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    The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!

    Good Morning America Drives The Strange Green Cars Of The Future

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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    05/30/09

    In reply to The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!
    BTW that was my team's Camaro motor knocking and shooting water out of the exhaust manifold. Hooray, we made national TV for having a shitty car!
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    05/30/09

    In reply to The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!
    For the record, Murilee, Loverman, and Chief Justice Lamm... I love you guys. Don't ever change.


    Well... I mean... change your clothes and stuff... but, like... the racing, and the personalities... and... you know...


    Yeah, I'll just go sit over here now.

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    Image of brickyard brickyard
    05/30/09

    In reply to The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!
    What fear for LeMons, and also for Jalop, is that it will get big enough to get 'tidied': nothing said or done that might offend anyone's delicate sensibilities in any way. There seems to be no shortage of nannies that have respect for everything but freedom of speech and please God, just a bit of humor in this grim circus.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/30/09

    @brickyard: As long as Jay Lamm is in charge, it won't get tidied.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    05/30/09

    @Murilee Martin: Boo tidiness! BTW, your's and Loverman's facial hair look even more epic in motion.
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    Image of Bret Bret
    05/30/09

    In reply to The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!
    Woo Hoo! We made it to the big time! That Becky creature sure did seem to think very highly of herself. She informed me that I was the first Gorilla she had interviewed. I replied, "Likewise".


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    Image of .357 .357
    05/30/09

    @Bret: At least at the end of the day you can take the suit off.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    05/30/09

    @Bret: You should have had her interview Le Stig.


    What does Morse code sound like in French?

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/30/09

    @Bret: So that's why it cut off so quickly.


    @TriumphRacer: Oh hairy squishmas, a hero is you.

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    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    05/30/09

    In reply to The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!
    It seems to me that LeMons will always be a niche sport due to all the costs of safety equipment for the car, driver registration, and driver helmets/jumpsuits. The viewership may expand due to increased coverage, but you have to be pretty gung ho to actually field a car it seems.


    I suppose the organizers could totally go corporate, brah, on the safety equipment side of things with sponsorships, and you can argue that's a bad thing, but anything that brings the cost to participants down and thus expands the field is a good thing in my book. LeMons is getting national coverage because it's deserving of it.


    So long as there are 40s of malt liquor poured into cars in desert heat, I feel safe claiming No Sell Out. S1Ws, step.

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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    05/30/09

    @chief wide logger: I don't think it's the safety equipment that will keep the douchebags and the guys who are too serious away from LeMons, it's the totally sane, in no way humiliating penalties and the risk of having their precious car crushed.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    05/30/09

    In reply to The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!
    That is awesome! But I hope this won't change LeMons in any way whatsoever, and please, please, no random douchebags who bring "$500" dollar cars and drive like a destruction derby.


    Well, I'm guessing there will be plenty of new, creative and totally humane and orthodox penalties to discourage that kind of behaviour.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/31/09

    @Mobius_1: "...no random douchebags who bring "$500" dollar cars and drive like a destruction derby."


    Altamont?

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/30/09

    In reply to The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!
    It was cool when LeMons was almost a secret club but it will totally rock the big time too. Who knows, some day maybe there there will be the first LeMons International! Just imagine ancient Citroens roaring against Morris Minors and Isettas--wow. The future's so bright, you gotta wear shades!
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    Image of kww kww
    05/30/09

    In reply to The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!
    Murilee, was that you talking about penalties? Nice work!
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/30/09

    @kww: Yeah, that was right after Justice Lieberman said "your show sucks" to Ms. Worley and I admitted that I'd never actually watched it. We're lucky to be on there at all.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    05/30/09

    @Murilee Martin: Oh Murilee, you're so sexy.


    I feel kinda special that I knew two people featured on Good Morning America.

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    Image of Jonny Lieberman Jonny Lieberman
    05/30/09

    @Murilee Martin: I did not say the show sucked. I simply inquired as to why she was wasting time with us clowns when their was an American Idol controversy they could be devoting precious air time to.
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    Image of Jonny Lieberman Jonny Lieberman
    05/30/09

    @Jonny Lieberman: there
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    05/30/09

    In reply to The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!
    I really want to do LeMons, even though being unemployed and having no friends remotely local to me prevents it. However, I did find a running K-car on craigslist... Price? Free.

    That's my kinda starting point! Plus, it's a K-car. What could possibly go wrong???
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/30/09

    @I wish for a D/FW LeMons: Indeed.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    05/30/09

    @I wish for a D/FW LeMons: Yeah, how hard could it be?


    With a K-Car you could probably play for free. If you can get a runner for free just think how many parts cars are out there ripe for the picking by anyone with a trailer. Get some sponsors to cover the cage, safety gear, a couple sets of tires, entry fees, transport/lodging, and bribes for judicial leniency and you'll be good to go.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/30/09

    @I wish for a D/FW LeMons: I wanna race you in a K-Car, K-Car, K-Car!
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    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    05/30/09

    In reply to The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!
    I haven't seen the word jalopy in print since Chet Morton brought his old yellow POS up from the farm and parked it on the Hardy Boys' lawn.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    05/30/09

    @chief wide logger: Hardy Boys FTMFW!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/30/09

    @chief wide logger: Fuckin' yeah! They were some of my favorite books as a kid. I only wished they'd used real car makes in their descriptions so I wouldn't have to imagine 'em.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    05/30/09

    In reply to The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!
    Caught it this morning and called a few guys letting them know to watch.


    Good segment, they did a pretty good job of showing off the series and the comments after by the hosts were also funny.


    LeMons for the win.


    Take that Na$car.

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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    05/30/09

    @lilwillie's runs Vampires down with E21: "The comments after by the hosts were also funny." I didn't see it, so I can't speak with authority on this particular segment. However, I survived several years of that leaky douchebag Bill Weir as the evening sports anchor on the L.A. ABC affiliate, and when he was suddenly replaced by the wonderful Rob Fukuzaki, I thought that my silent prayers had been answered, and that Mr. "I'm always auditioning for Sportscenter and aren't I snarky?" had been hit by a bus full of rabid wolverines. Then I find him on weekend GMA. There is no God.


    Wait, what?

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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    05/30/09

    In reply to The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!
    For the record, we'll totally sell out to corporate sponsors. I mean, that six-cylinder motor isn't going to install itself into my 2002.
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    Image of Jonny Lieberman Jonny Lieberman
    05/30/09

    @theeastbaykid: Nick, just bring the 2002 and the engine and tell some 4-strike blag flag all stars that they have to get it installed before they can race again.


    Think like a judge

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/30/09

    @Jonny Lieberman: You must be getting soft! You make them provide the engine!
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of Jonny Lieberman Jonny Lieberman
    05/30/09

    @Murilee Martin: I am getting soft
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    Image of .357 .357
    05/30/09

    In reply to The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!
    LeMons is going big time!
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    Image of Thrashy, perpetual Minardi Thrashy, perpetual Minardi
    05/30/09

    In reply to The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!
    ...is that Murilee's real name on the second page?
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    05/30/09

    @Thrashy, rogue piston forger: SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/30/09

    @Thrashy, rogue piston forger: Oh noes! Stalkers!
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    Image of .357 .357
    05/30/09

    @Murilee Martin: Murilee, I call shenanigans for deleting my comment.

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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    05/30/09

    @.357-Bringing Back The Gold: Be careful, you're gonna loose that star again!
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    Image of .357 .357
    05/30/09

    @joneez wants a sunroof on his Jeep: But I want my star tight! Murilee, we're cool right? Right?!
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    05/30/09

    In reply to The End Times Are Upon Us: 24 Hours Of LeMons On Good Morning America!
    I'm worried that this is getting too much press too fast, and won't stay cheap to enter. The fees this year are already killing my plan. Much higher than I recall for last fall's Houston race.


    And I really want this staying to ourselfs for the most part.

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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    05/30/09

    @TexanIdiot25- we're boned....: BUT, a killer news story, they did it good.
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    05/30/09

    @TexanIdiot25- we're boned....: What? The entry prices are the same as they've always been.
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    05/30/09

    @LTDScott's work is getting in the way of Jaloptime: I don't recall the $500/car entry, honestly. Because I tried to make this work last summer and had it planned.


    Could be that senior year has fucked my memory up and I don't remember what I remembered last year. Right?

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/30/09

    @TexanIdiot25- we're boned....: Entry fees have always been the same. The key is to have a lot of people on your team, to split costs (or get sponsors).
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    05/31/09

    @Murilee Martin: Ok, maybe it's because I'm broke is why it still seems expensive.


    Splitting costs between teens still sucks. And the CST10 needs rust repair this summer too, so I'm trying to get things balanced up for this.


    @Smells_Homeless: Not worried about tracks, just it getting overly publicized and getting "popular", you know like that kick ass band that went big and got boring. EX: More rules, less creative entrees, big money cars, etc...


    I fear not, too, but still wondeer.

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