<![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow... - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow... - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> @smokeydog001: Safety equipment is free per the CGR.

Go Dirty Drifters! If you win, I'll give you guys my fender roller when I'm done with it. It cost half as much as your race car.

Turboner

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> @DCULBERSON
That's the way it is where I come from! Though it's an essential part of auto/truck owernship, not a hobby. It normally takes a team to get from the trailor park down to the sawmill to work day after day.

smokeydog001

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> Man I wish they'd do this on the East Coast somewhere down near SC. I'd totally do it.

snarktastic

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> @smokeydog001: As LTDScott said, safety equipment isn't counted. But even with that, it is tough - hence the "lemons." A lot of junky parts and a ton of labor. You do need a bargain hunter and a very capable free mechanic. Tools and team member's labor aren't counted.

dculberson

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> @smokeydog001: The safety equipment (cage, seat, brakes, etc) is not included in the $500.

The Sentra looks way too nice to me. Does it have an SR20?

The green Mazda 626 was really quick at the last Altamont race, but was out of the race for quite a while.

Good luck to Xargs' team! I was very impressed with the little Cav.

LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> @smokyburnout: me too, I thought mid-engined-amino and got all giddy inside.

Fitty7lax

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> Isn't there a by-law somewhere saying the race organizers can buy any car entered into the race for 500 bucks?

I'll give you 600 for the sentra :)

daegon

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> Luckily, both Murilee and Jonny are furry enough to keep warm on those cold Willows nights.

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> @Charles_Barrett: Perhaps I should have said "Alameda-IN-the-Bay"...

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> @FuzzyPlushroom: Remember, Murilee's from temperate Alameda-by-the-Bay, and Jonny's an Angeleno. In Los Angeles anything below 60°F gives us frostbite...

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> Where can you legally get a running car with a roll cage and racing seat with harness for $500?

smokeydog001

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> See you at the Thunderhill
We drove lemons
And pray we never stand still
The smoke will make you cry
Their engines will whisper and moan
And when you're oil pan's dry
She blows her water hose from the groan

And I feel
The car slowly, slowly, slowly slipping under
And I feel
Like I'm holding onto nothing

We drove lemons
To color in the cold grey night
We had heaven
And the wheels held on so tight

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> @Xargs: Where's the bell on that Sentra? Because it's A RINGER.

NovaloadMissesPolar

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> Is it just me or does the mazda with the blue/green paint job remind anyone else here of the mystery machine?

gadgetfanatic

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> Yeah there are questions about the Sentra over on SR20forum that lead many to believe something is not on the level...

zolielo

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> @Xargs: This time we'll get some shots of the Cavalier!

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> It's gonna be sad to see that Nissan get destroyed. I'm interested to see how this race pans out.

WarShrike

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> All God's Chilluns know the most important tool on that roof is the ball peen hammer...

[www.ballpeenbindery.com]

DoctorNine makes tires squeal in terror

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> Yeah, they brought 'Bob the Binder', a three-inch monolith with all the supporting documentation about how that isn't really a professionally prepped real race car.

The judges looked skeptical. If these yahoos don't get at least SOME penalty laps, I'm gonna be pissed. That thing is QUICK.

That said, the Mazda sedan thingy was an actual ex-Touring Car, and it handles great.

See you guys out there!

#84 Two Wheels Too Many (ONSET '87 Cavalier wagon)

Xargs

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> @LTDScott: I've seen SCCA pro-racing cars that didn't look this good.

FLB

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> @Murilee Martin: In that case their car looks way friggin done for a $500 car.

LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> 40? 40's T-shirt weather.

FuzzyPlushroom

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> @LTDScott: Here's the parts car.

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> @Murilee Martin: i heart you, bonus points if you work in a rolling stones reference into your "hoopty".

GreenVanMan

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> @GreenVanMan: We're aiming for the Altamont race in May.

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> Oh come on, the Sentra parts car is a full fledged race car?

LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> damn... for a sec i thought the MR2 was a something-amino...

smokyburnout

]]> <![CDATA[Must... Get... Car... Ready... Race... Tomorrow...]]> The Jalopnik team is where?

GreenVanMan

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