of The Yeehaw It's Texas 24 Hours Of LeMons
You already know about the Cultural Revolution Penalty, but that wasn't the only special punishment that the LeMons Supreme Court cooked up for those Texas miscreants! More » -
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The Yeehaw It's Texas 24 Hours Of LeMons Ãœber Gallery
Yes, it's Ãœber Time again, after a hiatus of a couple of races (sorry, participants of the South Fall '09 and Lamest Day races, no ÃœGs for you). Nearly 2,000 photos of the action from Texas! More » -
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Porsche 928 To Take On Renault Alliance, 158 Other Heaps: LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 2009!
Get ready for the final race of the 2009 season, taking place in two weeks at chilly Thunderhill Raceway! More cars than ever before, and the most staggeringly wrong collection of vehicles ever seen on the same track. More » -
#dragracing
LeMons Veteran Bikini Racer Goes Even Faster When Limited To 1,320 Feet
Some of you had questions about Texas LeMons driver Anna aka Bikini Racer when you saw a few photos of her last weekend. Does she drive? Is she really a racer? More » -
#roadtrips
Alameda To Los Angeles (and Partway Back) In 90 Seconds!
Once you start putting timelapse still cameras on cars, it's hard to stop! That's why I rigged up the CHDK-equipped BumperCam II on the dash of the ol' Civic when I headed down to SoCal on Friday night. More » -
#engineswap
LeMons Madness Level Gets Kicked Up A Few More Notches: V65 Magna-Powered Honda Z600!
Did you think the LeMons-winning CBR900RR-powered Geo Metro Gnome is a good idea? Well, then you're going to love this car, which is even now being prepared for next month's Arse Freeze-a-Palooza LeMons! More » -
#hoonoftheday
Pace Bus On The Race Track: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
When we showed up at the race track for the Yeehaw It's Texas 24 Hours Of LeMons last weekend, the LeMons Supreme Court spotted an Orion II with TARC markings in the paddock. We knew right away: Pace Bus! More »
