We’ve been placing on 24 Hours of LeMons races at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, just north of Bakersfield, since way back in 2009. It’s hot right here in California’s Central Valley, but today’s 99-degree temperatures have been pleasant compared to last year’s punitive sweat-fest, and we managed to get by means of the inspections of the 120 or so entrants to the 2014 Button Turrible 24 Hours of LeMons with out any person being rushed to the ER with heatstroke. Here are some of the hightlights of the automobiles and teams that will be competing this weekend.
The number of BMW 3-series, Mazda Miata, and Mazda RX-7 race vehicles was basically off the charts at this race. These boring vehicles sort of blur with each other for us, even though the Schtuffinzpants E36 “Trans Am” looked excellent.
We usually suggest to the 3-series teams that they think about acquiring a genuine race automobile. Say, a 1978 Ford Fairmont Futura with 200-cubic-inch straight 6 engine.
Or a Mercury Zephyr with exceptional “Super Troopers” theme.
Of course, we do like to see a Porsche 911 in LeMons… offered it has a Volkswagen diesel engine in the back.
The 911 Diesel group brought their usual complement of umbrella boys.
This very first-time team identified a extremely original (i.e., entirely worn out) C4 Corvette, comprehensive with automatic transmission and additional-loose suspension.
You can also make a “Barbie Corvette” by attaching a handful of physique panels to a considerably-battered Honda Civic. The sensible money says that this vehicle will beat the true Corvette.
The “Saanda” Saab Turbo-engined Honda 600 is back, and the team hopes that it will handle more than its usual handful of laps this time.
Creative team costumes abounded. This team gave their Volvo 242 a great “I Can not Believe It is Not Better” theme, complete with stick-of-butter outfits.
The “Cowmaro” team performed incomprehensible rituals.
The BRIBED stencil for this race honored the incredibly LeMon-y Edsel. Rumor has it that we’ll have our 1st genuine Edsel LeMons car in Texas this fall.
8-Bit Racing brought their hyper-uncommon Subaru RX, soon after their engine-swapping frenzy won them the Judges’ Selection award at the Utah race a few weeks ago. Class C, of course.
Class C will be difficult this time, even though, with such vehicles as the Team Tinworm Humber Super Snipe wagon in our favourite class. The original Tinworm 1959 Super Snipe won the Index of Effluency trophy at Buttonwillow 2 summers ago, then flipped over and was destroyed at the Chuckwalla race later that year. Now the running gear out of the wrecked auto has been transplanted into a replacement Super Snipe, and the result appears good.
San Diego madman Spank has carried out it again, this time bringing a Dacia 1100 (in fact a mechanically identical Renault 10) with a Ceaușescu-era Romania theme. True reside goats and chickens on the automobile!
Far more chickens inside.
Nadia Comăneci is part of the team.
Spank provided American cigarettes and blue jeans to Chief Perp Lamm, in keeping with Iron Curtain-era Romanian tradition.
We’ve by no means had a Renault 10 in LeMons prior to, so no one knows how this dead-stock automobile will execute this weekend. Perhaps it will run away with Class C.
Like a bad dream that just won’t go away, the worst auto in 24 Hours of LeMons history is back to break some more racers’ hearts.
Verify in Saturday evening to learn how the 1st day’s race session goes.
LeMons Southern California Inspections: A Humber, a Dacia, and More Mazdas Than We Can Count
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