Back 40 Racing at 24 Hours of LeMons

There has been a lot of discussion about choosing a theme for the car and team.  It seems this is highly scrutinized and a team must have a pretty outrageous and/or funny theme to be granted entry into the secret club that is 24 Hours of LeMons Racing.

 While we were “working” on the car most recently, we discovered a striking conincidence.  Behold:

A sponsorship from the Heileman Brewing Company might be in order given the striking similarity between the Civic’s color and the labels of a Stag bottle!

Thanks Chris for the “inspirational elixir!” 

Here’s an “Action Shot” of some of our car preparation session!

Chris, left.  Zac, Right.  Stag, all around. 

One exciting development is that we’ve found a parts vehicle to compliment this one.  A similar vintage Civic DX hatchback.  We should be acquiring this in the near future…photos to follow.  It’s funny how “parts cars” can be worth more than the primary sometimes…But seriously, there will be a spare radiator and fans, shocks/struts, wheels, fuel pump, calipers and rotors, and the list goes on.

The car we have seems surprisingly solid to this point.  One of the problems we feel the need to fix can be seen in the photo below.  The thermostat housing is cracked and in need of replacement.  Will this hold up for 24 hours, as is?  Oh probably.  However, we can’t leave “broke enough” alone.  Score another point for the parts car! 

It’s getting closer to “go time,” so check back often as we’ll certainly be doing more prep on the car.  Whether or not it gets documented is another question altogether…

It’s been very quiet here on the blog indeed.  You see, we’ve been busy not doing a whole lot about the LeMons car lately.  Just to fill you in on a few of the things we HAVE been doing:

• Thinking of outrageous themes, paintjobs, slogans, sponsors, etc. for the team
• Removing Air Conditioning equipment from the car
• Attempting to commit to using this particular car
• Gathering at the bar on a weekly basis to forget we were there to talk about this effort
• Wishing we actually had more time and money to spend on this effort
• Harrassing others, telling them how glorious this is all going to be

So here we are, approaching the deadline for our entry.  We have a line on a roll cage that we think we can make work.  This will save us lots of time and money.  We’re looking for money too…so if you or someone you know has a product or service and would like to sponsor our car, please put us in touch.  That said, we don’t have to be sponsored by products or services.  It could be that we’re sponsored by benevolent folks with twenty dollar bills.  We have been waiting to approach the subject of paint job until we either have a sponsor, or are sure we won’t have one.

Thanks for checking in…we’ll give you more progress and photos as the work parties allow!