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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…
May 8
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Jun 7 2019
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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…
Mar 29 2019
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I remember when the Aston Martin DB7 was the fresh hot shit, and now they’ve depreciated so much that one team of…
Mar 1 2019
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I know that most of you reading this will see that the 24 Hours of Lemons is making a special Electric Class and…
Feb 1 2019
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When people build a race car, they usually start off with a car. Not a rusty, wrecked heap of bolts that’s roughly…
May 7 2018
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Apr 27 2018
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Pontiac Fiero-based replica cars talk a lot of visual smack with their racy bodywork, but rarely back it up.…
Apr 8 2018
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For years, I’ve been telling anyone who will listen that there really ought to be an annual automotive convention in…
Mar 10 2018
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“What in the hell?” That was 24 Hours of Lemons race organizer and ex-Corvette Magazine writer Nick Pon’s reaction…
Jan 26 2018
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Many of us who race in cheap-car amateur endurance series have wild fantasies of running like the pro teams we watch…
Jan 5 2018
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The acres of flooded cars for sale after a major hurricane can be temptingly cheap, but as the POS Racing team is…
Dec 9 2017
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No words in the English language suck more in racing than “event cancelled.” It’s even worse if you’ve gone all the…
Dec 5 2017
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There are few things I loathe more than shopping for clothes. Maybe dental work and gynecological exams, but that’s…
Oct 30 2017
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Fortunately, it looks as though the engine in my Lemons-racing Volkswagen 411 wasn’t damaged as badly as we may have…
Oct 6 2017
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Old Volkswagens are known as excellent camping vehicles. Westfalias! Type 2s! Fear not, for Volkswagen finally made…
Oct 4 2017
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I am now the proud owner of a free, rare air-cooled Volkswagen race car, and I may or may not be completely over my…
Oct 2 2017
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Running 104 laps in an almost bone stock 1971 Volkswagen 411 earned us the 24 Hours of Lemons’ highest award: the…
Sep 30 2017
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Back in Ye Olde Days of Jalopnicke, editor Murilee Martin—bless our Saucy Minx—had a feature called Down On The…