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more about #24hoursoflemons more comments → Murilee Martin: Here's an excerpt from a statement from Team Diplomatic Immunity on the LeMons forums: "On a side note, I've seen some comments from a few folks thin... more » eggwich del fiero: I understand the claim rule is there to discourage cheating, but if I put hundreds of hours into building my race car (I didn't), the claimant would b... more » FЯeeMan: I'm all for the purchase. One niggling little question - since the $500 limit doesn't include safety equipment, does the team get to pull fire-exting... more » smalleyxb122: It was only a matter of time before the claim rule was exercised. There have been several worthwhile vehicles over the years. Please tell me that Ja... more » LTDScott: Wait, that engine didn't get any penalties?! Pro-tip, all E30s had a metal intake manifold. The big plastic manifold should have been a clue that some... more » LTDScott: Good thing this is the last race of the season, because now this car is banninated for the year! more » Mobius: Nice price! more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: I hear it now... Jay was drivin' that Model A... It's got a Benzo motor and it's really souped up That Model-A body makes it look like a pup 'Scot 1... more » Novaload: Hmmm. Instead of "I will not spin" it should have been, "I will not roll." more » mechimike: Glad Jay finally flexed his muscles on this rule. A law that never gets enforced is a pointless (drug) law. Herm...a little irony there, perhaps? more » Novaload: So the Faster Farms Fury claims another score--they should paint these on (what's left of) a fender. Again, surprising lack of profanity. I admire suc... more » Novaload: These guys better be careful, they are starting to give Bimmer drivers a good reputation! more » JC Whitless: That body would look sweet on a 1991 Ford Ranger frame and about six inches of lift. more » Mad_Science: The amount of analysis regarding the 16 seconds of video is hilarious. Remember: it's LeMons. There are no rules on the track, aside from knowing tha... more » Six Flags Over Tomsk: I for one welcome our new 48-valve street rod overlords. Pity the rest of the car will probably be turned to metallic mulch and sent to China. more » -
#24hoursoflemons
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 »
