24 Hours of LeMons - Buttonwillow 12/4&5 2010

[mraitch]

http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/contentpage.aspx?Id=6611" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[notoptoy]

Really neat, but the pre-registration dates for the listed events has already past!
This looks like tons of fun!

[mraitch]

I'm just going to watch - local hotels are about $50 if you mention Buttonwillow

[Alvin]

I really want to do this!

[SLOroadster]

Racing Lemons is pretty fun. Its good racing and not a destruction derby. My team isn't racing Buttonwillow however we will be running both Sears Point races and Thunderhill races.

Will

[DatsunDave]

Some friends and I recently signed up for the ChumpCar event in Calgary in May 2011. I think the hardest part of this is getting a $500 car. There just aren't as many cars here as there are in the US so the selection of viable $500 cars is pretty low relatively speaking. We've been looking for about a month now - nothing yet.

I actually found two datsun roadsters and three 510s in the search. The roadsters are crap and the guy wants $1200 each so that is out. The 510s are $300 each but have been sitting in a farmer's field for longer than I care to ask so rebuilding a 510 from scratch doesn't make sense (although I sense a major project pending for other purposes).

[EScanlon]

I happened to get a couple of photos of one of the cars early this month at SEMA.

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[notoptoy]

What did that start life as? It's neat that they want it to look like and old Dodge/Chrysler - Maybe it's supposed to be Christine?

[EScanlon]

I forget the specifics, but I do recall it's a BMW.

It's literally impossible to "see" all of SEMA, so while I have pictures and information on a ton of stuff, you literally are moving FAST and you still cannot see it all. They say there are over 26 MILES of exhibition booths, I certainly cannot disprove that claim as in the 3 days we walked endlessly. I suppose you could "see" it all, but you wouldn't have stopped to do anything.

E

[Alvin]

i won't be driving but I will be crewing with Rice Rocket Racing and their "BRE" 240z, should be fun(and cold)!

will do my best to cover the event, from a newbie in the pit crew's point of view

[mraitch]

Alvin
I will look for you guys there - my 1st time - hope it won't be too cold.
Peter

[notoptoy]

Looking forward to the reports back!

[DatsunDave]

i won't be driving but I will be crewing with Rice Rocket Racing and their "BRE" 240z, should be fun(and cold)!

will do my best to cover the event, from a newbie in the pit crew's point of view

Damn, that was going to be our theme

[eastmedia]

If you want a car, I've got a 1987 toyota corolla 4-door hatchback. It runs. $500. No joke.

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/ct ... 03267.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[mraitch]

right now I can only afford to watch - not participate - but it looks PERFECT for the task - mebbe next year?