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

[Rick Nelson]

It seems that one of my new neighbors thinks there are too many houses with
inoperative cars in his neighborhood.  I have one of those houses.  This
new neighbor found out that I work for the police department, so he plans
to start his complaints with me.  I can't move the Midget into the garage,
so it has to go.  If there is still interest in a Makers Local Lemons/Chump
Car racer, I will donate the Midget and take it to the shop.  If there
isn't enough interest, I'll sell it to someone in one of my car clubs.
That neighbor will really be upset when I bring in the boat project I just
bought.
Rick Nelson



On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Stephan Henning <shenning at gmail.com>wrote:

> So, depending on how much speed this picks up (pun intended), I am closely
> acquainted with a gentlemen (he's an inlaw actually) that owns his own
> engine shop, builds race engines for short track, truck pulls, mud runs,
> rock crawlers, and restores cars for himself on the side. If and when I
> have free time again, I'm sure I can weasel some input out of him on things
> we could do to get/keep the engine running as strong as possible.
>
> I also have some machining skills I could lend to the project.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 9:25 PM, David <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
>
>>  I used to be in Twickenham, but when they stopped doing the autocross, I
>> lost interest.
>>
>>
>>
>> Rick Nelson wrote:
>>
>> If it happens and the engine seems solid after I give it a hard test
>> drive, someone may find an overlooked supercharger and intercooler in the
>> parts bin.  I can't risk wasting such a jewel if it isn't useful, though.
>> The groups that do autocrossing are the Tennessee Valley Region of the
>> Sports Car Club of America and the Twickenham Auto Club.  I'm in both.
>> Www.teamtac.org.
>>
>> Rick
>> On Jan 30, 2014 8:03 PM, "David" <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
>>
>>>  You wanna get it turbocharged, Rick?  if we can find a turbo cheap
>>> enough?
>>>
>>>
>>> Rick Nelson 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
>>>>
>>>>  --
>>>> Tycho Clendenny
>>>>
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