24 hours of Lemons

[clill]

Next weekend at Thunderhill. A friend has a 87 Firebird that I hope will last us to the end...or at least cook some good food on the intake.

http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/


No Scott....not LEMANS.....LEMONS !!!!!!!

[JayR]

Good luck! I've been reading about that in a bunch of publications and it looks like a laugh-riot. An 87 Firebird sounds like a good entry for $500 if it holds together.

I was thinking it's too bad the police auctions don't still have Caprices. An LT1 model goes like stink, makes a good battering ram and keeps running like a Timex.

[xplantdad]

Sounds like fun Charley...get some pics!:cheers:

[clill]

After session 1 shut down at 9:00pm we are in 18th place out of about 70 entries. This is nuts....Turn two in the dark with our crappy lights I drove right out into the field....stayed on the throttle and drove right back onto the track leaving a little mud. Just couldn't see the track the second portion of the turn......Did I say this is nuts ?:willy:

[awr68]

sounds like a great time!! enjoy!! :cheers:

[clill]

We survived. Had to change a spindle when the wheel bearings went..a couple hours after putting out the fire when the bearing grease caught on fire. Also had the power steering pump fall off..Also have quite a few dents. What a great handling car it was for such a low budget ride.

[camcojb]

sounds like a blast, glad you had fun. :D

Jody

[awr68]

Nice!!!

[David Pozzi]

Glad you had fun. What an adventure!
How did the brakes hold up?
What position did you finish?
Are you sore/tired?

David

[xplantdad]

Too cool Clill!

[xplantdad]

Charley asked me to post these...looks like they had a blast! Charley said that the first car in the pics is theirs...red and yellow Firebird!

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010003.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010002.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010007.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010011.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010014.jpg

[xplantdad]

More...

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010022.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010029.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010030.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010031.jpg

[xplantdad]

This is the car that got the "curse". They pick one car at the start of the event...and basically destroy it at the end...the destruction pics will come at the end...

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010019.jpg

[xplantdad]

More pics...

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010034.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010035.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010038.jpg

[xplantdad]

Still more pics...

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010042.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010043.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010044.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010045.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010046.jpg

[xplantdad]

Pics of the "cursed car" getting destroyed!

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010067.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010068.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010069.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010070.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010071.jpg

[xplantdad]

The last few...thanks for sharing Charley!:cheers:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010072.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010073.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010074.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/lotsayenkopics/clill/24%20hours%20of%20Le%20Mons/tn_P1010075.jpg

[clill]

We finished 8th in our class

8th place # 29 Hall N Assassinators 353 laps 13hours 19 minutes, Fast Lap 1:18

[clill]

results site

http://www.mylaps.com/results/newResults.jsp?id=713849

[CarlC]

Looks like a blast!

That fur covered roll cage is the best!

[buickfunnycar.com]

We finished 8th in our class

8th place # 29 Hall N Assassinators 353 laps 13hours 19 minutes, Fast Lap 1:18

Sounds good Charlie...what did you guys cook?:rolleyes:

[clill]

We cooked two different dishes. Wrapped in tinfoil on each side of the engine was Salmon and Duck. When we checked how it had cooked, it was so cold outside that neither had cooked. Our solution was to put the Salmon in a plastic bag with some chicken broth and microwave it in a motorhome. We won the award for best tasting food. It was so cold that nobodys stuff got cooked. Someone cooking meatloaf used a temp gun the the engine never got over 110 degrees...:thumbsup:

[buickfunnycar.com]

We won the award for best tasting food...

There's a moral victory right there...:yes: