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24 Hours of LeMons: Chubba Cheddar Enduro preview
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Disclaimer: Eric Rood will be getting paid to sit on the 24 Hours of LeMons Supreme Court for this race, punishing drivers for their misdeeds and generally doing his best to maintain order on the racetrack. He will, however, not be participating in BS Inspection, so know that this preview is written without any ability…
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24 Hours of LeMons: Halloween Hooptiefest preview
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The 24 Hours of LeMons returns for its October trip to New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire this weekend. LeMons will run NHMS’ usual road course for Halloween Hooptiefest, which traverses parts of the circuit’s oval as well as parts of the infield and a section outside the oval’s boundary. Complementing the usual…
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Video: Bike-powered Subaru 360 is 'Rolex watch made out of garbage'
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Not so long ago, longtime sportscar racer and broadcaster Tommy Kendall called the 24 Hours of LeMons “…the second-most innovative (race) series on the planet.” That’s high praise from a former Le Mans driver, but if you’ve seen up close the work done by LeMons stalwarts Charnal House Racing, you know that Kendall is…
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ChumpCar: Anatomy of a driver change
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Most endurance racing fans will tell you that long-distance races are won and lost in the pits during driver changes. My trip to ChumpCar World Series’ race weekend at Gateway Motorsports Park afforded my photographer Steve Davis and I the opportunity to watch several very experienced crapcan teams ply their trade hobby on the track,…
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Crapcan Weekend Recap: September 28-29
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Last Saturday and Sunday saw one of the busiest crapcan weekends in history with four separate events going on simultaneously. As if the number of races wasn’t exciting enough, the races themselves were packed to the gills (Do races have gills? They must if I’m using that expression.) with action, drama, heartbreak, and some redemption,…
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24 Hours of LeMons: Gator-O-Rama 24 Preview
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You’d think that a series called the 24 Hours of LeMons might hold an entire season of 24-hour races, but you also might think that Bigfoot is using HAARP to melt the polar icecaps or something. What does HAARP supposedly do again? And what was I talking about? Oh, right. Most 24 Hours of LeMons…
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24 Hours of LeMons: Racer dies during Carolina Motorsports Park race
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A driver died last Saturday while racing in the 24 Hours of LeMons South Fall race at Carolina Motorsports Park. According to a mass email sent from LeMons’ headquarters, the Kershaw County Coroner’s Office determined the cause of death to be a massive coronary event, according to the email (later posted to the series’ Facebook…
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24 Hours of LeMons: LeMons South Fall Preview
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The 24 Hours of LeMons heads to the South for its 100th race, which it happens to be one of the series’ marquee events, the LeMons South Fall race on Carolina Motorsports Park’s full circuit. Part of the draw is the usual on-track mayhem, but the main attraction occurs before the green flag even drops.…
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24 Hours of LeMons: Thunderhill Preview
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The 24 Hours of LeMons retreats to the series’ California stronghold this weekend at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows for “Vodden the Hell Are We Doing?” Those squeamish about traffic management might want to sit this one out, as LeMons seeks to smash their own record for most cars in a race with 194 entries…
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The right man for the job
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The transmission’s innards lay on the workbench, the bell housing at our feet. Holding the shift rod oustretched, Alan Cesar grunted. This crucial piece of linkage should be a straight shaft and we could both see, for the first time, its obtuse angle with the vertex marking the rod’s exit point from the transmission casing.…
