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These Are the Motorsports You Wish More People Knew About

These Are the Motorsports You Wish More People Knew About

Supercars, speedboats, and... goats? Where do you all find this stuff?

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Here Are The Races You Think You’d Stand A Chance At

Here Are The Races You Think You’d Stand A Chance At

Everyone likes to think they could drive professionally, but what races do you think you'd stand a chance at?

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Best Of 2021: Watch An Escaped Wheel Ring Someone's Doorbell At About 40 MPH

It's Jalopnik's Best of 2021, all the posts you loved the most.

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Jason Torchinsky

12/09/21 3:59PM

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The Lada That Brought Me To Jalopnik Will Be The First Jalopnik Staff Car

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The Lada That Brought Me To Jalopnik Will Be The First Jalopnik Staff Car

The mighty race car that started me on this path has returned to my life

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12/09/21 2:25PM

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24 Hours Of Lemons Announces An Impressive 31-Event 2022 Calendar

24 Hours Of Lemons Announces An Impressive 31-Event 2022 Calendar

That's a whole lot of crap can crammed into a year

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Bradley Brownell

10/13/21 6:00PM

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Sign-Toting Evangelists Show Up To GM Headquarters Demanding The Revival Of The Saturn Brand

The protest was organized by Detroiter Andy Didorosi

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Bradley Brownell

7/26/21 12:46PM

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Porsche Is Coming Back To Le Mans With A Clever Plan

Porsche Is Coming Back To Le Mans With A Clever Plan

With all the coyness of a 19-time overall champion, Porsche announced on Tuesday that it is returning to the 24…

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12/16/20 5:10PM

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This Geo-Metro-Based Porsche 935 Is The Pinnacle Of Lemons Engineering

Porsche will theoretically sell you a 991 GT2 RS-based 935 race car right now. I mean, not right now, because…

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Bradley Brownell

7/15/20 10:00PM

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Lemons Is Doing More To Advance Electric Racing Than Le Mans

Lemons Is Doing More To Advance Electric Racing Than Le Mans

A little over a year ago the 24 Hours of Lemons introduced a $50,000 prize for the first team to win one of the…

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Bradley Brownell

6/09/20 10:00PM

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Only The 24 Hours Of Lemons Could Take Virtual Racing To Its Full Potential

In the wake of the coronavirus lockdown, every racing sanctioning body is rushing to iRacing as a way to continue…

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Bradley Brownell

5/08/20 10:00PM

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This 24 Hours of Lemons race team built a replica of Mario Andretti’s first race car, a 1948 Hudson. I am amazed at the deep cut of automotive history this team chose as its theme, and wish the drivers the best of luck. It will be a joy to watch this thing motoring about at NJMP this weekend. Maybe one day the team…

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Bradley Brownell

6/07/19 10:00PM

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You Are Looking at the First Aston Martin to Race in Lemons

I remember when the Aston Martin DB7 was the fresh hot shit, and now they’ve depreciated so much that one team of…

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Bradley Brownell

3/29/19 10:00PM

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Infamous 24 Hours of Lemons Introduces Full-Electric Class with 5½ Tons of Money as Prize

I know that most of you reading this will see that the 24 Hours of Lemons is making a special Electric Class and…

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Jason Torchinsky

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Racing a 1950 Dodge Truck Was the Easy Part

When people build a race car, they usually start off with a car. Not a rusty, wrecked heap of bolts that’s roughly…

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This Janky BMW E36 Camper Van Race Car Is The 24 Hours Of Lemons In A Nutshell

Get a rolling BMW E36 shell for $200, add the V8 from a Chevrolet Suburban and cobble together parts you can’t…

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This Crusty Fiero-Based Ferrari F40 Replica Is A Race Car And That's Probably For The Best

Pontiac Fiero-based replica cars talk a lot of visual smack with their racy bodywork, but rarely back it up.…

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HooptieCon Is Finally Proof You Can Have A ComicCon For Cars

For years, I’ve been telling anyone who will listen that there really ought to be an annual automotive convention in…

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Bradley Brownell

4/08/18 11:30AM

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This Lifted Corvette Became A BMW-Powered Race Car For Way Cheaper Than You Think

“What in the hell?” That was 24 Hours of Lemons race organizer and ex-Corvette Magazine writer Nick Pon’s reaction…

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3/10/18 12:00PM

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This Team Racing Daytona Started In The 24 Hours Of Lemons

Many of us who race in cheap-car amateur endurance series have wild fantasies of running like the pro teams we watch…

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This Is What Happened To A Honda Prelude Engine Flooded In Hurricane Harvey

The acres of flooded cars for sale after a major hurricane can be temptingly cheap, but as the POS Racing team is…

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