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Quoted from mdelorenzo:I've been wanting to do this for years.
Go to the website that was posted and see if there is a race near you. There is a forum
on the site and one section is for teams looking for help.
For those that might be interested, LeMons is a parody of NASCAR. Its hobby, endurace racing
on some of the very best road courses around the country. The basic idea is buy a car for $500
or less and turn it into a full blown race car. This includes the same safety requirements as NASCAR
(fire suit, certified helmet, full cage, etc). While its serious racing, and not inexpensive by any means,
it is a LOT of fun.
A lot of effort is made to keep things light hearted. One example is teams get extra points by having
a theme. Ours is based on the Austin Powers movie 'Goldmember'. Others include roto-ruter
(an RX-7 team), one teams theme is the Godfather and their car has a fake horse head mounted
to the top. Another example is if you do something really stupid on the track you get black flagged
and have to come in to get chewed out. In extreme cases people are wrapped in seran wrap,
and made to stand in a corner with a dunce cap as an example to others.
The creativity engineering wise is amazing. One of my favorite entries is a previously wrecked
Porche 911 with a turbo diesel engine gratfted into it. Complete with semi-style exhaust
stack and flapper valve. The rear wing consists to two tractor seats. There are many cars like this.
Our team fields two cars. A Jensen-Healey and '98 Mustang. The J-H is painted gold with
appropriate theme gadgets and the 'Stang is painted as a Brit flag.
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