24 Hours of LeMons

[Christine Grice]

So speaking of or friendly Cal Club counter parts in ButtonWillow:

http://jalopnik.com/5106708/24-hours-of ... es-in-2009" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

24 Hours Of LeMons Coming To Buttonwillow, Reno-Fernley, Nelson Ledges In 2009!

As the economy continues to take kidney punches, more and more once-exclusive tracks have decided that it's OK to allow the caddies into the pool, and thus it has come to pass that Nelsen Ledges in Ohio, Buttonwillow Raceway Park in Southern California, and Reno-Fernley Raceway in Nevada will be holding 24 Hours Of LeMons races in 2009!

These are some great tracks; the Bay Area contingent is already foaming at the mouth just thinking about that Fernley course. And hey, didja notice that the Buttonwillow race is going head-to-head with the Monterey Historics? You know where I'm gonna be! Get your most gullible friends and a piece-o-crap car together, head over to the application page, and join the racing chaos fun!


1: HOUSTON GATOR-O-RAMA
Date: 28 Feb-1 March '09
Track: MSR Houston, Angleton TX
Entry Deadline: Ten weeks before the race (20 December 2008)

2: LeMONS SOUTH SPRING
Date: 4-5 April '09
Track: Carolina Motorsports Park, Kershaw SC
Entry Deadline: Ten weeks before the race (24 January 2009)

3: GOIN' FOR BROKEN
Date: 23-24 May '09
Track: Reno-Fernley Raceway, Reno NV
Entry Deadline: Ten weeks before the race (14 March 2009)

4: LAISSEZ LES CRAPHEAPS ROULEZ NEW ORLEANS
Date: 6-7 June '09
Track: No Problem Raceway, Belle Rose LA
Entry Deadline: Ten weeks before the race (28 March 2009)

5: LeMONS NEW ENGLAND
Date: 11-12 July '09
Track: Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford Springs CT
Entry Deadline: Ten weeks before the race (2 May 2009)

6: THE BUTTONWILLOW HISTRIONICS
Date: 15-16 August '09
Track: Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow CA
Entry Deadline: Ten weeks before the race (6 June 2009)

7: LeMONS SOUTH FALL
Date: 12-13 September '09
Track: Carolina Motorsports Park, Kershaw SC
Entry Deadline: Ten weeks before the race (4 July 2009)

8: THE LAMEST DAY (full 24-hour enduro)
Date: 3-4 October '09
Track: Nelson Ledges Road Course, Nelson Ledges OH
Entry Deadline: Ten weeks before the race (25 July 2009)

9: YEE-HAW IT'S LeMONS TEXAS
Date: 24-25 October '09
Track: MSR Houston, Angleton TX
Entry Deadline: Ten weeks before the race (15 August 2009)

10: LeMONS ARSE-FREEZE-APALOOZA
Date: 21-22 November '09
Track: Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows CA
Entry Deadline: Ten weeks before the race (12 September 2009)

[Aaron Goldsmith]

I'm In! Marshall, Christine, Tom and I! Team Nationals Type Primadonas!

[Jayson Woodruff]

Buttonwillow, Mid Aug, $500 race cars. Can you imagine anything less comfortable. I'm young and physically tolerant (note I didn't say 'fit'), but I'll wait and drive the extra distance to Thunderhill in Nov.

Jay W

[Aaron Goldsmith]

Buttonwillow, Mid Aug, $500 race cars. Can you imagine anything less comfortable. I'm young and physically tolerant (note I didn't say 'fit'), but I'll wait and drive the extra distance to Thunderhill in Nov.

Jay W

That sounds good too!

[Steve Ekstrand]

I'm In! Marshall, Christine, Tom and I! Team Nationals Type Primadonas!

Gee... Is there anybody on that team that could locate and acquire a usable salvaged vehicle for the event???

[John Coffey]

Gee... Is there anybody on that team that could locate and acquire a usable salvaged vehicle for the event???

Be careful about nice the vehicle is. The judges award lap penalties based on how nice/competitive the cars is before the start of the event. If its too nice, its a likely candidate for audience crushing.

[Jayson Woodruff]

Everyone that's ever been crushed has a youtube video up.

Here's a good one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4tuap8DVRQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Jay W

[Jeff Shyu]

Aaron and Marshall need to come to my house and revive the MR2. it needs A LOT of elbow grease, but otherwise working.. :unimpressed:

[Aaron Goldsmith]

Aaron and Marshall need to come to my house and revive the MR2. it needs A LOT of elbow grease, but otherwise working.. :unimpressed:

that thing is cursed, i'm staying the hell away from it.

[Marshall Grice]

yeah, even when not racing you couldn't keep an engine running in it for longer then 24 hours. you're on what engine #7 in that thing?

[Jeff Shyu]

well, the engine didn't die on this one. it was the cracked radiator. i have one of those sitting around.. >_<

it just got to the point where, i had the truck, had the motorcycle, and really didn't want to work on cars anymore, so it just sat there. and then the slow oil leak had enough time to leak a lot of oil..

[Steve Ekstrand]

Just imagine a first gen MR2 getting punted by a 60's Chrysler Imperial.

[Jeff Shyu]

Just imagine a first gen MR2 getting punted by a 60's Chrysler Imperial.

it's a 2nd gen.. that's like.. 30% bigger.. >_>

[John Kestler]

Very intrigued. Count me in. I can contribute safety gear on a loaner basis (window net, seat, harness, fire extinguisher, 3 layer suit) and labor (Mig Welder too).
So i figure you cut the springs, weld steel strips to the stock swaybar...and get the rest at the Sun Valley Pick-u-part?

[Christine Grice]

Junkyard? The guys over at Jalopnik talk about the 24 hours of LeMons all of the time:

http://jalopnik.com/5103956/first+ever- ... d-the-lose" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Ian Stewart]

Ya, me and some buddies did the thunder hill lemons last year in, what else, a Z of course

Fun, but after car, prep and entry, it's pretty pricy!!

We rearended a dead Neon in the black of night, thrashed all night, came back, and ran the next day only to be punted off course by a sixties Pontiac Belvedere...

Jalopniks did a writup on us...

http://jalopnik.com/338990/team-ddts-28 ... one-barely" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I have a doner car for another event, just couldn't get into the event this year...

[Mako Koiwai]

Team Blew/John Kestler is going to try to put together a Team: http://www.teamblewracing.com/forum/for ... =2992&PN=1

It would be nice to have some CSCC company ...

Any CSCC/SCCA conflicts for Aug. 15/16 2009 ?

[Mako Koiwai]

Ian ... how much do you figure it ended up costing?

[Leonard Cachola]

I'm interested in joining a team.

[John Kestler]

Team Blew/John Kestler is going to try to put together a Team: http://www.teamblewracing.com/forum/for ... =2992&PN=1

It would be nice to have some CSCC company ...

Any CSCC/SCCA conflicts for June 6th 2009 ?

Leonard, if your serious post on the Team Blew site and we'll add your name.

[Leonard Cachola]

Leonard, if your serious post on the Team Blew site and we'll add your name.

Hm... after reading the rules, it sounds like I'd be in over my head. Maybe someday...

[Earl Merz]

Buttonwillow, Mid Aug, $500 race cars.

Dare I say it? I have less than $500 in my 91 Civic Si. 130hp D15, Konis, rear swaybar...

[Ian Stewart]

Hey Mako,

If memmory serves

500 for car entry
100 per driver X 5 drivers
car 0-500
seat, belts 300-400 (although you may have it already)
brakes 100-200
tires 400-600 (note, hard to get good "legal" tires under 15"
cage ???
fluids ???
"adjustments" ???

all in about $3-$4K, given the cage is affordable and you have some of the items already...

That works out to $600-800 per driver for 14 hours (yes 14, read the rules) so about 3 hours of driving per driver, if the car doesn't die, and doesn't get squished...

also, you need a full suit and SA rated road race gear

that said, most of this is the "buy in" and once you have done an event, and stick to the same kind of car, you can lower your cost with repeated offenses... IF you can get in

I was ready to do it again, but our team didn't make Jay's "list" for this year at Thunderhill, Oh well...

Best of luck to the Team Blue crew!! I could see an old Subi doing pretty well

Remember, successful entry is primarily based on your teams theme and how goofy and rediculous it is...

cheers,

Ian

[Ethan West]

I just sold a set of my old steel wheels to a team member from Autoblog's Team Tinkerbell Rosso. http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/15/24-h ... the-build/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Bob Beamesderfer]

Remember, successful entry is primarily based on your teams theme and how goofy and rediculous it is...

Also seems to help if you're connected to a high-traffic automotive web site. ;)