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Originally Posted by Chris S,Mar 17 2010, 07:54 PM
^^^ A friend of mine who races Spec Boxster and used to me on my motorcycle endurance roadracing team just did his first LeMons race. He said it was the most fun he'd ever had racing, and his car (a former Baja buggy) truly looked like a rolling turd!
There's something about not giving a crap if the car dies that's very liberating. Obviously you don't want to put the car into a wall and let down your team mates, but it has the freedom of karting with something that resembles car racing.
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Originally Posted by CKit,Mar 17 2010, 07:08 PM
The days of budget racing are here. ChumpCar and Lemons crap can races. You get to run on famous tracks in your $500 cars wheel to wheel. My wife and I are both signed up.
The days of budget street racing are over. And for that I'm glad.
Like Chris S said, we don't go racing around the street in our 400 hp sedans flashing our e-peens. And we enjoy organized motorsports enough to have cheaper and lighter dedicated "track rats" for that purpose.
But for the street, I'm happy with luxury, heated seats, and navigation.
Does it make me any less "hardcore?" I drove 30 hours with friends to pick up a ITC spec 1986 Civic that cost less than a set of wheels for the S2000.
Just because someone likes luxury on the street, don't confuse that with their preferences on the track.
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Originally Posted by TheDonEffect,Mar 19 2010, 06:55 AM
A couple of buddies of mine and I wanted to get into the lemons, but it really isn't racing. I mean yes it is racing in that you are competing for a goal and what not, but it's more about having a good time (which is fine) then being real competition. Hell, they even have a stipulation where they can trade your car kinda like a white elephant (an effort to ensure no one is buying a car for over 1000 bucks) or crush your car.
In California they can also crush your car and you don't get sh!t in return. Except for a big fat ticket and a bus pass.
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Originally Posted by TheDonEffect,Mar 19 2010, 07:55 AM
A couple of buddies of mine and I wanted to get into the lemons, but it really isn't racing. I mean yes it is racing in that you are competing for a goal and what not, but it's more about having a good time (which is fine) then being real competition.
Stuff like this is the reason why I'll never race Lemons or Chumpcar: http://jalopnik.com/5492914/you-decide-who...mons-race-crash. Putting a bunch of unlicensed drivers, many with no track experience, in a race together in crappy beaters is a recipe for disaster.
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Originally Posted by Artisan7471,Mar 17 2010, 11:38 AM
Well that shows how much I know about domestics 
, lol. In either case that is one big arse motor.
, lol. In either case that is one big arse motor.
