The 24 Hours of LeMons organization has descended upon the after-upscale Race Sonoma aka Sears Point in California’s Wine Country, for the eighth annual Arse Freeze-a-Palooza race. We’ve got the usual hordes of Mazda Miatas, Honda Civics, and BMW 3-series vehicles amongst the 180+ entrants (verify out Judge Eric’s preview for a far more detailed crapcan inventory), but we’ve also got more British vehicles than we’ve ever observed at a single LeMons race. We often have some Union-Jack-flying machinery at California races, but never ever the broad assortment of marques that we’ve got in shop for this weekend. Along with that, there’s also a not-quite-fully-British-but-nevertheless-remarkable replica of the Jaguar E-Sort hearse from the film Harold and Maude.
This “E-Type” began out as the In-a-Gadda-Da-Speeda Datsun 280ZX, then received some thrashed-but-genuine Jaguar body components and some creative sheet-metal perform to grow to be Harold’s hearse. The group even place collectively some exceptional costumes for the occasion.
As for the fully British cars, we’ve got at least one particular instance apiece from Austin, Rover, Jensen-Healey, Humber, MG, Jaguar, Sunbeam, and Lotus in the house (strangely, we do not have a single Triumph). Here’s the Pit Crew Revenge “RoLex” Rover SD1, which characteristics a Lexus 1UZ-FE V8 swap.
Would you think 2 Jensen-Healeys? Not only that, both have correct Lotus 907 engines!
Here’s a Lotus that does not have a Lotus 907: the “Chotus” features Chevrolet 350-cubic-inch V8 energy. The B-Team’s Chotus has turned in previous LeMons performances that run the gamut from execrable to disappointing, but the team has swapped in a Jaguar XJ-S rear suspension and worked Ford Sierra front hubs into a homemade front suspension that might let the B-Team to get a full weekend of racing out of their automobile.
Bonus points for this so-geeky-we-nearly-can’t-stand-it Chotus badge.
Of course, you cannot have British vehicles with out at least one particular French vehicle, and here’s the Peugeot Daddy 404 to remind us that they make automobiles on the other side of the Channel.
Also from the Continent, 2 Teutono-GM Opel GTs.
Classic Detroit machinery was also nicely-represented. Verify out this battered-but-proud Chevy El Camino, comprehensive with genuine Chevrolet rally wheels. With its squishy suspension and tired 350 engine, this vehicle will compete against the Jensen-Healeys, Peugeot 404, and Humber Super Snipe in Class C.
Ford Pinto Cruising Wagon? Yeah, we’ve got one!
This Ford Crown Victoria team showed up with a classed-up “ASSCAR” theme, full with umbrella girls.
Hella Shitty Racing, which operates on the premise that guys should be objectified as humiliatingly as girls in racing, contributed some of the team’s own eye candy to the ASSCAR presentation. Only in LeMons!
The final time LeMons came to this track, the LeMons Supreme Court’s BRIBED stencil featured a stencil primarily based on the Grateful Dead’s “Steal Your Face” logo. This time, we decided to remain psychedelic with a diagram of the LSD molecule.
One particular team brought a game of Brain Surgery Operation for the LeMons Supreme Court to use as a penalty for miscreant drivers. Here’s Judge Mary (who performs as an emergency-room doctor for her day job) trying her hand at Brain Surgery Operation.
Teams continue to do Breaking Bad themes, and they maintain getting greater.
This group picked up an Audi wagon that had produced the news for a dramatic police chase prior to receiving LeMon-ized. Such provenance!
Yet another team brought this boombox constructed into a trash bin. We admire this sort of ingenuity.
The Killer Rabbit Racing Team, which finished in 228th spot in the world’s biggest road race earlier this year, is back. We really feel particular that they will not be DFL this time.
Following the inspections, the teams got busy with the cookin’ and wrenchin’ in the cold, rainy evening hours. Check in Saturday night to see what occurs in the course of the initial day’s race session!
LeMons Northern California Inspections: Plentiful British Automobiles, Harold & Maude&rsquos E-Kind Hearse
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