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Video: Watch James Glickenhaus pace LeMons race in his Ferrari P4/5

By Zach Bowman

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One of the truly great things about a LeMons race is that the event is a celebration of all cars. We appreciate the fact that Lamborghini and Ferrari models get all sorts of fanfare throughout the year, but where else will you a lowly Ford Fairmont cheered around a road track? Nowhere else, we tell you. The races are also an excuse for the lowliest of hardware to rub shoulders with high end metal. Take a recent event at Monticello Motor Club, for example. James Glickenhaus stopped in with his Ferrari P4/5, and organizers figured the creation was quick enough to serve as the race’s pace car.

That’s right. Glickenhaus actually put his unique P4/5 on the same track as a bunch of heaps held together with bailing twine and beer-fueled optimism. We would wager his machine is worth approximately five times as much as every competitor’s vehicle on the course combined. Yes, that’s awesome. You can watch a video of the Ferrari P4/5 serving as a LeMons pace car in the videos below.

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The Awesomest LeMons Race Cars of the 2012 Season: Broughams, Bastardization, and More

By Murilee Martin

Last year, we honored—if that’s the right word—the legendary teams of the ’11 season in a single post, but the 2012 season had such overwhelming quantities of amazing that we’ve been forced to break up our annual awards into pieces, in much the same manner by which LeMons cars throw rods one by one. We’ve already run down the best team themes of 2012, the ’12 regional champs, and the ’12 national champs, and now we’ll be admiring some of the most spectacular cars that debuted—or at least mutated—during the course of the past year. Enjoy our celebration of the best LeMons race cars of 2012!

Subaru BRAT, Viva La Vulva

Scion xB, Stacks On CRX

Viking Pop-Up Camper, Speedycop & the Gang of Outlaws

Suzuki X-90, Speedycop & the Gang of Outlaws

Volvo 740, Too Stupid To Know Better

Cadillac Northstar-Powered Nissan Maxima, Pabst Blue Racing

Mazda B6–swapped Ford Festiva, We Are Not Really From Iran

“Mercury Cougar” Ford Probe, Team Sheen

Chevy-small-block-powered Volvo 740, BBQ Rubber Chicken Picatta

Oldsmobile 98 Royale Brougham, Not So Fresh Off the Boat Racing

Opel GT “Breadvan”, Bad Mojo Racing

Volkswagen Beetle, Cerveza Racing

Mercedes-Benz S500 “1963 Cadillac”, Mercillac

Modular 4.6–powered Ford Fairmont, Lost In the Dark

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