The 29th race in LeMons history took place last weekend, and we saw BMW tie Toyota for second place in the overall-win category (Mazda holds seven LeMons titles versus five apiece for BMW and Toyota).
Plenty of drama to go around at the second annual LeMons South Spring race, with the race-leading Volkswagen GTI blowing its engine late on Saturday, torrential downpours helping a 55-ton Audi four-wheel it to an impossible 7th place, and one of the most intense Index Of Effluency battles in LeMons history. Two Alfa Spiders, a Fiat 124 Spider, a Dodge Omni, a Chevy Citation X-11, and the aforementioned Audi 100 all fought for IOE supremacy, with the Citation— the most-recalled car in American history— coming out on top.
The complete LeMons South Spring 2010 Über Gallery— all 1,100 photos of it— may be viewed here. For complete results, with lap totals and times, go here.
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1. Super Troopers Racing, BMW 325
Winner on laps
2. Magnum PU, Honda Prelude
Winner, Class Bad
3. Tow Mater, Mazda RX-7
Winner, Class Good
4. Jacky Ickx GT30, Mitsubishi 3000GT
5. Rush Hour Racing - Mellow Kab, Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
Winner, Least Horrible Yank Tank
6. Saturn Five, Saturn SC1
7. Uchill, Audi 100
Winner, Class Ugly
Winner, Grassroots Motorsports Most From The Least award
8. Flying Purple People Eater, Mazda RX-7
9. Howard J Turkstra Motorsports, Toyota Celica
10. Rbankracing.com, Saab 900 Turbo
Quickest lap of race (1:02.534)
11. Starfleet Academy Dropouts, Honda Civic
12. Team Sgt. Schultz, Mercedes-Benz S500
Winner, Organizer's Choice award
13. Sweede Lil Pigs, Saab 900
14. BMW Sober L1, BMW 325e
15. Grim Reaper Racing, Ford Mustang
16. Mod Squad Racing, Toyota MR2
17. V Dub Motorsports, Volkswagen Jetta
18. Team GUMF, Mazda RX-7
19. Satan's Wankel, Mazda RX-7
20. Eagle Racing, Eagle Talon
21. Schumacher Taxi Service 2, Audi 80 Quattro
22. Team Tortoise, Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
23. Upside Down Motor Brigade, BMW 325i
24. Our Lady Of Perpetual Downforce, Honda Civic
25. Cockroach Racing, Nissan 200SX
26. Swede Sixteen Racing, Volvo 740
27. Pink Ladies, Mazda Miata
28. Redneck Racin III, Datsun 200SX
Winner, Best Moonshine award
29. Domestic Violence, Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
30. Keystone Kops, Volvo 240
31. Wateree Renegades, Mazda Miata
32. Dog Ciao Racing, Alfa Romeo Spider
33. Days Of Blunder Racing, BMW 325e
34. Schumacher Taxi Craptation Regurgitation, Chevrolet Citation X-11
Winner, Index Of Effluency
35. Race To Failure, Saab 900
36. Riverrat Racing, BMW 318i
37. Dorifto Dogs, BMW E30
38. POS Racing, Honda Civic
39. Uranus, Dodge Omni Charger
40. Team Pooper Scooper, Ford Pinto
41. Beaver Liquors, Porsche 944
42. Black and Mild Racing, Chrysler Sebring
43. Total Recall, Toyota Supra
44. Lightspeed Racing, BMW 533
45. P-Cups, Porsche 944
46. Bone Stock Racing, Mitsubishi Diamante
47. Rubber Biscuit Racing, Chevrolet Caprice
48. B&W Racing, Honda Prelude
49. Barfing Duck, Saturn SL
50. Team SOB (South Of The Border), Volkswagen GTI
Winner, I Got Screwed award
51. Team Drinking And Driving, Honda Civic
52. Eau Rude, Nissan Sentra SE-R
53. Bug Eyed Blowfish Boysenberry Pie Racing, BMW 325
54. JP Smith Builders, Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
55. Dirty Sanchez Racing, Alfa Romeo Spider
56. Stupid But Tough Racing, Chevrolet Malibu
Winner, Judges' Choice award
Winner, Most Radioactive award
57. NEZ Racing, Nissan 300ZX
58. Amaxophobe Racing, Pontiac Fiero
59. Hong Norr - Team Killer Whale, Honda CRX
60. The Continentals, Acura Integra
61. Rubber Duck Racing, Nissan Sentra
62. Spinin Money, Honda Civic
63. Beelzebubbas - Rednecks From Italian Hell, Chevrolet Camaro
64. Viva Viagra, Opel Kadett
65. Barfing Duck Part Deux, Datsun 240Z
66. Team Yellow Submarine, Mazda Miata
67. Team Quaalude, Honda Prelude
68. Theoretical Racing, Datsun 280ZX
69. Midlife Crisis, Nissan 300ZX
70. Dixie Chickens, Fiat 124 Sport Spider
Winner, Heroic Fix (for installing daily-driver's engine after race engine crapped out)
71. Chariots On Fire, Mazda MX-3
72. Lightning McCrapp, Mazda Miata
73. Team Türbö Schnitzel, Merkur XR4Ti
74. RennSouth, Mazda RX-7
75. Sebok and Canada & Sons, Nissan 300ZX
76. No-Driving-Sons-O'Bitches, Honda CRX
Photo from Southern Discomfort 24 Hours of LeMons
77. BubbaGump Racing, Honda Accord