24 Hours of Lemons races can be, how do I say,… Interesting. I don’t mean the ridiculously themed cars or the intense racing. I mean the stuff other than cars: the people, the stuff the people bring, and the cars that bring the people. Last weekend’s There Goes the Neighborhood 24 Hours of Lemons in Thompson, CT, was no different. In the time I wasn’t driving, avoiding dehydration, or helping out my teammates, I ventured into the paddock and here is what I saw.
Full race report late this week.


Just a crowd of people. And a dominatrix.

Just a guy riding a… thing. Dressed like that on a 90F day.

Just a crowd of fans. One dude is in a bikini, no biggie.

The Massholes, great team from the 508 area code who screwed themselves and lost overall by half a lap.

These stupid Volvos are stupid fast.

Your I.O.E. winner, rightfully so.

Winner of How the hell is this a $500 car? or something like that.

Fiat 131!! It did as well as you’d imagine. Still, it was refreshing to see a proper Fiat. Why didn’t they go with the obvious Alitalia livery is beyond me.

That’s a scooter. I have no idea how it runs but I saw a dude riding it.

GT Performer!!! I had the same bike! Haven’t seen one in ages! Have you seen what they’re going for on eBay!?

Not a Subaru. I was hoping it had a Subaru engine. It didn’t.

Two guys. In hats. One dressed like… I have no idea. The other on a unicycle.

Note the C7 Corvette-like quad exhaust – that’s attention to detail!
The team that this vehicle was with left on Sunday morning. Why?
Because one of their members had a little too much to drink and went all wacko at night. Yelling, cursing, knife, wire ties, State Police, taser, he resisted, lots of drama that escalated quickly, yaddy yadda.

And we end with this brown goodness. Likely a sleeper.

Nah, we end with the team picture! Andy, me, Chris, and Rafal. We finished fifth in class! More on that later.