Right after inspecting a record-breaking number of British automobiles on Friday at the eighth annual Arse Freeze-a-Palooza 24 Hours of LeMons, we had been a bit disappointed on Saturday to locate that the highest-placing British machine at the finish of the initial day’s race session was in 74th location (out of 174 entries). Nevertheless, we’ve noticed lots of thrilling developments in the course of what turned out to be a quite excellent day of racing in California’s Wine Country. Here’s what’s going on at Sonoma Raceway.
Top the most important LeMons class, Class C, we have the veteran (and aptly named) Black Flags team and their 1983 Toyota Supra. The Black Flags have been racing with LeMons considering that way back in 2009, and following 24 races they’ve established themselves as such lovable-however-hapless, spinny-outty, parts-breaking, penalty-box regulars that the LeMons Supreme Court feels no qualms about placing a Supra (normally a Class B or A sort of a vehicle) into Class C. Soon after all, the Black Flags finish most races in the component of the standings reserved for teams that throw connecting rods on the 4th lap. This time, even so, the Black Flags spent the first day of their 25th LeMons race avoiding trouble and turning laps, and they ended the day in P42 overall and with a healthier class lead.
5 laps behind the Black Flags, the drivers of the LaHonda Bandits Racing Grope Porsche 914 are grumbling about this unexpected domination by The Most Terrible Supra In The Globe. Can the Black Flags hold this lead, or will they crack beneath the unprecedented pressure? We’ll discover out on Sunday!
Major Class B and in P16 overall, the 42 Hours of MeLons group and their Volvo 245 are getting their greatest race weekend ever.
Just a single lap behind the dyslexically-named Volvo team is the John Galt Racing BMW 2002. This team has been racing in LeMons at least as lengthy as the Black Flags, with that Class B trophy remaining tantalizingly just out of reach all that time. Nowadays, even though, the John Galt Racing drivers managed to hold onto the P1 spot for most of the early going. A fuel leak required a time-consuming repair stop and expense the 2002 pilots their overall lead, but the team is in great shape for a run at the Class B trophy.
When the checkered flag ended the 1st day of racing, the Porch Racing Porsche 944, winner of the preceding Sears Point LeMons race, held a nerve-wrackingly narrow edge over the team’s closest pursuer. Porsche 944s had been about the most heartbreaking LeMons vehicles imaginable for the initial 6 years of the series, but the final year has seen 3 distinct 944 teams take all round LeMons wins.
About a half-lap behind the Porch Racing automobile is a sight that makes all West Coast LeMons racers most uncomfortable: the Eyesore Racing ghettocharged Mazda Miata. The Eyesore vehicle is extremely fast, the drivers incredibly skilled, and the team organization flawless, but their modest factory fuel tank signifies they have to pit more frequently than the fuel-cell-equipped competition.
Generating things even far more intriguing for Eyesore Racing this time was the LeMons-style marriage proposal offered by group captain and Mazda engineer Dave Coleman to ace driver Sarah Fairfield, by means of this sign waved alongside the checkered flag. She stated yes!
Exactly where else but LeMons racing would you see a couple of brown Ford Pintos duking it out at Sears Point?
Meanwhile, dozens of teams broke, blew up, burned, and otherwise blasted their race vehicles during the day, and now the paddock echoes with the sound of hellbent hammers and screaming Sawzalls. When the Whale Wars Racing team fried the engine in their Mitsubishi 3000GT for the duration of practice on Friday, they found a components car on Craigslist on Saturday morning… and that automobile spent the day donating parts to any group that wanted them. Right here we see what happens when a team wants a replacement fuel filler neck and lacks the patience to deal with a lot of difficult fasteners.
That group, of course, is Team Tinworm and their fuel-dumping 1964 Humber Super Snipe. We’re fairly positive this is the 1st instance in planet history of a Mitsubishi 3000GT fuel filler going into a Rootes Group item.
Be sure to verify in later to see how Sunday’s race session goes!
LeMons California Day 1: Porsche 944, Volvo 245, Toyota Supra Leading Classes
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