Here it is, Team First Blood going down with glory as the People’s Curse does it’s thing.  This years curse was supposed to allow all of the different teams access to the oil fill hole which they could put whatever they wanted to in it while it was running.  Nuts, bolts, bananas, anything until it blew.  But the engine died moments before the team was notified of the looming curse.  How else could Rambo go down with all the glory?

So Team First Blood requested they get their own time to destroy their creation.  A few minutes were granted and aided with sledge hammers.  Damage was adequate but not enough to have reason to leave the truck at the track.  The intent was that the curse would finish off the truck.  So the big can openers came out and finished the job.   The truck would become a convertible in a matter of minutes.   What a bitter sweet ending.

Check out the footage of how Rambo and his race truck were put to the grave.

The gallery is up of Team First Blood.  Check out the pics of the truck and the carnage that it endured.  I will post the video from the People’s Curse award tomorrow.

First Blood Gallery

Another great 24 hours from this years Lemons race.  Team First Blood definitely blew away the competition with our Rambo Chariot.  The theme was well appreciated and received a lot of props from the other teams.  Sadly though no other teams really created a theme for their vehicle.  This really made First Blood stand out, that and the 3 foot long gun pointing out the rear of the truck.

With the arrival of Hurricane Ike in the mid west, rain was predicted 100% for the weekend.  When we got to Toledo Speedway the entire pit area was under water.  Almost everything was flooded.  This was going to be a long weekend.  Within seconds we were soaked to the bone.  Luckily around 3pm at the start of the race the rain stopped.  We had assumed this would just be a temporary thing, but the rain held off for 24 hours.  How perfect is that.  Not until the awards were be given did the rain start again.  I actually got a little sun burned on Sunday.  Every where around us had non stop rain with high winds and even tornadoes.

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Front wheel drive cars are usually thought of as boring until you discover the e-brake and reverse 360’s. Check out this “funny as shit” way to spend time in a vacant parking lot. McDonald’s probably doesn’t like it very much but I know you will.
Do I hear front drive drifting circuit? Who wants to start it?

Thanks for the tip Window Licker…

Check out the video-
(( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llQfVfK-OUI ))

Coming off a weekend of LeMons racing it was going to be hard to match the fun and excitment of that race. Well depending on what you get your kicks from this might match it. An Enduro Derby.

What’s an Enduro Derby? Picture doing everything you’re not supposed to in a race. Spinning out drivers, using cars to bank off of, pushing them into the wall. And do it on an oval mud track with a figure eight on one end and a couple really big speed bumps. Oh yeah, hillbilly racin’ at its finest. This is what I went to Saturday night just south of AnnArbor. It was a great race to reminisce the good ‘ol days of your high school cars. Tempo’s, Cavalier’s, Sentr’s, Beretta’s, Celebrity’s, and other little shit boxes from the eighties became unrecognizable by the end of the 18 laps in each heat. Check out the video to get a feel of this spectacular down home event.

 

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This is a great article talking about the stories and peoples that competed in this weekends race, and they mention the team It’s the Lybians!

From the Detroit News….

FLAT ROCK — The bleary-eyed victors of the 24 hours of LeMons endurance race for junker cars hoisted their hard-earned prize — bags containing $1,500 in nickels — and posed for pictures that will be sent to a soldier in Iraq to prove they kept their promise of doing something special with his car.

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Insane. That is one word to describe this weekends race.

-1/4 mile track
-39 cars
-30 second lap times
-24 hours
-over 2400 laps

Can you even comprehend a race like this?

Here is a brief recap of the weekend. I’ll update more through the week on race events, stories, and videos. Right now I am trying to stay awake from a long weekend.

The teams sweet concept of the time machine along with the attention to detail and craftsmanship won us the People’s Choice award. The award was $1000 paid in bags of nickels. Yes, 50 pound bags of nickels. We blew by the other competitors with our theme, which was voted on by the other teams. We also finished the race which was not easy to do. We finished 25th after replacing a blown radiator ( with a radiator out of a Chevy Blazer ) and then a strut that was snapped in half like a toothpick from a wreck with another driver. With those hours being lost in the pits the car finished over 1200 laps through the 24 hours. Keep in mind all of our drivers had never raced a car before. As much as I hate to say it….damn those Toyota’s keep on runnin’.

Amazing job by the team and all of our supporters throughout the 24 hours. Thanks for cheering the team on.

The race was a huge success and a blast to be at. There is one more 12 hour race left this year. Next year they are planning 6-8 races. In a few years there will be LeMons races everywhere. You are definitley hooked once you do it. I am sure we will be back again next year. I’ll have more pics after I take a nap.

Photos from the race…24 Hours of LeMons.com

Here we are one day till the wet yourself sounds of Start Your Engines. We will hear up to forty beater cars struggle to lift those pistons to roll out for 24 hours of insanity. No practice, no experience, quarter mile track…..this is 24 hours of LeMons.
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So here is Part 2 of the build. I’ll call this phase…Color and Trim. Time to theme out the Poopra. Here is a fancy concept sketch of the final design. Sorry Doc, no disrespect, but we are doing our best with what we have to work with. Which is ten dollars cash, some coins and a lot of empty beer cans. Oh and the White Castle Slider boxes. They will come in handy somewhere.
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So after a week of crashes, and other technical problems, here is the video. Just a couple of friends, many great cars, lots of speed, and a great time, with some attempt to narate by myself.
I hope you like it. If not, go walk your dog….. or sumpthin…. Peace