The LeMons Thread!

[CarsonE30]

What's up r3v! Me and a couple friends are interested in doing a LeMons race or 2 this year, we have car lined up and enough people but I'm just wondering if anyone else in here has participated and has any knowledge they'd be willing to kick down! Thanks r3v!:mrgreen:

[kronus]

i've been doing lemons since 2010



sup

[CarsonE30]

i've been doing lemons since 2010



sup

That's the most bad ass pic I've ever seen. I'm gonna shoot you a PM :D

[jpod999]

I did Lemons back in 08-09 with my auto tech teacher and a few friends. We ran a 1997 Taurus SHO- this model had the V8 and it sounded amazing. I was very surprised by how much I liked the car, that engine was something else. It was chipped with no rev limiter, once I looked down at the tach and was at 8400rpm and it didn't miss a beat!

The Volvo behind us in this picture ended up crashing head on into a wall killing the driver. They almost cancelled the rest of the race after that. This was at Altamont in 2008, we had a school bus theme going:


We then ran the same car the next year at Thunderhill, this time with a skunk theme. We even ran bee repellent (seriously smells awful) through windshield washer tubes to the back of the car aimed about 10 feet behind us, when we hit the sprayers it would shoot the person following us with the repellent:


The only thing I can remember is to make sure to check the expiration date on your harnesses. We got a used set on eBay and they ended up being expired (which none of us caught). We ended up borrowing a set from another competitor.

[kronus]

is that the skunk car that lit on fire? we were at that race, think I have some friends on that team.

[jpod999]

I'm not sure if my teacher ever ran that car again, I heard that a buddy of mine saw it on a trailer recently and it was still in the skunk livery. So...it may have been, but not while I was still on the team.

[CarsonE30]

Damn, I had never heard of that Volvo incident, that's brutal. It looks like a lot of fun for not a lot of money and a crazy cool group of people. Hopefully we get out there this year, if not, next year for sure!

[jpod999]

Damn, I had never heard of that Volvo incident, that's brutal. It looks like a lot of fun for not a lot of money and a crazy cool group of people. Hopefully we get out there this year, if not, next year for sure!

Yeah it cast a shadow over the rest of the day that's for sure, the dude had a family too which made it worse.

Don't let the $500 thing steer you wrong, it's still an expensive affair. Definitely less than running a full season of SpecE30 but still not cheap. The cool thing is that you don't need a full comp license to compete, just keep in mind that leads to less than experienced drivers on track.

[CarsonE30]

Yeah it cast a shadow over the rest of the day that's for sure, the dude had a family too which made it worse.

Don't let the $500 thing steer you wrong, it's still an expensive affair. Definitely less than running a full season of SpecE30 but still not cheap. The cool thing is that you don't need a full comp license to compete, just keep in mind that leads to less than experienced drivers on track.

Yeah I bet that put a damper on things.

And I'm aware that it is still auto racing and isn't "cheap" no matter how you break it down but it definitely is a bucket list for us

[agent]

We even ran bee repellent (seriously smells awful) through windshield washer tubes to the back of the car aimed about 10 feet behind us, when we hit the sprayers it would shoot the person following us with the repellent

So the series and track officials allowed you to put a substance on the track and/or a competitor's car?

[kronus]

So the series and track officials allowed you to put a substance on the track and/or a competitor's car?

Altamont was "different" than what it's become since then. I think Jay et al got a scare...

[squidrope]

Raced in Lemons for a few years until the team exploded. Building another car and hope to be ready for next season.

[2mAn]

I was building an '80 rabbit to race in ICSCC Club Rabbit class and I was also going to use it in LeMons, but the project fizzled when the place I was building it got foreclosed and I had 30 days to get out and two incomplete projects :(

How it sat after my friend built it



It got close, but not close enough


A control arm mount that got hammered (probably in an off roading excursion) took forever to fix and is probably what prevented me from finishing it in time

My favorite pic from when I had it


I still have the motor and a few other things. I hope to build a FSV to race in a vintage class against FF and FC cars

[pandaboo911]

Yay Lemons. I've been racing with Auto Lemon Union with the mario kart themed e28 535i but the car was sold to another team and now we run a 1990 miata with a 1.8 swap. Team name changed to Risky Whiskey Racing. We'll be running a second miata soon, one white and the other black.







shameless link: https://www.facebook.com/RiskyWhiskeyRacing

For reference, lemons racing is anything but cheap. We budget about $2000 per race weekend, not including modifications we make to the car. That's about the same amount of money I spent on a 3 week trip in Thailand including the round trip ticket.

[jpod999]

So the series and track officials allowed you to put a substance on the track and/or a competitor's car?

Yup! As Kronus more or less said, they have gotten more professional since those early days.