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While Team Unsafe At Any Speed will be bringing a '65 Corvair to the Arse Freeze-A-Pa-Looza 24 Hours Of LeMons next month- thus snarfing the coveted Ralph Nader theme- they'll only be tying the record for Oldest LeMons Car Ever, since Team Field Find's Mercedes-Benz 190 was also a '65. Not only that, their car is safe at some speeds, because by '65 the Corvair had a Communist-mandated IRS rear instead of the patriotic swingaxle of the early models. UDMan , however, is made of sterner stuff, and he's gearing up to race a 46-year-old Corvair at next year's LeMons New England race… and he's looking for teammates! Make the jump to see all the photos and get his story, then vote on whether you think the car should still get a Ralph Nader theme. galleryPost('LNE09UDManVair', 3, '1963 Corvair Prepares To Race At LeMons New England 2009'); Should UDMan's Corvair race with a Ralph Nader theme, even after Team Unsafe At Any Speed's car makes...
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Once again it's time for the latest 24 Hours Of LeMons Über Gallery, in which every car that managed to get out on the racetrack gets its own set of photos. The 24 Hours Of LeMons New England had an excellent assortment of cars, plenty of black-flag drama, and broken parts all over the track, and you can see all the details merely by making the jump. Thanks to UDMan , Drumhurrin , TheEastBayKid , MagicalTrevor , Rob Leone, Michael Prichinello, Brian Shorey, and Johan Schwartz for the great photos! Since I wasn't able to make it to Connecticut in the flesh, I can't provide quite as much description as I'd like for each team, but we've got some firsthand accounts from some of them and UDMan did a bang-up job of taking notes and relaying information across the continent (in addition to taking most of the photos you see below). When you're done here, be sure to punish the Gawker servers some more check out past LeMons Über Galleries, including LeMons South 2008 , LeMons...
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Once again it's time to see how the teams fared at what race organizers call "The Ultimate Test Of Not-So-Bright Man And Shockingly Crappy Machine." Because this was the 24 Hours Of LeMons' first venture into the Northeast, there weren't as many cars as we've seen at previous events; that means we can show you all the finishers! When you're done here, be sure to check out the top finishers at LeMons SF October '07 , LeMons Arse-Freeze-A-Pa-Looza December '07 , LeMons SF May '08 , and LeMons South July '08 . Many thanks to UDMan , Drumhurrin , and TheEastBayKid for the photos! #1: Endurance Karting, Mazda Miata #2: Kielbasa Kids, Honda Civic #3: Scuderia Limoni, Alfa Romeo Milano #4: Keystone Cops, Volvo 244 #5: Scuderia Testa di Spillo, Alfa Romeo Milano #6: Team Pro-Crass-Duh-Nation, Alfa Romeo Milano #7: Schumacher Taxi Serice, Toyota Corolla FX16 #8: Detonators, Volkswagen Golf #9: Schumacher Taxi Service, Audi 90 #10: Team Rob, His Two Loser...
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If you're one of those drivers who likes to bump other cars at the 24 Hours of LeMons- hey, those slow bastids are in your way , right?- you might well find the Grille Of Damocles menacing your radiator. The much-feared Grille is a Volvo unit fitted with long rods, attached to your front bumper in such a way as to guarantee a ventilated radiator in the event of even minor contact with the bumper of the car in front of you. While the Honda CRX is generally considered too fragile to throw its weight around a LeMons track (and also small and nimble enough to squeeze past the sluggards), Team Go Green managed to "win" this special award today. Jump away to see more of UDMan's photos.
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We loved the sound made by the Schumacher Taxi Service's howling 4AGE engine when we saw it at the 24 Hours of LeMons South last month, and now the team is in New England for more low-budget racing action. Not only that, they're fielding a two-car team this time around, with an Audi 90 added to the stable and in third place in the standings last we checked. Jump away to see UDMan's photos of the STS in action.
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We loved the sound made by the Schumacher Taxi Service's howling 4AGE engine when we saw it at the 24 Hours of LeMons South last month, and now the team is in New England for more low-budget racing action. Not only that, they're fielding a two-car team this time around, with an Audi 90 added to the stable and in third place in the standings last we checked. Jump away to see UDMan's photos of the STS in action.
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Looks like the Gawker Server Hamsters start foaming at the mouth when they see a gallery today, so we had to pull a couple of LeMons posts until we could figure out why we were getting a core meltdown in Gawker HQ's nuclear reactor. No problem, though, because UDMan has sent us a standings update! The Endurance Karting Miata remains the leader, but the pride seems to be gone from the little Mazda's stride and the Kielbasa Kids Civic sedan is closing the gap. Make the jump to get UDman's details and see the photos of the top six contenders (as of earlier this afternoon)... 1 – the #90 Mazda Miata of Endurance Karting 2 – the #29 Honda of Kielbasa Kids 3 – the #2 Schumacher Taxi Service car (the Audi 90) 4 – The #69 Alfa Romeo Milano of Scuderia Limoni 5 – the #0 Volvo 244 of the Keystone Kops 6 – the #06 Alfa Romeo Milano of Scuderia Testa di Spillo Two Alfa Romeos in the top 6…..
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First the good news: after we reported that Team Vlad The Impala was facing a frenzied all-nighter to repair their garbooned transmission, the team's wrenches proved to be made of sterner stuff; here's what VTI member Drumhurrin has to say: By the way, they got that thing out, apart, back to together and back in within three hours. All nighter? Pshaw! However, once back together, we didn’t realize we had cracked the oil cooler. Doh! One more time, one more quick fix. Then back on the track! Quite a feeling, really. Probably the only car that got universally cheered just hours after being the paddock favorite for the People’s Curse. But I just think that was the scuttlebutt because we thought of it first. We can’t help it if a couple of unskilled NYPD cops slammed the thing over a curb and firing off both airbags meant that the city needed to auction it off to a pack of amateur racers for $400. We even have an stamped and approved receipt from the City of New York! Take that Brigati...
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Can you get a running Subaru Outback for under 500 bucks? Having a team full of accountants means that you can do some Enron-style bookkeeping and put a smile on the LeMons Supreme Court Justices' faces with your very convincing documentation (however good that theory seemed, it didn't quite work out quite that way in practice). UDMan talked to the Bean Counters Racing team; jump away to read their story. Note: we'll try to get the gallery back, just as soon as we can tame those rabid server hamsters. Just wanted to highlight a couple of teams. 1st comes team 8, the Bean Counters Racing, in none other than a Subaru Outback! The reason why they are called Bean Counters is because a couple of team members works for Price Waterhouse Coopers, one of the big accounting firms. They are based in the Hartford area, and decided to compete after hearing about this race. The car in question, was a refugee abandoned at a body shop, under some trees. It was hit on the front drivers side...
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After speaking to race offical (and Ecurie Ecrappe team member) TheEastBayKid , we have some stop-the-presses news! It turns out that so much discontent was caused by the black-flag-a-thon (and resulting penalties) at the hands of zealous track workers- seen by some as being a little too zealous- that Chief Perpetrator Jay Lamm decided to forget about Saturday's standings and start everyone over fresh today. The same Miata promptly took the lead again today, but front suspension woes seem to be slowing down Team Endurance Karting. Looks like it may be a photo finish! Thanks to Vlad The Impala team member Drumhurrin for the photo above; you'll be seeing more of his work a little later.
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After speaking to race offical (and Ecurie Ecrappe team member) TheEastBayKid , we have some stop-the-presses news! It turns out that so much discontent was caused by the black-flag-a-thon (and resulting penalties) at the hands of zealous track workers- seen by some as being a little too zealous- that Chief Perpetrator Jay Lamm decided to forget about Saturday's standings and start everyone over fresh today. The same Miata promptly took the lead again today, but front suspension woes seem to be slowing down Team Endurance Karting. Looks like it may be a photo finish! Thanks to Vlad The Impala team member Drumhurrin for the photo above; you'll be seeing more of his work a little later.
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You'd figure the folks who like to race disintegrating $500 clunkers would drive some decent machinery, and you'd be right! UDMan found some Jalopworthy steel parked around the pits: Since this is a race of $500 race cars, it is quite interesting to see some of the cars sprinkled throughout the pits. What’s this, a brand new GT-R, dressed in this years most popular color, Gray. Oh, and look at that beautiful white 911, an edition I’m unfamiliar with, A BMW 6 Series (with a 5 series M stable mate), an Evolution, and a Mazdaspeed 3? Well, the last two seem to be the Jalopnik staple of cars almost everyone would like to own, so why not. Feast your eyes. galleryPost('NE08ParkingLot', 6, 'Interesting Cars Of The 24 Hours of LeMons Parking Lot');
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We've seen some 24 Hours of LeMons People's Curses that destroy cars with extreme prejudice (say, the Salazar Racing BMW , or the Mazdasaurus Wrecks ), but this time things went a bit differently. A sloth-like Benz diesel clogged up the track all day yesterday and the voice of the mob- no doubt channeling their witch-burning New England forebears- screamed for the sight of thrown rods and broken German iron. "Kill the engine! Kill the engine!" they howled, eager to slaughter the once-proud luxury sedan. But then… well, you'll need to make the jump to read UDMan's account. galleryPost('NE08Curse', 6, 'Benz Survives Curse In New England'); Well, we just had the peoples curse, and this time there was a twist. The team who got cursed was team Stugots LeMons, driving an 80’s vintage Mercedes 300 TurboDiesel, that in the words of Jay was a pig on the track. So, instead of crushing said car, it was decided to take the car, remove the oil cap, run the engine...
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We were pretty excited to see that a front-wheel-drive Chevy Impala, of all things, was breathing down the necks of the Top Five… but now comes the word that a blown transmission seal is spraying the red stuff where it doesn't belong, and so Vlad The Impala begins what promises to be an all-night wrenchathon. Meanwhile, for perhaps the first time in recorded history, the words "aggressive" and "Camry" may be used in the same sentence. Yes, the Team Elemonators got a little too spirited out there and have been ordered to shut it down for the remainder of the day's racing. They'll be back tomorrow, however, to show us that the Camry is not a boring car. Make the jump to read the report from UDMan. galleryPost('NE08DeadVlad', 4, 'Camry And Impala Sidelined For Now'); Bad News, Vlad the Impala blew a Transmission Seal, so the only way they are going to be able to change it is to drop the entire transmission/engine cradle. This is just one more...
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The lastest word from UDMan is that the Team Endurance Karting Miata is now the lap leader. Those damn Mazdas just can't be stopped, apparently (note to self: make all Mazda teams pay huge bribes at Houston). Vlad The Impala, all dressed up in what appear to be Romanian police colors, is getting the last laugh on all those who scoffed at the idea of front-wheel-drive cop cars as it climbs inexorably up the standings list. Make the jump to see the top six cars as of 5:30 EST. galleryPost('NE08LeadersSat2', 6, 'Late Afternoon Leaders At 24 Hours Of LeMons New England'); 1st- Team Endurance Karting 2nd – Schumacher Taxi Service Car 2 3rd – Team Go Green 4th – Nut Job Racing 5th – Kielbasa Kids 6th – Vlad the Impala
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