Index Of Effluency

When you bring a 40-year-old air-cooled Volkswagen to a LeMons race, you expect to finish way, waaaay down in the…

GM continues its dominance of LeMons racing's top prize, with a Chevrolet Beretta hanging with the VWs and Toyotas…

LeMons racing's highest award, the Index of Effluency, goes to the vehicle that achieves the most from the least.…

When a LeMons team races a '61 Cadillac, then runs a '63 Ford Thunderbird at, drops a BMW V12 into the car and races…

The Rocket Surgery Racing '56 Renault 4CV was, in the words of LeMons Chief Perp Lamm, "three weeks from being…

When an East German car with an ill-advised Subaru/Volkswagen drivetrain swap finishes mid-pack in a 24 Hours of…

When you bring a Renault Le Car with skunk tail and fur to a LeMons race, you've already got a big jump on the Index…

Is there any way that a Chevy Citation X-11 that doesn't blow up during a weekend of road racing can be denied the In…

If you're a serious 24 Hours of LeMons fan, you know that the Index Of Effluency (given to the team that…

Serious LeMons fans know that the Index Of Effluency— given to the team that accomplishes the most with the…

Yes, a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia with a Hitchhiker's Guide theme defied the odds and took the 2010 Cain't Git Bayou 24…

Is it possible for a $300 Volkswagen Quantum Syncro to survive all weekend in a road-course endurance race? No. How…

When you finally give up on your hopeless LeMons Fiero and decide to upgrade to a more reliable machine, what do you…

Y'all picked some genuinely great cars for the first Forza Motorsport 3 Jalopnik-branded content pack, but some of…

This was by far the easiest Index of Effluency decision in the history of the 24 Hours of LeMons.

We've learned that any Nissan Z makes an utterly terrible 24 Hours of LeMons car, but a super-rusty,…

Sure sure, some folks get excited about the LeMons car that gets the most laps, but the Index Of Effluency winner…

It's not often that a LeMons team owns the Index Of Effluency discussion from start to finish, but the Fortress 1978 …

Since the very first 24 Hours Of LeMons race, we've heard speculation about the possibility of a LeMons Corvette.…

With 21 total LeMons races in the books since the first one in 2006, it's about time to start honoring lifetime…