[General] Gearhead makers might be interested in the 24 Hours of Lemons

[Daniel Valdez]

Rick, I have a friend who is interested. Greg Marvin who is pretty experienced with this race and has built for for it before.

He owns his own shop and has a lift, I'm not going to speak for him but I told him all about this and he might come in tuesday evening to chat about it. I'm a little interested in helping to customize the vehicle's cosmetic appearance if that is even a thing for this race. Something that really says "makers local did this" 

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> On Jan 30, 2014, at 8:00 PM, Stephan Henning <shenning at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Rick, I might be up for helping out with that at some point, but I've too much on my plate at the moment. 
> 
> Could be a fun project though. There is a local group that does autocross, I've seen them out at Frank Milton on a few occasions, but I don't remember their name.
> 
> From the way I read the rules, I don't see an easy way to get in a $10K, but I'll admit I haven't read through them with an eye for cheating the system either. 
> 
> -stephan
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Rick Nelson <geezer.nelson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> In case you think this is a scam to get free labor, I would donate the car to Makers Local before the work is finished.  I should have mentioned that before.
>> Rick
>> 
>>> On Jan 30, 2014 7:19 PM, "Rick Nelson" <geezer.nelson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have been on the email list for years, but don't post often.  I also don't spend time at the shop, even though I live only a few blocks away.  I apologize in advance if I'm out of line with this post.
>>> I have been to a Lemons race at Sebring.  There are fun cars that don't take themselves seriously, and there are race cars with serious drivers that take advantage of the rules to drive fast, expensive cars.  There are loopholes in the $500 limit that allow drivers to race BMWs and Porsches that look like they should be in a professional event.  However, if a team is racing for fun and not upset by winners in $10,000 cars, it could be a total blast.
>>> If some of you are seriously interested in entering the 24 Hours of Lemons, or the Chump Car Series, I can provide a car that will qualify after a rebuild.  I bought it with this in mind,.  It is a 1977 MG Midget 1500.
>>> If any of you are serious enough about a Maker Racing Team to put some work into it, we could race next season, and maybe even get some autocross runs in it this season.  Lemons requires a minimum of four drivers, and a pit crew would be needed.  I'll be one driver, so we need at least three more.  I believe six drivers is the max.
>>> 
>>> Rick Nelson
>>>> On Jan 29, 2014 7:34 PM, "Tycho Clendenny" <tmclendenny at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> This Saturday and Sunday is the first time The 24 Hours of Lemons (not LeMans) is coming to Alabama. What is the 24 Hours of Lemons? See http://24hoursoflemons.com/ for details, but, in short, it's racing crap cars on a real race track to see who can make the most laps.
>>>> 
>>>> More than 50 teams will race $500 junkers around the Barber track in Birmingham. I'm going to watch the folks try and hold their rustbuckets together against all odds. Some teams have ideas so crazy they just might work, like using an airplane wing as a spoiler.
>>>> 
>>>> It should be fun.
>>>> Saturday, Feb 1 & Sunday, Feb 2
>>>> Barber Motorsports Park
>>>> Leeds, AL
>>>> All-access pass $20 / day or $30 / weekend
>>>> 
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