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We've been doling out the info on individual teams for the Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 24 Hours Of LeMons race , which takes place during the final weekend of December, but the whines demands from readers who know that the complete team list got leaked to us a while back have worn us down and we've decided to be nice by sharing the whole thing. Actually, the mean judge of the Good-Judge/Bad-Judge team, Lemons Supreme Court Justice Loverman, has- for some inexplicable reason- gone all softhearted and fired a big ol' spoiler torpedo by putting up the entire team list on Autofiends , forcing our hand. You get the car types, team websites, the works- everything you need to start speculating on favorites, award winners, etc. Jump, jump! [Autofiends]
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We've seen the Top 70 cars of the Yeehaw It's Texas 24 Hours Of LeMons , but that was only one photograph of each car. Now it's time to really load-test the Gawker image server, by checking out all our shots of the participants' machines; just make the jump and you'll see a gallery for each vehicle that managed to get onto MSR 's track, plus links to team websites, accounts from drivers, and more! Because the Gawker server hamsters explode into flames when they try to spin their little wheels fast enough to cope with one big Über Gallery, I've broken it up into three parts, each accessible by clicking the appropriate image below. Once you're done here, you might as well continue to torpedo your productivity by checking out past 24 Hours Of LeMons Über Galleries, including Detroit-ish '08 , New England '08 , South '08 , San Francisco '08 , Arse Freeze '07 , and San Francisco '07 . And now, arranged by car number, the Yeehaw It's...
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Since I just haven't had time to get into detail about the overall field of cars we've got here at LeMons Texas, I'm going to be lazy efficient and put up a gallery of a sequence of photos I shot early on Saturday, showing 50 or so of the entrants heading into one of the favorite spinout turns at MSR. I'll do my best to keep y'all updated as the day progresses, so check in later on today. galleryPost('LT08RandomGallery', 9, 'Random Entrants At 24 Hours Of LeMons Houston');
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A week or two (or three) after every 24 Hours Of LeMons race , we put up a big, browser-crashing collection of all the photos we were able to scrape up of all the cars. Yes, it's Über Gallery time once again! Because the Jalopnik guys on the scene were pretty busy beating their Celica into shape , we don't have quite as many photographs as we've had from past races (such as New England '08 , South '08 , SF '08 , Thunderhill '07 , and SF '07 ). However, many teams responded to our call for photos and accounts, so there's some good insider stuff to be seen here. Photo credits and thanks to The Mustache Race Team , Micah Jones, Nick Pon, Joey Church, Drew Colwell, Ben Ellinger, Eric Driscoll, Typhoon5000 , Chris Campbell, Alec Peeples, Art Hare, David Spinnett, Chris Droste, David Houser, and Billy Elliot. We had to shorten some of the accounts below, in order to keep our server hamsters from flying off their little wheels due to excessive speed; turns out...
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You know what sounds like fun? Heading up to the howling icy winds fresh mountain breezes of the Sierra foothills on the day after Christmas, climbing into a heater- and glass-free "race car" you and your loser friends bashed together with duct tape and JB Weld, and battling your frozen fingers and 80 or so other disintegrating hoopties for $1500 in nickels and major bragging rights! Yes, we're talking about the 24 Hours Of LeMons Thunderhill race, otherwise known as LeMons Arse-Freeze-A-Palooza , and the deadline is looming rapidly: October 18. You'd have to be crazy to want to do this, so of course I'll be there with my Black Metal V8olvo teammates… and it's not too late for you to get in on the fun! Make the jump for the official info. Let's face it: Nobody needs to risk life and limb driving some hooptie-ass car in a circle. Clearly, there's something about hassles and grief racers like. With that in mind, we're working hard to make LeMons'...
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It's 2:00 AM on race day in a nondescript warehouse farm just outside of Detroit. Bryan and I are bending the roll cage hoop while Bill cuts the mounting plates and Ben notches tubing. Our Celica-turned-race car sits dejectedly on jack stands, gutted and ready for welding. Preparation work that normally takes weeks is being compressed into two days and crucial safety equipment is being fabricated on a college-term-paper timeline. A final pull on our tubing bender and a vital component of the tool breaks. This is racing. It had been 24 hours of non-stop work, final checks and double checks, desperate scavenging for tools and parts which under normal circumstances would take weeks to acquire, but favors are called in, neighbors lend a helping hand, and the impossible becomes possible. We manage the installation with no time to spare, and the skies have opened up and poured down flooding rains upon Detroit, slowing our rush to the track We arrived at Toledo Speedway about an hour after...
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We're still in 24 Hours of LeMons racing season, and that means it's time to show the top finishers in the most recent race: LeMons Detroit-ish, aka LeMons Toledo! In fact, we've got shots of all the cars that managed at least one lap in Toledo last weekend (which featured more Crown Victorias than a typical police chase ). When you're done here, be sure to check out the top cars from other LeMons events, including LeMons New England '08 , LeMons South '08 , LeMons SF '08 , LeMons Arse-Freeze-A-Pa-Looza '07 , and LeMons SF '07 . If you're on one of these teams and would like to see your photos and/or account included in our upcoming LeMons Toledo Über Gallery , send them to me ASAP! #1: Sofa King, Toyota Supra #2: Junk Player Special, VW Jetta #3: Caintmakit Racing, Acura Integra #4: The Latch-Key Kids, Dodge Neon #5: Size Matters Chrysler, Plymouth Fury #6: SharT Attack, BMW E30 #7: Team Non Sequitur, Acura Integra #8: Pleasant Valley Racers/Team...
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Even with numerous machines getting knocked out of the Toledo Death March, the survivors continue to roar around the track in the quest for the Flag That Is Checkered. I've just received word on the People's Curse, photos of which will be posted as soon as someone at the track can get connected to some internet tubes; for now, here are some more shots of the action on the track and pits. galleryPost('TL08SundaySunday', 3, 'The Race Goes On In Toledo');
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The tale of the Pontiac Fiero entered by the Car & Driver guys at the 24 Hours of LeMons SF in May was indeed heartbreaking: after Mike Austin's sister Erica spent three days towing the car all the way out from Michigan, the plastic Pontiac managed seven laps before clutch and transmission woes made it a permanent fixture in the pits. My team was pitted nearby, and we were impressed by the C&D team's good humor in the face of their nightmare. For the Toledo race, they came roaring back with a new name (Seven Lap Fiero), and things were going great for a while… By all accounts, the Fiero was quite fast (vindicating the legions of Fiero zealots who fill their forums with lists of reasons for the Fiero being the ultimate 24 Hours of LeMons car), but then disaster struck. They got rear-ended in most crushing fashion by a team that will remain nameless (because I couldn't get that info) and the brake lines took some sort of impossible-to-repair-quickly damage. Let's hope...
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The tale of the Pontiac Fiero entered by some Car & Driver guys (not, as I may have implied earlier, actually sponsored by C&D ) at the 24 Hours of LeMons SF in May was indeed heartbreaking: after Mike Austin 's sister Erica spent three days towing the car all the way out from Michigan, the plastic Pontiac managed seven laps before clutch and transmission woes made it a permanent fixture in the pits. My team was pitted nearby, and we were impressed by the team's good humor in the face of their nightmare. For the Toledo race, they came roaring back with a new name (Seven Lap Fiero), and things were going great for a while… By all accounts, the Fiero was quite fast (vindicating the legions of Fiero zealots who fill their forums with lists of reasons for the Fiero being the ultimate 24 Hours of LeMons car), but then disaster struck. They got rear-ended in most crushing fashion by a team that will remain nameless (because I couldn't get that info) and the brake lines took...
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According to TheEastBayKid , 16 out of 54 cars have been knocked out of the race by ain't-coming-back-nohow mechanical problems ranging from thrown rods to garbooned suspensions to fires… oh, wait, another message just came in: two more dead cars just dragged off the track. Perhaps the lemonicide results from the lack of the all-night wrenchathon the crews at other LeMons races get (what, you think anyone sleeps between racing sessions?), but we'll have to speculate on that some other time. That's because we've got the new Top Three list for you; the current leader is the #2 Sofa King Supra with its weight-saving custom roof. Right behind the Supra is the #95 SharT Attack Racing BMW. In third place, we have the #5 Junk Player Special VW.
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The '88 Celica GT-S , manned by Jalopnoids Andy Didorosi and Ben Wojdyla, showed up for tech inspection three hours and 22 minutes after the race began, then proceeded to rack up three black flags for what TheEastBayKid calls "hitting stuff." He also says they're "pretty quick when they're out there." And… oh, no! Late-breaking news from the track says the Celica "blew a hub and launched the wheel," and had to be dragged off the track. Damn!
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Actually, it's been going on since 3:00 PM Ohio time, but the Jalopnik-contaminated team had a last-second super-thrash session on the car- something having to do with the rollcage welds- and weren't able to get to the track until not long ago. I've been out looking at a potential Hell Project for my personal stable (hint: it's French) and have just brushed off the rust flakes and fired up the computer. Anyway, sorry about the delay and here are some photos courtesy of race official and Alfa driver TheEastBayKid . More to come! galleryPost('LT08Day1Start', 9, 'Racing In Toledo Begins');
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Is it possible to have too many Cordoba posts? Never! After winning the 24 Hours Of LeMons SF '08 in an Integra, placing fifth at the '07 Arse-Freeze-A-Pa-Looza LeMons in a Sentra SE-R, and taking on a 24 Hours Of Le Mans team in a soapbox derby championship race, Krider Racing is now channeling Ricardo Montalban and campaigning a '76 Chrysler Cordoba demolition derby car! They competed in the California State Demolition Derby Championship last month; make the jump to see all the photos and read the latest KR adventures. galleryPost('KriderCordobaHoonage', 3, 'Krider Racing Brings Corinthian Leather To Demolition Derby'); No, this skip loader ripping on the front bumper of this Chrysler Cordoba is the not the “People’s Curse” from the 24 Hours of LeMons. However, this is Krider Racing, the 24 Hours of LeMons Altamont 2008 Champions getting some “People’s Assistance” on their Destruction Derby car. The skip loader is trying to pull the frame away from the steering...
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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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