How about four Taurus SHOs in the top ten, along with the amazing Mid-Drive Crisis Mirage? Only in Texas, race fans!
Temperatures got into the triple digits and that Texas heat done barbecued vast quantities of brake pads, connecting rods, and head gaskets. How is it that so many of the super-fragile SHOs held together so well? Perhaps it's just natural selection at work: now that most of the Yamaha V6 engines in Texas got blowed up by LeMons teams during the last couple of years, only the engines with no weak points are left!
Disclosure: Murilee Martin gets paid crazy baksheesh for his work on the LeMons Supreme Court.
Photographs by Nick Pon.
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1. Red Rocket Ratnest Revival, Ford Taurus SHO
Overall Winner
2. Race Hard Race Ugly #94, BMW 325iS
Winner, Class Good
3. LRE, Datsun 240Z
Winner, Class Bad
Winner, Highest Placing 70s Contender award
4. Larnbacher Foles Racing, Acura Integra
5. WARTHOG RACING, BMW 325e
6. Live Oak Nudist Resort Inc, Ford Taurus SHO
7. Mid-Drive Crisis, Mitsubishi Mirage
Winner, Class Ugly
8. Team Operation, BMW 318i
9. Warhunks, Ford Taurus SHO
10. Team Zip Tie, Ford Taurus SHO
11. Live Oak Nudist Resort II, BMW 320i
12. INGLORIOUS BASTERDS RACING— LRE
13. Lost In The Dark, Mazda Miata
14. CajunCoonasses dba Speed Racer, Saturn SC2
15. Summer's Eve Racing, BMW 325i
16. They Ain't Right (You Ain't Wrong), Toyota MR2
17. FUBAR Racing, Ford Escort ZX2
18. Unpimp Ze Lemon, Volkswagen Scirocco
19. Animal Hospice, Mazda RX-7
20. Wing-Nuts, Nissan 200SX
21. Zebra Racing, Toyota Pickup
22. Property Devaluation Racing II, Ford Thunderbird,
23. Team Festivus, Ford Festiva
24. Shake And Bake, Ford Mustang
25. Serious Business Motorsports, BMW 325e
26. Team Skidmark, Toyota Celica
27. Alfa Dogs, Alfa Romeo Milano
Winner, Grassroots Motorsports Most From The Least award
28. Reel 'Em In Racing, Toyota Celica
29. Formula M— As In Mullet, Ford Mustang
30. Team Sour Puss, Acura Integra
31. Limp Richard Racing, Mazda Protege
32. Normal Y Ass Parade D, Toyota Paseo
33. French Revolution, Toyota Camry
34. Team JB-Weld, Pontiac Grand Prix
35. MetroSexual, Geo Metro
36. Loose Screw Racing, Toyota MR2
37. Violent Running Gang, Honda Civic
38. El Toro Loco, Ford Taurus SHO
39. Cupcake Racing, Ford Thunderbird
40. Gashole Motorsports, Honda Accord
41. Team Sensory Assault, Mazda RX-7
Winner, Heroic Fix award
42. Theissen's Revenge, BMW 325e
43. www.team8racing.com, Porsche 924
44. NUTS & BOLTS RACING, Nissan 300ZX
45. Abigisch Messen Gemachen Schweinrennengruppe, Mercedes-Benz 280
Winner, Long-Ass Weekend award
46. Pollock Redux, Toyota Celica
47. Dirty Some Beaches, Honda Civic Wagovan
48. Lost In The Dark II, Ford Probe
49. Inspite Racing, Honda Prelude
50. Scuderia Toro Roto, Mazda RX-7
51. Team Inspired Vintage, Ford Taurus SHO
52. Hoosier Daddy, Mitsubishi Galant
53. Petty Cash Motorsports, Pontiac Grand Prix
54. Team Flying Wrench, Nissan 300ZX
55. Prancing Donkeys, Acura Integra
56. Team Miagra, Mazda Miata
57. The Pretenders/Ferari Racing, Datsun 240Z
58. Team Blue Goose 2, Volkswagen Rabbit
Winner, Organizer's Choice award
59. Team Mullet, Toyota Supra
60. Toxic Asset Racing Program Clown Car, Toyota MR2
61. King Fu and the Fu King Racers, Toyota Paseo
62. Bastardos de LeMons, Lincoln Mark VIII
Winner, I Got Screwed award
63. S.N.U.T., Volvo 244
64. Crewe Le Pew Redeaux, Renault Le Car
Winner, Index of Effluency
65. Nigerian Prince Racing, Honda Prelude
66. Valhalla Wagon Rednex Inc, Volkswagen Golf
67. Reel 'Em In Racing II, Toyota MR2
68. Property Devaluation Racing, Ford Fairmont Wagon
69. The Pirates of Plano, Nissan Altima
70. Blue Oval Cult Racing, Ford SHO-Stang
Winner, Least Most Horrible Yank Tank award
71. Boehm Racing, SAAB 900S
72. RSC Racing, Eagle Talon
73. Team Clunker, Nissan 300ZX
74. Last Chance Racing, Ford Probe
75. The A Team, Mazda Miata
76. Nazi Unterseeboote Semen a.k.a. The Semen N.U., Dodge Stealth