One of the craziest enthusiasts good times in quite awhile. Here is a summary of what the 24 hrs of LeMons is about for those of you who don’t know….

Nasty. Brutish. Not Short Enough.

The crowd. The spectacle. The pall of blue smoke and roasted clutch discs. In all motorsport, no event captures the universal human need to whale on old crapcans and hoover down greasy barbecue like the 24 Hours of LeMons.

Each LeMons race is for cars purchased, fixed up, and track-prepped for a total of 500 dollars or less. But before reaching the grid, you’ll have to survive trials like the Personal-Injury-Lawyer Anti-Slalom, the Marxist-Valet Parking Challenge, and the Wide Open Throttle Rodthrowapalooza. Twelve hours into the race, the car voted People’s Choice is called in and awarded a cash prize; simultaneously, the car voted People’s Curse is called in and summarily destroyed. At the end of 24 hours, a gala awards ceremony plies the survivors with trophies, plaques, and four-figure purses in canvas bags full of nickels. What’s not to like?

I found out about this a couple months ago at a party. As soon as I heard about it, I had to be involved. The team needs 6 drivers for the 24 hrs and those spots were filled. But there was still room on the pit crew to stand by with a beer and a roll of duct tape. I will be keeping you up to date on the cars development and the final race day.

The car has been getting prepped for a few weeks now so I will do a brief recap soon. Here are some of the basics….

1985 Celica Supra….as you can see this is some eighties hotness. Straight lines, big greenhouse, 50/50 proportions, and split fours at the corners. All the things designers are told not to do now. It also carries a slight resemblance to the classic DeLorean.

You may remember this car as Doc’s ride from Back to the Future. It makes it easy for the theme of this car….
That’s right, time to use those years in design school to crunch pennies on designing a Flux Capacitor.

So far it has been hilarious coming up with ideas for the car and actually creating it into a time machine. Stay tuned and see the development of this bad ass ride. The race is Sept. 29th - 30th at Flat Rock Speedway. If you want to check out all the madness to can get tickets for the stands or the infield and be right next to the pits. The more fans the better, we will want to win not only the race, but the people’s choice award. So come out and cheer us on!