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

[Greg Brown]

So Rick, you are the owner of that MG I saw while driving in to the shop.
 As several members can testify, I was drooling a bit over it.  My mom
drove an MG midget for a long time and I learned to drive on a 1977 (or
1975, don't remember) MG Grand.  Seeing that car sitting there was a huge
kick in the nostagias.

Sorry to go off topic.
</fanboy squee>

-Greg


On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 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
>>
>> --
>> Tycho Clendenny
>>
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