Here we are at the fourth annual Southern Discomfort 24 Hours of LeMons, held at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, South Carolina, and our neurons have been fried like hairs facing a blowtorch. Why? Mainly due to the 1957 Cessna 310 converted to road-race configuration, but that’s far from the only completely amazing, only-in-LeMons race vehicle that showed up for today’s inspections.
How does the idea of a Geo Metro with Ford Duratec V-6 in the back sound to you? It seemed like a fine idea to Team Georassic Park!
Many LeMons teams address your correspondent, who also doubles as Chief Justice of the LeMons Supreme Court, thusly: “Judge Phil,” they ask, “How can I get my car through the BS Inspection and avoid penalty laps for my cheaty car?” This is the question that led to a BMW 3-series team turning their E30 into a rolling monument to Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha—and the very same question culminated in this homage to Thomas Pynchon’s great 1966 novel.
They’ve got a muted post horn on the car’s roof, a team member dressed up as a credible Oedipa Maas, and a W.A.S.T.E. mailbox. Well done!
The NSF Racing ’87 Plymouth Reliant wagon that was such a hit at the 2012 season-ender has returned, this time with all-Rosie-the-Riveter driver roster.
After a bunch of teams with John Galt/Ayn Rand themes scrawled in Sharpie on their snoreworthy race cars, John Galt Racing finally went ahead and installed a glammed-up Ayn Rand graphic on their car’s hood.
We had hippies, and another team called the “On Site Hippie-Abatement Team.”
We see precious few 1960s Detroit cars in our series, so it’s always a treat when something like this ’64 Ford Fairlane shows up to race. 289 engine, C4 transmission, sagging rear leaf springs, what more could you ask for?
Well, what we always ask for when we see a half-century-old Detroit car is another half-century-old Detroit car to be its on-track rival. This time, we got our wish: this 1964 Dodge Dart, complete with slant-six engine and pushbutton automatic shifter. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Car & Driver
