{"id":8166,"date":"2010-02-21T21:30:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T04:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=8166"},"modified":"2010-02-22T22:26:01","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T05:26:01","slug":"only-500-for-24-hours-of-fun-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/only-500-for-24-hours-of-fun-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Only $500 for 24 Hours of Fun Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fonly-500-for-24-hours-of-fun-racing%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F02%2F24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-13.jpg&amp;description=Only+%24500+for+24+Hours+of+Fun+Racing\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[8166]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/only-500-for-24-hours-of-fun-racing\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/only-500-for-24-hours-of-fun-racing\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Only $500 for 24 Hours of Fun Racing\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/only-500-for-24-hours-of-fun-racing\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Only $500 for 24 Hours of Fun Racing&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/only-500-for-24-hours-of-fun-racing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/only-500-for-24-hours-of-fun-racing\/\" data-text=\"Only $500 for 24 Hours of Fun Racing\" data-desc=\"I wrote about the 24 Hours of LeMons (yea, I spelled that right) in another blog about the \"Strict Racing Rules\". I expected some easy going people out to have a great time. I found'm! It took the \"Eyesore Racing\" shown above 6 months of weekends to put their 94 Mazda Miata together. The car, built\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-13.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-13.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8166]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8168\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"24 hours of Lemons Racing Mad Hatter Crew\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-13.jpg\" alt=\"24 hours of Lemons Racing firebird road course\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-13.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-13-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-13-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-13-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wrote about the 24 Hours of LeMons (yea, I spelled that right) in another blog about the <a title=\"24 hours of fun road racing!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/fresh-lemons-with-ahhh-strict-rules-for-fun\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Strict Racing Rules&#8221;<\/a>. I expected some easy going people out to have a great time. I found&#8217;m!<\/p>\n<p>It took the &#8220;Eyesore Racing&#8221; shown above 6 months of weekends to put their 94 Mazda Miata together. The car, built for $500 or less by the rules, was made from 2 Miatas practically welded together in the middle. One car had front end damage and no motor and the other had been carefully wrapped around a tree with the front end intact. The engine, including the small rusty-wheeled turbo from a Mexico only Dodge pickup, was resurrected from 4 engines. Where would 24 Hours of LeMons racing be without Craigslist!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8166]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8170\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"24 hours of Lemons Racing Mazda Miata Turbo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-1.jpg\" alt=\"24 hours of Lemons Racing Mazda Miata Turbo\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-1-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-1-400x264.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The team consists of neighbors and friends making up 4 sets of couples out of Long Beach, CA. In the Phoenix race, their 9th race,\u00a0 6 of the 8 team members drive including &#8220;March Hare&#8221; Dave, &#8220;Tweedle Dee&#8221; Jay, &#8220;Tweedle Dum&#8221; Dan, &#8220;Alice&#8221; Sara and &#8220;White Rabbit&#8221; Sarah and my man, the &#8220;Mad Hatter&#8221; Kyle who helped with the details for this story. &#8220;Queen of Hearts&#8221; Caro and &#8220;Cheshire Cat&#8221; Kurt round out the team.<\/p>\n<p>The combination&#8217;s working because team Eyesore won the Phoenix race and became the first every 2 time winner of 24 Hours of LeMons. They won at the Reno-Fernley race, according to this <a title=\"Eyesore racing Miata wins again!\" href=\"http:\/\/jalopnik.com\/5268435\/eyesore-racing-winner-of-the-24-hours-of-lemons-reno+fernley\" target=\"_blank\">Jalopnik story<\/a>,\u00a0 where they were all dressed like Elvis.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t think they were the only team out having fun though&#8230; Let me introduce Team &#8220;Off Consistently&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8166]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8172\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"24 hours of Lemons Racing- Team Off Consistently 300Z\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-2.jpg\" alt=\"24 hours of Lemons Racing- Team Off Consistently 300Z\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-2-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-2-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I asked Tyler Irwin, what&#8217;s with that name?\u00a0 Duh&#8230; nobody beats off consistently!<\/p>\n<p>This 1985 300ZX cruised in from San Diego, CA and is another Craigslist purchase.\u00a0 Tyler told me it came up on for $300, not running, and they picked it up for $200. They Finished 3rd.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-7.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8166]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8174\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"24 hours of Lemons Racing-The B Team\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-7.jpg\" alt=\"24 hours of Lemons Racing BMW road racing\" width=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-7.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-7-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-7-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-7-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-8.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8166]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8175\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"24 hours of Lemons Racing-Team B BMW\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-8.jpg\" alt=\"24 hours of Lemons Racing-BMW road racing\" width=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-8.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-8-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-8-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-8-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also found the &#8220;B Team&#8221;. Swanee and I couldn&#8217;t figure out what the black strip running down the roof was until we found their pits. It&#8217;s a Mohawk for the B (not A) team BMW. They finished 10th.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-4.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8166]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8176\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"24 hours of Lemons Racing- Team Lemon Martini\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-4.jpg\" alt=\"24 hours of Lemons Racing- Honda CRX\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-4.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-4-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-4-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-4-400x602.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dig team, &#8220;Lemon Martini&#8221;. Their 1990 Honda CRX. Money&#8217;s split between 17 and 20, but they finished 7th in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>To show the real spirit of racing, fun that is, I&#8217;ll include this last picture.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-12.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8166]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8177\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"24 hours of Lemons Racing-bag o lemons\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-12.jpg\" alt=\"24 hours of Lemons Racing-bag o lemons\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-12.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-12-150x149.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-12-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/24-hours-of-Lemons-Racing-12-400x398.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Sac Indicator&#8221; tells it all.<\/p>\n<p>Wrapping things up, here&#8217;s a video that shows most of the cars competing. Don&#8217;t hate the big 4 door Olds 98 you see cruise by. They took 5th!<\/p>\n<span class=\"vvqbox vvqyoutube\" style=\"width:575px;height:355px;\"><span id=\"vvq-8166-youtube-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MKiDp2kAhIY\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/MKiDp2kAhIY\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Preview Image\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<p>MyRideisMe.com will be trying it&#8217;s hardest to enter this race next year.\u00a0 Who&#8217;s with me?!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fonly-500-for-24-hours-of-fun-racing%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Only+%24500+for+24+Hours+of+Fun+Racing\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/only-500-for-24-hours-of-fun-racing\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/only-500-for-24-hours-of-fun-racing\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Only $500 for 24 Hours of Fun Racing\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/only-500-for-24-hours-of-fun-racing\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Only $500 for 24 Hours of Fun Racing&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/only-500-for-24-hours-of-fun-racing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/only-500-for-24-hours-of-fun-racing\/\" data-text=\"Only $500 for 24 Hours of Fun Racing\" data-desc=\"I wrote about the 24 Hours of LeMons (yea, I spelled that right) in another blog about the \"Strict Racing Rules\". I expected some easy going people out to have a great time. I found'm! It took the \"Eyesore Racing\" shown above 6 months of weekends to put their 94 Mazda Miata together. The car, built\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email I wrote about the 24 Hours of LeMons (yea, I spelled that right) in another blog about the &#8220;Strict Racing Rules&#8221;. I expected some easy going people out to have a great time. I found&#8217;m! It took the &#8220;Eyesore Racing&#8221; shown above 6 months of weekends to put their 94 Mazda Miata together. 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