What I Learned at 24 Hours of LeMons
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Better to be squishy and reliable than fast
By RYAN LEIGHTON
It was early autumn when I thought it would be a bright idea to try my luck at auto racing.
I had never stepped foot on a race track before. But I was convinced to get behind the wheel of a late 1990s crapbox to endure what became 14 hours of high octane terror on the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Joined by the likes of four other dubbers and one veteran racer, we called ourselves the Headgasketless Horsemen. We donned our racing gear, and went to battle with hundreds of other rusted out crapboxes, better known by the term “lemons”.
This was 24 hours of LeMons.
As for the car, saying it handled well wouldn’t be correct.
That’s not to say it handled poorly, either - because even that denotes that it handled at all.
No - the car just kind of squished around corners.
Try as though we might to wring any sort of aggression out of it, we were still racing a white marshmallow around the course.
Yet still we soldiered on for 337 laps. The five cars behind us - a Mazda Miata, BMW 325i, Audi A6, Datsun 280Z and BMW325 were all unquestionably faster but we were better. Whereas those teams drove their cars too hard and wound up in the garage or in trouble, our squishy little sedan just kept puttering around the course.
By the end of our endeavor we might have taken away one lesson. If life give you lemons, squeeze the life out of them, because it’s better to be squishy and reliable than fast.
"I'm praying for snow" that KILLED me :)
I just discovered this video and it is great! A great description of the Lemons Racing thing! I will push this on our social media and help you get more views! BTW we are the people who brought you Mr Fister!
That poor car isn't a "sleeper", it's a "coma".......
Lemons weekend was the most fun I have had in years. We are definitely going back. And cheating.
Terrible editing this hurt to watch
I've done this three times, and there really isn't anything like it. It's so much fun out on the track. I wanted to keep racing. On our 3rd race a couple weeks ago, we ventilated the engine block in our little 1.5L Honda Civic. I'm still sad about it because all of our work got cut short 3 hours to the end of the race. It was heartbreaking...
Clearly a lot of time was spent making this video, and it really shows..when looking at the car how little was spent on it.
One of the best lemons videos really, and one of the worst cars. perfect.
I'd love it if you would consider giving my Lemons film a two sentence review. It's similar in length. th-cam.com/video/DB8fsZ4Q7dg/w-d-xo.html
I'm the one that got the cone welded to the roof of the Chevette. Great video!
wasn't expecting to see doug in this video lol
Nice Pitú bottle haha
Greetings from Brazil
Great video. It is almost exactly like our first race. We bought a 200 Taurus and after getting it running we raced it as is. We had touring tires with over a 700 treadware rating and no spares. 12 laps in we disintegrated the right front brake bad and caliper and burned about a qt of oil. But after a three hour break to find break parts we finished the race.
Mr bulkeley my English teacher?
Excited to see your future films! These are good!
mazda engines are no joke
great video ! nice work .. really great group of guys ! seems like you all had a wonderful experience :)
Great vid guys!race car driver agrees to participate as long as you have a mechanic....ends up doing a brake job on the car!lol
I think there is something wrong with the SEO on this video because it is pretty good for so few views.
oh i thought i was about to watch kenny vs spenny
How can you weld a plastic cone to a metal car roof?
Actually winter tires are a benefit when wet
18:31 montreal candians hoodie. sweeet
Got invited to join a team, but to buy all the racing gear was over 800$. Any advice on how to go cheaper but not die? Thanks.
Nope. Cant go cheap and not die.
You can purchase used race suits off ebay and Facebook marketplace. 24 hours of Lemons website also has affordable safety bundles for sale