Xargs commented on When You Go From 44th To 15th Place In Six Hours, You Get A Few Dings, at 1:15 AM on May 14 We (ONSET) got our Cavalier MORE abused later by the feckless wonder V8olvo. more »

Xargs commented on How Much Risk Are You Willing To Take?, at 12:29 AM on May 13 @my favorite car is a... more »

Xargs commented on How Much Risk Are You Willing To Take?, at 11:48 PM on May 12 Yep, cars sure seem safe after 20 years of riding motorcycles in Bay Area traffic.. Every member of our Lemons race team has years of experience riding motorcycles at unreasonable velocities on some of the greater Bay Area backroads, so this whole car racing thing seemed pretty tame. I was a roadracer for 10 years or so, in the top 10~ish percent of the club racing scene for a brief time, and I have for sure the 'less self preservation instinct than might be appropriate' gene under those circumstances. more »

Xargs commented on Krider Racing Wins 2008 24 Hours of LeMons Race At Altamont, at 9:49 AM on May 12 We love you too, Jonny. ONSET (that 'effin Cavalier wagon...) You guys were seriously quick in that agglomeration of Swedish and American and god knows what other iron. more »

Xargs commented on Krider Racing Wins 2008 24 Hours of LeMons Race At Altamont, at 1:25 AM on May 12 Ha! more »

Xargs commented on What's Your Favorite 80's Video Game?, at 4:52 AM on Apr 15 OUTRUN music [www.pressplayontape.com] Go to the bottom of the download page for full effect Magical Sound Shower... Racing Destruction Set for the C64, man was that game cool. more »

Xargs commented on It's On! Make Magazine's LeMons Team Disses Black Metal V8olvo!, at 10:23 AM on Apr 13 @Murilee: Dammit! more »

Xargs commented on It's On! Make Magazine's LeMons Team Disses Black Metal V8olvo!, at 5:03 PM on Apr 12 Good luck BOTH out-handling and out toughing the mighty Cavalier. Altamont's a bullring, I'll be amazed if they manage to keep people in check, but hopeful all the same. more »

Xargs commented on And Now, Your Jalopnik Moment Of Zen..., at 10:10 AM on Mar 29 Jinx Hearst, or Maya Chipmunk, or Max Moon Valley. more »

Xargs commented on So You Want to Buy A Messerschmitt, at 11:52 AM on Feb 14 #$%&! more »

Xargs commented on The Die Is Cast: Work Begins On 24 Hours of LeMons Car!, at 10:10 PM on Jan 21 Don't forget to move the fuel filler inboard. more »

Xargs commented on Honda CB1100F Production Confirmed, at 12:28 PM on Jan 17 The display model's even got ABS. more »

Xargs commented on Honda CB1100F Production Confirmed, at 12:09 PM on Jan 17 Aw c'mon. more »

Xargs commented on Jalopnik Commenter's Cavalier Wagon Comes In 9th At Thunderhill!, at 6:00 PM on Jan 4 @twx: Don't give us any more ideas. more »

Xargs commented on Jalopnik Commenter's Cavalier Wagon Comes In 9th At Thunderhill!, at 5:59 PM on Jan 4 My fastest lap of the weekend was 8 laps from the end. more »

Xargs commented on Jalopnik Commenter's Cavalier Wagon Comes In 9th At Thunderhill!, at 3:59 PM on Jan 4 @Ltdscott: As teh 2nd chicane got widened by bumping, eventually you could do just about the whole front straight after the first chicane flat out (at least in the Cav) and put the moves on people in Turn 1 if you had the line and the grip. more »

Xargs commented on Jalopnik Commenter's Cavalier Wagon Comes In 9th At Thunderhill!, at 3:53 PM on Jan 4 @teargas: The Vauxhall Cavalier actually won the BTCC in 1995, but by then it was an Opel. People did race the 1981-'88 Cavaliers in England, they were actually J-cars during that period. more »