I recall seeing a lot of Mazda ads at the Monterey Historics, thumping their chests about their racing prowess… but not a single mention of the 24 Hours of LeMons anywhere, in spite of the fact that Mazdas have now won three of the last four events (Protege, RX-7) and always contend. If Mazda's marketers had half the smarts of their engineers, they'd run a global advertising campaign centered on cars like the Endurance Karting Miata, which hung on for the win in New England today. Maybe a slogan such as "Even when it's an old beater, it will still be fast" could be a big hit, and it beats "Zoom-Zoom" by a long shot. In other big news, three of the top six cars today were Alfa Romeo Milanos! Make the jump for the complete final standings, courtesy of UDMan (and thanks to Drumhurrin for the photo above:
1 – 90 – Endurance Karting Miata 2 – 29 – Kielbasa Kids Honda Civic 3 – 60 – Scuderia Limoni Alfa Romeo Milano 4 – 0 – Keystone Kops Volvo 244 5 – 06 – Scuderia Testa di Spillo Alfa Romeo Milano 6 – 21 – Team Pro-Crass-Duh-Nation Alfa Romeo Milano 7 – 01 – Schumacher Taxi Service Toyota FX-16 8 – 03 – Dentonators VW Golf 9 – 2 – Schumacher Taxi Service Audi 90 10 – 77 – Team Rob, his two loser friends, and stupid brother VW Golf 11 – 8 – Bean Counters Out Back Racing Subaru Outback 12 – 4 – Nut Job Racing Honda Civic 13 – 07 – Go Green Honda CRX 14 – 64 – Legion of Doom Chevrolet Malibu 15 – 00 – No Budget Racing Pontiac Firebird 16 – 20 – Mostly Motorsports Toyota Paseo / Mazda RX-7 17 – 11 – Team Eliminators Toyota Camry 18 – 37 – Italian Job Racing BMW E-30 19 – 66 – Chard Beef Racing Buick Regal 20 – 02 – Jungle Cat Racing Jaguar XJ-6 21 – 9 – La Grande Fromage VW Jetta 22 – 45 – Vlad the Impala 23 – 3 - Freddies Freakin Fiends Toyota Calica 24 – 70 Stugots Le Mons Mercedes Benz E 300
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