The third race of the '10 LeMons season took place at MSR Houston last weekend, and we witnessed an impossible Taurus SHO victory, four rollovers, two MGBs, and our first Renault Le Car racer.
Those of you who want to geek out on lap times and such should go to the MyLaps results for the race.
Not enough LeMons action for you? Check out the top lemons of past races: Altamont '07 • Arse Freeze '07 • Altamont '08 • Ohio '08 • New England '08 • South '08 • Texas '08 • Arse Freeze '08 • Texas Spring '09 • South Spring '09 • Reno '09 • New Orleans '09 • New England '09 • Buttonwillow '09 • South Fall '09 • Ohio '09 • Texas Fall '09 • Arse Freeze '09 • Phoenix '10 • South Winter '10.
Thanks to Nick Pon, Awesome Shots, and Cafe Photo for photographic help. Thanks also to the Tetanus Neon and Property Devaluation II Fairmont teams for letting me mount the BumperCam timelapse still camera on their cars.
Not only was the winning car a Taurus SHO, it was a SHO that drove to and from the track under its own power!
1. Red Rocket Ratnest Revival, Ford Taurus SHO
Overall Winner
2. Team Blue Ball, Dodge Neon
Winner, Class Good
Winner, Least Horrible Yank Tank
3. Team JB-Weld, Pontiac Grand Prix
4. Never Give Up, BMW 1600
Winner, Class Bad
Winner, Highest Placing 70s Contender
5. Prancing Donkeys, Acura Integra
Fastest lap of race (1:57.928)
6. Swine Flew Raycing, Infiniti J30
7. Track Knights, Toyota Paseo
8. Team Blue Goose 2, Volkswagen Rabbit
9. Team Racecar, Nissan 240SX
10. Live Oak Nudist Resort II, BMW 320i
Winner, Organizer's Choice
11. Team Flying Wrench, Nissan 300ZX
12. The Hazardous Dukes, BMW 318
13. Cajun Coonasses dba Speed Racer y'all, Saturn SC2
14. BFS Black Flag Society, Toyota Celica
15. Team Festivus, Ford Festiva
Winner, Grassroots Motorsports Most From The Least Award
16. Haul Ass Racing, Toyota MR2
17. Rolling Chicane Racing, Honda Civic
18. Lost In The Dark, Mazda Miata
19. Rust Pirates Racing, Chevrolet Camaro
20. Euro Trash Revenge Of The Cone Killers, BMW E30
21. Z Wrecks Again, Datsun 280ZX
22. Sheila and the Sheikhs, Ford Mustang
23. Tetanus Neon, Dodge Neon
24. Race Hard Race Ugly #94, BMW 325
25. State Pooper, Ford Mustang
26. Stick Pony Racing, Ford Mustang
27. WEEZER RACING, Ford Escort
28. LRE: Lemons Racing Experiment, Datsun 240Z
Winner, Index of Effluency
29. Team Sour Puss, Acura Integra
30. Little Buckadillo (Team Petty Racing Celebrity what ever...), Volkswagen Beetle
Winner, Class Ugly
31. Harris Hill Road LMP (OS), Triumph TR7
32. HOV-Wreckers, Mazda Miata
33. Team SLAP (Shifts Like A Porsche), Ford Mustang
34. Team Sensory Assault, Mazda RX-7
35. The Rolling Barricades, Toyota Celica
36. Team FatCat Racing, Jaguar XJ6
37. Apex Vinyl Driving Then Drinking, Isuzu Impulse
38. Prison Break Racing #27, BMW 325e
39. Zebra Racing, Toyota Pickup
40. Ludicrous Speed!, Volkswagen Jetta
41. Home Repo Racing CrapcanOfTomorrow, Ford Mustang
42. Hoosier Daddy, Mitsubishi Galant ES
43. Team JDL - Swamp Jews From Hell, BMW 2002
44. Rust Bucket Racers, Chevrolet Cavalier
45. Mostly Harmless Racing, Volkswagen Karmann Ghia
46. Kentucky Fried Racing, Honda Civic
47. Team Petty Racing (Celebrity Team Impersonated), Dodge Daytona
48. Team Miagra, Mazda Miata
49. OxyMorons, Toyota Celica GT
50. Brass Burro, Mustang II
Winner, Mustang That Made Us Say DANG!
51. They ain't right racin, Toyota MR2
52. Summer's Eve Racing, BMW 325i
53. smilin' bob racing, Honda Accord
54. INGLORIOUS BASTERDS RACING-LRE, Datsun 240Z
55. Team Operation, BMW 318
56. Swedish Turbo Slaabs, Saab 900 Turbo
57. Fall Guy Stuntman Association, Ford Escort
58. Live Oak Nudist Resort, Inc., Ford Taurus SHO
59. French Revolution, Toyota Camry
60. TSOL - Totally Shit Outa Luck (again), Saab 9000 Turbo
61. Roadkill Racing, Mazda RX-7
62. Starsky and Hooch, Nissan Sentra
63. Property Devaluation Racing II, Ford Fairmont Wagon
64. Theissen's Revenge, BMW 325eS
65. City Of Bats Racing, Toyota MR2
66. Pistols For Pandas, Mazda RX-7
67. Projecct Yellow Racing, Honda CRX
68. Donkey Punch, BMW 535
69. Green Piece, Volvo 740 Diesel
70. Pucker Factor Racing, Nissan Sentra SE-R
71. TiredBird Racing, Pontiac Firebird
72. Bastardos de LeMons, Lincoln Mark VIII
Winner, Judges' Choice Award
73. Apex Vinyl TX Racing, Toyota Hilux
74. Speed Racer & the Racing RedneX, Ford Mustang
75. WARTHOG RACING, BMW 325e
76. Kopi Luwak Katz, Toyota Celica
77. El Toro Loco, Ford Taurus SHO
78. Team Oil Is Optional, BMW 325e
79. Cupcake Racing, Ford Thunderbird
80. TnT Racing, Volkswagen Golf
81. Trouble & Mayhem, BMW 325
82. Austin Torque: Team Mid-Drive Crisis, Mitsubishi Mirage
83. Los Cucaroches, Ford Mustang
84. Team RSC, Eagle Talon
85. Days of Blunder, Mazda RX-7
86. TAYLOR ROTOSPORTS ROTARDS - BIKINIRACER ROTORHEADS, Mazda RX-7
87. Boehm Racing, Saab 900S
88. Reel 'Em In Racing, Toyota Celica
89. Secret Society of Skanks and Bitches, BMW 525
90. Red Mist Racing, BMW 325i
91. A-Team, Mazda RX-7
92. Dinoco Lightning Storm, Eagle Talon
93. Petty Cash Motorsports, Pontiac Grand Prix
94. Crewe Le Pew, Renault Le Car
Photo credit: Awesome Shots
95. Done Gone Rogue Racing, Datsun 260Z
Winner, Heroic Fix
96. Exhibition of Slow (EOS), Toyota Tercel
97. POOPRA, Toyota Supra
98. PreLube Racing, Honda Prelude
99. Gashole Motorsports, Nissan Sentra
Winner, Dangerous Homemade Technology Award
100. Junkpunch Racing, Ford Mustang
101. Serious Business Motorsports, BMW 325e
102. WTFAWDT Racing, Mazda Miata
103. NASCAR Rejects, Chevrolet Monte Carlo
104. MetroSexual, Geo Metro
Winner, I Got Screwed Award
105. Flying Hoondai, Merkur XR4Ti
106. Lost In The Dark II, Mazda MX-6
107. Dogged Racing, Ford Probe
108. FROGMASTERS, MG MGB-GT
109. Vow of Celicacy, Toyota Celica
110. Chupa Cabras Raicing Team, Honda Civic
111. Team Zip Tie, Ford Taurus SHO
112. Union Jack Racing, MG MGB
113. www.team8racing.com, Chevrolet Caprice
114. G&H Diversified Bavarian Racing, BMW 325
115. Team Blue Goose I, Honda CRX
116. Race Hard Race Ugly #93
117. Substandard Racing, AMC Gremlin
118. monstaRX-7, Mazda RX-7
Photo credit: Cafe Photo
119. FUBAR Racing, Ford Escort
120. Team Kamikazda, Mazda Protege
121. Lambacher Foles Racing sponsored by the Greek Orthodox Church, Acura Integra
122. Bucket of Rust, Nissan Sentra SE-R