24 Hours of Lemons

[Rick]

Jim (aka JAYKAY) has just acquired a 1985 Datsun 300ZX for $255 on Ebay. Jim, Martin, Peter, pmppuss and I are entering the 24 Hours of Lemons
. We will be racing in Michigan during September 29-30. I'm sure it will be quite a hilarious adventure!

[peterjank]

Count me in. I can't think of a better way to celebrate my birthday!

[Rick]

Ok great! Jim has 2 other drivers in mind so that makes 6.

[JAYKAY]

I have not yet heard from Mike (evomind on elisetalk), but I hope he is in. We need to come up with a team name and a sweet theme for the car. Some of our thoughts already are:

Scuderia di gabinetto all'aperto (roughly Outhouse racing team)
Scuderia pezzo di merda (roughly Piece Of $hit racing team)

For the car itself, we are thinking of:

St. Dale (black with a red stripe and halo over a 3, "first step to sainthood" on the back)
Good Grief Team Locust (knock-off of Gold Leaf Lotus)

I am open to other suggestions, but to inspire you I have attached the details of our mighty machine.

Jim

[JET Karting - Andy Finke]

VERY awesome race! I laughed out loud a couple times reading the rules.

If we did this with karts, we'd have to make the price somwhere around a case of beer...

Good luck guys, and I expect pictures and stories for the prep as much as the race.


Andy

[CIR-Reed]

I remember reading about this last year. A quote from car and driver magazine including some of the best rules which are not mentioned on the site.

"In the interest of keeping a modicum of civility on the track, grossly aggressive teams are black-flagged and brought into the pits to spin Lamm’s “Wheel of Misfortune.” The pointer comes to rest on such penalties as “Chin Music,” in which an auto-reverse tape player is tie-wrapped into the car, out of reach of the driver, and blasts Mannheim Steamroller’s Christmas, Billy Joel’s Greatest Hits, or Shaun Cassidy’s Born Late. Land on “Train in Vain” or “Stevie Wonder,” and a training wheel, or a cane, is welded to a door. Get stuck on “The Barnyard,” and a sheetmetal silhouette of a pig is welded to the roof. Our favorite is the “Grille of Damocles”: A metal square with spikes aimed at the radiator is welded to the nose of the car, and any front-end contact results in a game-ending punctured radiator. The welder is the lovely, winged Christine Rotolo, a.k.a. the “Arc Angel.”


How long can you deal with the blaring music while you drive?

[Rick]

Originally Posted by CIR-Reed

How long can you deal with the blaring music while you drive?

Can you say "IPod"?

[JAYKAY]

I spoke with Mike and he is interested. He may be reaching a point where he is too sane for this kind of crap so we better get him while we can.

Jim

[peterjank]

My favorite of the names suggested is "Good Grief Team Locust".

[JAYKAY]

Hi Guys,

I am pulling the forms together and need to get some info from you. Can you please PM me an e-mail and phone number so that I can get the ball rolling with the organizers? Also on the race website (www.24hoursoflemons.com) there is a driver entry form that you will need to fill out and send or fax in after I get the team form in.

I will be picking the car up this Friday, so I should be able to starting tearing it down next week.

Thanks,

Jim Koller