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    What's It Like When Your Mazda Sheds A Wheel On The Race Track?

    The Best LeMons Team Application Video Ever: Porsche-Driving Team Rooster Juice!

    Cry For Me Argentina and Socialist Indoctrination: The Penalties Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons South Fall 2009

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    Race On! Burnt Amazon, Needlessly Complex Milano Back On The Track
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    Image of Theimbellis Theimbellis
    09/26/09

    In reply to What's It Like When Your Mazda Sheds A Wheel On The Race Track?
    Watching Miatas wrecking isn't as interesting as watching blind cockroaches walking into each other.
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    Murilee Martin promoted this comment Theimbellis was starred Theimbellis was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/26/09

    @Theimbellis: RX-7. It's in the first sentence.
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    Image of Gaseous Clay Gaseous Clay
    09/26/09

    @Theimbellis: I see it's contagious.. Miata comment on the RX7 post.
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    Image of Theimbellis Theimbellis
    09/26/09

    @Gaseous Clay: Yeah, so? RX-7 is pretty much useless, just as useless as a Miata.

    ...Just like a Rolex watch, it's good for 4-5 years then dies.
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    Image of vr6john vr6john
    09/26/09

    @Theimbellis: your first troll was better even though you got the car wrong...this troll you didn't even try...
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    Murilee Martin promoted this comment vr6john was starred vr6john was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/26/09

    @vr6john: He (or she) does contribute to the discussion sometimes, so the trolls are tolerated as a necessary byproduct.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    09/26/09

    @Murilee Martin: I've never seen anything but troll-esque comments emanate from that username, and strange third person comments. I tend to ignore them myself- if they aren't troll-ey, they are obviously ignorant and not worthy of response.
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    Image of quayzar quayzar
    09/27/09

    @Theimbellis: I'm surprised I didn't see a Suxs0rs or Ro0LeZ in your comment somewhere.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    09/26/09

    In reply to What's It Like When Your Mazda Sheds A Wheel On The Race Track?
    Our Amazon lost a wheel in the first race, while I was driving, and the car simply skidded to a stop (I was fortunate enough to be able to get it off course!) Of course, that was a front wheel- losing a rear wheel is much, much more dangerous- especially in a turn!
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    Image of Gaseous Clay Gaseous Clay
    09/26/09

    In reply to What's It Like When Your Mazda Sheds A Wheel On The Race Track?
    It amazes me that a car as low centered as a Miata would flip like that rather than just sliding off into the grass. If it had slid then hooked the edge and rolled, sure - but this sucker jumps like it had an ACME hydraulic ram underneath it.

    One moment, rolling through the corner - the next.. yard sale.
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    mechimike promoted this comment Gaseous Clay was starred Gaseous Clay was unstarred
    Image of mechimike mechimike
    09/26/09

    @Gaseous Clay: It was an RX-7, but yeah, pretty freaky still. I think the wheel got shoved under the back of the car, since he was on a corner, and that poped the back end up and initiated the roll. Sort of like when a swing-axle car gets lose in back around a turn. (Think Tatra, VW, Corvair, Porche)
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    Image of Gaseous Clay Gaseous Clay
    09/26/09

    @mechimike: dOH! Pretty bad how my eyes read RX7 & my brain thought miata... must have been due to the spec miata post I had just read.

    Regardless, I bet you are right that the wheel became a ramp.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/26/09

    @Gaseous Clay: The driver of the RX-7 was sure that he'd been hit, which is what it felt like in the car.
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    Image of UnlimitedRevs UnlimitedRevs
    09/26/09

    In reply to What's It Like When Your Mazda Sheds A Wheel On The Race Track?
    He was on a roll.

    ...sorry.
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    Nick promoted this comment UnlimitedRevs was starred UnlimitedRevs was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    09/26/09

    @UnlimitedRevs: do it right.

    He must be butter 'cause he is on a roll.

    /RIP Steve Mazur
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    Edited by Nick at 09/26/09 2:10 PM Nick was starred Nick was unstarred
    Image of korvetkeith king of teh horsepowers! korvetkeith king of teh horsepowers!
    09/22/09

    In reply to The Best LeMons Team Application Video Ever: Porsche-Driving Team Rooster Juice!
    Hipster beer. Hipster music. Bleh, other than it's all good.
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    Murilee Martin promoted this comment korvetkeith king of teh horsepowers! was starred korvetkeith king of teh horsepowers! was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/25/09

    @korvetkeith king of teh horsepowers!: Most hipsters I know would rather eat ground glass than listen to Weezer, though maybe some of them listen to it, you know, ironically.
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    Edited by Murilee Martin at 09/25/09 2:36 AM Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of brandegee brandegee
    09/20/09

    In reply to Cry For Me Argentina and Socialist Indoctrination: The Penalties Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons South Fall 2009
    So much awesome in this post. Thank you.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    09/20/09

    In reply to The Best LeMons Team Application Video Ever: Porsche-Driving Team Rooster Juice!
    Anyone balls enough to play with the (insert letter) -tronic is worthy.

    Nice videos.
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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    09/20/09

    In reply to The Best LeMons Team Application Video Ever: Porsche-Driving Team Rooster Juice!
    you have to approve those guys, if at least for proving that Abe Vigoda is still alive. And letting him race in LeMons!
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    Image of I was drivin' that Model A I was drivin' that Model A
    09/20/09

    In reply to The Best LeMons Team Application Video Ever: Porsche-Driving Team Rooster Juice!
    I'd never be able to change the radio station fast enough if this song started playing, but it's absolutely perfect for what is a video short-story better than most of what is on television.

    Guys, good work...all around.

    If it wouldn't screw things up, I'd lobby for a LeMons reality show. Real reality, too. Sometimes the oddly-timed spontaneous shit is the funniest.

    That Lincoln's engine is incredible sounding...when it's mobile. Though it sounds like they locked the transmission in 2nd gear, which I can understand the logic, but it'd be even quicker, while moving, if it could hit third.
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    Edited by I was drivin' that Model A at 09/20/09 8:43 PM I was drivin' that Model A was starred I was drivin' that Model A was unstarred
    Image of ummagumma82 ummagumma82
    09/21/09

    @so I goes to the local bar, y'know, people: I think it's actually in first-- due to its fairly high redline and ridiculously tall gearing, it'll get to 55-60 mph. 2nd gear tops out at ~95.

    I have two Mark VIIIs and I love 'em. That's pretty much what they sound and act like from the factory; the engine is (thankfully) surprisingly loud, and it pulls like crazy past 3000 rpm. Reliability is decent for a high-tech domestic car, but of course that's not saying a whole lot. Unless overheated, the engine is absolutely bulletproof, though.
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    so I goes to the local bar, y'know, people promoted this comment ummagumma82 was starred ummagumma82 was unstarred
    Image of I was drivin' that Model A I was drivin' that Model A
    09/21/09

    @ummagumma82:

    I feel less-bad about considering these as a beater-car replacement last January.

    A new Baby Beater-Benz beat it.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/20/09

    In reply to The Best LeMons Team Application Video Ever: Porsche-Driving Team Rooster Juice!
    Surely these guys will get accepted with that video--it's great--except for the soundtrack but then again, it kinda fits.
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    Image of freds4hb freds4hb
    09/20/09

    In reply to The Best LeMons Team Application Video Ever: Porsche-Driving Team Rooster Juice!
    Those Chumpcar guys have a deal going if you bring your lemons rejection letter ($100 bucks off) www.chumpcar.com
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    Image of BRAWNDO_POWERED BRAWNDO_POWERED
    09/20/09

    @freds4hb: If one were going to make a rip-off of .Lemons, why wouldn't one at least try to make it different? I think tossing out the expensive safety requirements might snag some teams. (not that I'm condoning that, it just doesn't make sense to do a complete carbon-copy of Lemons and in no way change it).
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    Image of tonyfreak215 tonyfreak215
    09/21/09

    @BRAWNDO_POWERED: The chumpcar guys are actually having events down in my area. The nearest Lemons race is too far away.
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    Image of freds4hb freds4hb
    09/21/09

    @brawndo_powered: As you can see by the article Lemons is super popular. Also, there are a lot of people that don't get to participate due to it being so full (it is a ton of fun and I love what Lemons is by the way). As there are a lot of people that haven't got to participate in this style of racing ChumpCar has come along to fill that extra need. They do have some other rules and regs to make it a bit different. Feel free to check out the differences at the site (the rules and F.A.Q. all address this point). Additionally the focus is on not overlapping with lemons events (200 miles and 30 days) so that lemons drivers can do ChumpCar events as well. The whole point is to get more people racing. The point is not to "rip-off," it is to provide racing opportunity.
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    Turboner promoted this comment freds4hb was starred freds4hb was unstarred
    Image of Turboner Turboner
    09/21/09

    @freds4hb: Dittos, it is nice to have an event closer to home for denizens of the PNW, but I am going to be in Maui during the Portland race. The only thing different, from what I can tell, is the lack of a theme requirement. If this ruins it for you, then maybe you don't really need to find an "affordable" road race?

    Go Dirty Drifters!
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    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    09/20/09

    In reply to The Best LeMons Team Application Video Ever: Porsche-Driving Team Rooster Juice!
    That one-second clip of Phoebe Cates from Fast Times was enough to cause me to make teh juice.

    And while I knew LeMons was the fasting growing motorsport in the universe, it never dawned on me that applicants actually get rejected. Like paulmer below, I too wonder the most common cause of rejection. For me, it's usually due to social awkwardness.
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    Image of KTown_WhiteBoy KTown_WhiteBoy
    09/20/09

    In reply to Cry For Me Argentina and Socialist Indoctrination: The Penalties Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons South Fall 2009
    The "stash" for the Chronic Search penalty was found immediately, amid accusations of the lucky justice being part German Shepherd. I thought this was one of the funniest penalties, second only to watching a couple of guys try to put a BMW on 4 jackstands on some very soft ground.

    I also saw 2 or 3 really pissed off drivers writing "Even though I wrote 'I will not go all 4 off' 100 times, I still went all 4 off."
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    09/20/09

    @KTown_WhiteBoy: "Even though I wrote I will not spin out one hundred times, I still spun out."

    I'll never forget that stupid sentence!
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    Image of paulmer hates electric cars paulmer hates electric cars
    09/20/09

    In reply to The Best LeMons Team Application Video Ever: Porsche-Driving Team Rooster Juice!
    Why do most teams get rejected? Is it for a lack of humor or what?

    It's definitely a pipedream, but I want to race an E32 750 in 24HoL..perhaps I shall call my team Serious Business Racing :D

    would be epic, 332ft-lb of torque in a lightened chassis tearing around the track, passing all who stand in the way
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    Murilee Martin promoted this comment Edited by paulmer hates electric cars at 09/20/09 7:18 PM paulmer hates electric cars was starred paulmer hates electric cars was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/20/09

    @paulmer hates electric cars: They get rejected because there's not enough room on the track for everybody. This mostly applies to the West Coast, MSR, and CMP races; New England and New Orleans usually have open slots pretty late in the application schedule.
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    Image of paulmer hates electric cars paulmer hates electric cars
    09/20/09

    @Murilee Martin: Surely a V12 would be priority over an E30 or Miatia, I would hope? :D
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/20/09

    @paulmer hates electric cars: Yes, there is a 99.99 and several more nines percent chance that a V12 car will get in.
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    Image of Clown Shoe Pilot Clown Shoe Pilot
    09/20/09

    @Murilee Martin: and only a slightly smaller chance of it having a catastrophic (pronounced "totally awesome") failure somewhere on track.

    i'm a giant bmw nerd, and i love that v12 engine, but i don't have the heuvos to bring one racing :)
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    Image of Captain Liverspots Captain Liverspots
    09/20/09

    In reply to Cry For Me Argentina and Socialist Indoctrination: The Penalties Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons South Fall 2009
    I do really like the WV Homesteader penalty, but as a stickler for regional accuracy, I feel like this penalty is incomplete without incorporating a satellite dish. And not the modern ones, either. I'm talking about the old-school, whole-yard variety.
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    FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway promoted this comment Captain Liverspots was starred Captain Liverspots was unstarred
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