24 Hours of LeMons @ MSRH in Oct!

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Originally Posted by cjlmlml

Dropped in new radiator , taped up front bumper and ran 58 more laps to checkered.(Passed the schwingers 3 times)

CL

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Chris, we were running maybe 85% at the end just to make sure we didn't hand over the race. I did get a kick out of you driving the shit out of the mullet machine! you were hanging the tail and driving it like you used to drive the AI car before the aero work. you were noticeably faster than the rest of the day and were hauling ass!!! I saw you come up behind me with the nose hanging down and was thinking shit, they might have to slow down and about 5 seconds later you went by me like I was standing still!!!

I think the formula for the event is to have a medium paced car so you don't over drive and get into trouble or draw too much attention to yourself. I just wish we had more horsepower. Our motor only had 110 hp when it was new and I am sure after 203k miles, it's probably down to like 95 or so! We either need to do some weight removal or find some ponies if we plan on winning it again next year! ;)

We went into LeMons just hoping that both cars would finish most of the race. By midday Saturday, we realized that one of the cars had a real hope of a top 5 finish, so we changed the strategy. Our formula for a top 5 finish - http://www.mydeo.com/videosavecopy.a...225&CID=227127
Apparently, our strategy drew attention away from the #97 faster, manual car and had the judges (and other drivers) focused on the #96 slower automatic. It also put the #96 in 3rd place for the People's Curse, but the judges weren't too much of a worry after our bribes on Saturday evening. I was called shameless by one tech inspector who witnessed our team at work and had to readily agree. We gave them a bucket of candy that I stole from a team member's wife (She protested very loudly. The judges loved it!), bagels and lox for breakfast, swag from the team, and rides in the Enzo on Sunday (click http://www.autofiends.com/index.php/...azy-backstory/ for one judge's story)
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/k...lepinballs.jpg

The #97 was in 5th and the #96 in 18th place at the end of Saturday. The poor #96 car was in and out of the paddock all day Sunday with problems. There were times when it wouldn't go over 35mph, so we threw our craziest team member in the car and told him to run it till it died or he was worn out. The #96 made it through one more paddock stop for a quick repair (we unplugged the MAF) and driver change and with an hour to go in the race had to be towed off course after the motor died and refused to restart. Meanwhile, the #97 was performing way beyond our expectations. With penalties to other teams taking up their time, we were running solid. We did have 2 quick penalties. One for hitting a cone while avoiding contact (we now have a cone semi-permanently attached to the roof), and the other for going off course while avoiding contact (resulted in the formerly mentioned castration of the car and a really old tin of sardines being emptied on the manifold. Helluva stink!) Neither took more than 5 minutes and worked out perfectly for our fueling and driver change schedule. Sunday's finishes were #97 in 5th and #96 in 35th and we're already planning for next year.

Some pics can be seen here - http://picasaweb.google.com/jacy.legault/MoreLemons# and here - http://picasaweb.google.com/jacy.legault/Lemons#
Corn got something like 4000 pics from this weekend. When he gets them all loaded on his website, I'll link them.

come on Misti.... fess up about the three way going on with the Pinball Team.... :twisted:

if you don't tell I will...... :P

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Originally Posted by AI#97

and after getting drilled in the rear bumper from the Ranger and then the Merkur, I am quite sore all over especially my neck and lower back.

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Funny thing is, they never hit me in the rear... must have been those slow lap times Matt :P

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Originally Posted by rpoz27

Our formula for a top 5 finish

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LMAO... nice video, nice moves, but completely unethical :shock:

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Originally Posted by Waco Racer

Winning the race was the closest I hope to ever come to being a celebrity. I didn't have my picture taken that many times at my wedding.

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It was like being a celebrity for a day... Awesome experience, a little weird tho, especially for a first race experience... may never get that much attention again! and like MFW and GL, I like attention...

The SCHWING movement has arived!! found this listing under "race car" :shock:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Toyot...mZ270287866745

David, that car is too cherry with only 44k miles.

Misty, sweet move on the shark car!! He was one of the only cars that "frustrated" me with his blocking. I guess he got what he deserved! :lol:

Pictures are up at http://teamschwing.com
Race Write-up is done
Videos soon
Enjoy!

http://www.autofiends.com/index.php/...udging-part-2/

I guess these judges dont know what a 302 with a cam sounds like?

Anyway, read the article

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Originally Posted by Jeremy Gunter

Pictures are up at http://teamschwing.com
Race Write-up is done
Videos soon
Enjoy!

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Nice site and some cool pictures. This one however scares the crap out of me....
http://teamschwing.com/files/PA191785.jpg

That's possibly the '09 ROTY :lol:
"What's the world comin to?"

jb