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Note I said "LeMons," not "LeMans." If you're not aware, it's a race series for $500 beater cars. The concept is simple. Have fun racing on the cheap. Cars are inspected both to ensure their safety (they have to have full rollcages and other safety equipment) and for their adherence to the spirit (not just the letter) of the rules. If someone brings in a real race car, they're either disqualified or heavily penalized before the start of the race. And just to make sure no one is tempted to bring in a heavily disguised race car, there's the People's Curse: in the middle of the race, all the participants vote for the one car they want to curse, and it gets crushed. It discourages people from buying an ex-BTCC Accord, denting the panels and pretending it's a beater. Also, the prize is only $1500. Paid in nickels. The judges also come up with inventive and humiliating penalties in-race for people who drive like jerks, drive beyond their abilities, or treat the race as Serious Business. If you're not prepared to write "I said I wouldn't got four wheels off and I went four wheels off anyway" 500 times on your car while everyone else is out on the track racking up laps, then don't bother. Here's the website: 24hoursoflemons.com. Even their rules are a great read.
In case you're not aware, it's the fastest growing race series anywhere. There was one race in 2006, 4 in 2007, 6 in 2008 and 10 in 2009. They've just announced their schedule for 2010, and there will be no less than 23 races. If you think pushing beaters and art cars around a race track all weekend sounds dull, you haven't seen the racing. Just check out this YouTube video of a gutted MR2 battling with a Buick Regal at the Lamest Day at Nelson Ledges a couple of weeks ago. This is real racing, folks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Z9Jk4s3dM
Sadly, even with the significantly expanded schedule, they still won't be racing anywhere near me next year. Still, every time I look at an old rusted car on someone's property, I start thinking what a great LeMons car it would make.
Oh, I almost forgot about the Index of Effluency. It's given to the car that's least likely to cover the most laps. In the last race, it was a battle between a 1961 Cadillac coupe versus a Lada Signet from Canada. The Lada won it by being more reliable than the Caddy. Take that, capitalist pigs!
Is anyone else following LeMons?
In case you're not aware, it's the fastest growing race series anywhere. There was one race in 2006, 4 in 2007, 6 in 2008 and 10 in 2009. They've just announced their schedule for 2010, and there will be no less than 23 races. If you think pushing beaters and art cars around a race track all weekend sounds dull, you haven't seen the racing. Just check out this YouTube video of a gutted MR2 battling with a Buick Regal at the Lamest Day at Nelson Ledges a couple of weeks ago. This is real racing, folks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Z9Jk4s3dM
Sadly, even with the significantly expanded schedule, they still won't be racing anywhere near me next year. Still, every time I look at an old rusted car on someone's property, I start thinking what a great LeMons car it would make.
Oh, I almost forgot about the Index of Effluency. It's given to the car that's least likely to cover the most laps. In the last race, it was a battle between a 1961 Cadillac coupe versus a Lada Signet from Canada. The Lada won it by being more reliable than the Caddy. Take that, capitalist pigs!
Is anyone else following LeMons?
