24 Hours Of Lemons Returns To Hairdresser Motorsports For The 2018 ’Shine Province Classic
$500 auto for a i M m dollars worth of fun. The 24 Hours of LeMons serial hitting Barber Motorsports Park inwards Leeds, Alabama to kick-off their novel season on Feb 3-4 amongst the 5th annual ’Shine Country Classic. The circus of colorful, race-hungry, drivers together with their makeshift pit crews brought race cars that looked every bit if they were built past times clowns on steroids. The friendly, fun, activity on the rails inwards re-bodied, engine-contorted combos, made each worthy of upwards unopen inspection inwards the fan-friendly garage area. Let’s accept a look.
Deeznuts were taking a await at their Miata. On their hood, "No Goats, No Glory."
Randy Pobst, famed race auto driver together with Motor Trend journalist, hopped behind the bike of the re-bodied Camaro/Cadillac Coupe SeVille at Barber Motorsports Track. Pobst was fast! The auto won the Class Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 trophy.
The 2.48-mile class at Barber Motorsports Park is technically challenging amongst 17 turns together with lxxx feet of elevation change. Cars were oft pushed passed their limits together with kicking upwards the dirt along the edges of the 45 pes broad track.
Big nurture fly is skillful for spotting the auto on the track. Not certain that the downforce is needed every bit much on the route course.
Kudos to the ’Shine Country Classic for celebrating their 5th twelvemonth at Barber Motorsports Park. The LeMons series, noted for lowbrow sense of humor together with low-buck racing, is an strange pairing amongst the dignified, well-manicured grounds of the Barber facility. Imagine Talladega Superspeedway’s NASCAR fans allowed to race their ain cars on the track. No dice, Bubba. That magic alone happens at Barber.
Done Racing’s AMC AMX "Alabama Made Crapcan" spent to a greater extent than or less fourth dimension working out bugs inwards the garage area. The car’s custom fiberglass AMX torso rides on a BMW Z3 that was pulled from Copart’s online junkyard.
The Camaro-based Caddy was i of my favorite cars. At to the lowest degree iv guys dedicated 600 hours to creating the 2-door masterpiece from a 4-door 1982 Seville.
I couldn’t teach plenty of the 1972 Datsun 240Z built past times Nerdie Racing. I envision the 240Z project I i time owned inwards a novel light. These cars await fast sitting still.
Eagle Talon much? Don’t run across these on the road... ever. I’ll tell this auto did eclipse all the Mitsubishi Eclipses on the track.
Walking through the pits, I chatted upwards up the driver/owner of the #47 TredWear Ford Pinto. The human chewing on the cigar said, "My lift is Mike Hunt." Come again, I said. I idea he was kidding. He wasn’t. Mike Hunt races LeMons.
Sharp turn, scout out for the Nissan 300ZX cockroach, or the Mercedes amongst giant wing. Yellow 1995 Ford Probe (center) was the Class B winner.
Plymouth Valiant amongst patina inwards spades, gets to a greater extent than or less fuel.
The Porsche 944 squad was spotted inwards the penalisation area.
These guys had a missile on the roof, Donald Trump, together with Kim Jong Un references all over their camo race car.
1983 Porsche 911 powered past times a VW TDI turbodiesel engine was the Class C winner.
This Fox Body Mustang pulls off a bully rendition of the tank theme.
Look unopen together with you lot tin run across that it’s Randy Pobst inwards the topographic point of the VW, ready for to a greater extent than or less hot laps.
Winners
Class A: 1982 Cadillac Seville #37 (maroon/silver)
Class B: 1995 Ford Probe #116 (yellow)
Class C: 1983 Porsche 911 #911 (light blue)
Good times, but I request a auto to race
You tin bet that I volition move dorsum to Barber to scout their adjacent LeMons race. I tin pay the $30 ticket cost but an fifty-fifty amend selection would move if I watched the race on the track. It looks similar such a boom racing on a world-class rails amongst a bunch of crazies. I should position inwards to a greater extent than or less endeavor together with create a $500-or-less race auto amongst a lot of aid from my friends. Stay posted.
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Class A: 1982 Cadillac Seville #37 (maroon/silver)
Class B: 1995 Ford Probe #116 (yellow)
Class C: 1983 Porsche 911 #911 (light blue)
Good times, but I request a auto to race
You tin bet that I volition move dorsum to Barber to scout their adjacent LeMons race. I tin pay the $30 ticket cost but an fifty-fifty amend selection would move if I watched the race on the track. It looks similar such a boom racing on a world-class rails amongst a bunch of crazies. I should position inwards to a greater extent than or less endeavor together with create a $500-or-less race auto amongst a lot of aid from my friends. Stay posted.
Jody Potter
— Junkyard Life
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Do you lot conduct maintain a LeMons race story? Know of a unique junkyard? Sound off to junkyardbull@gmail.com