Doing my first LeMons race
08-02-2010, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by krazik,Jul 29 2010, 11:18 PM
Next weekend at Thunderhill.
Team Red Bear E30 320E sponsored by www.fubar.com
I can't wait, been wanting to try a LeMons race for a few years now.
-Ry
Team Red Bear E30 320E sponsored by www.fubar.com
I can't wait, been wanting to try a LeMons race for a few years now.
-Ry
08-02-2010, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by cracknut,Aug 2 2010, 07:42 AM
We got the car for ~$300 and somehow we're already into the whole project (including registration fees) for $5000 and the cage only cost $1100.
I'm reserving final judgment until after next weekend, but I'm pretty sure I would rather have used that $12-1400 to upgrade the suspension on my motorcycle. It's funny tho, my wife is convinced I'll have a blast.
I'm reserving final judgment until after next weekend, but I'm pretty sure I would rather have used that $12-1400 to upgrade the suspension on my motorcycle. It's funny tho, my wife is convinced I'll have a blast.
08-02-2010, 08:34 AM
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most numbers I've heard are about 2500 to build a decent car. $5k seems crazy.
Not every car is lucky enuf tho to have a bolt in cage available for it. Remember too the race is almost 17hrs. thats a long time on an old car and usually you end up fixing stuff you know would otherwise break.
I'm just paying a few hundred bucks for a seat in someone else's car/
Not every car is lucky enuf tho to have a bolt in cage available for it. Remember too the race is almost 17hrs. thats a long time on an old car and usually you end up fixing stuff you know would otherwise break.
I'm just paying a few hundred bucks for a seat in someone else's car/
08-02-2010, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by josh7owens,Aug 2 2010, 09:23 AM
$5000 for a car that at the end of a event can offer you $500 and you have to take it? That's very crappy.
08-02-2010, 11:56 AM
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Hey Steve - when it comes to "The People's Curse" I have to say that if we voted for a car/team to be crushed they were really a$$holes that deserved it. 
I've only seen the "buyout" clause exercised once. A super clean 600 SEC that probably could have been parted out for $10K
The owner claimed not to mind.
I've only seen the "buyout" clause exercised once. A super clean 600 SEC that probably could have been parted out for $10K
The owner claimed not to mind.
08-02-2010, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by PedalFaster,Aug 2 2010, 11:39 AM
Not to mention that the event organizers can unilaterally decide to destroy your car if you do something they don't like. If I spent thousands of dollars and countless hours building a car and then someone had it crushed on a whim, I'd go ballistic.
