The winner of The 24 Hours of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza Race at Thunderhill Raceway Park will carry home (with help) $1500 in nickels. The Index of Effluence winner gets $1000 in nickels, for having the crappiest car which does well. The Organizer’s Choice Award winner gets $500, in nickels. Chief Perpetrator JAY LAMM has a […]
Month: November 2009
CLEVER CONSULAR CAR
Part of the process of running in the 24 Hours of LeMons includes Judging. This weekend at Thunderhill Raceway Park for The 24 Hours of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza Race, the Judging was Friday, after the more serious Scrutineering. The judges can assess laps if the car is thought to be a cheater car. One such […]
CLEVER CONSULAR CAR
Part of the process of running in the 24 Hours of LeMons includes Judging. This weekend at Thunderhill Raceway Park for The 24 Hours of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza Race, the Judging was Friday, after the more serious Scrutineering. The judges can assess laps if the car is thought to be a cheater car. One such […]
PUCKISH PENALTIES • PEOPLE’S CURSE…NOT!
Sunday morning the weather at Thunderhill Raceway Park was chilly, breezy and overcast for the second half of The 24 Hours of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza Race. The forecast had been for rain in the am, and the drivers were told in the morning meeting to have rain tires and windshield wipers if they could. At […]
IRREVERENT PERFORMANCE ART CARS
So many cars, so little time. Even with The 24 Hours of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza Race being a not quite 24-hour event, there won’t be enough time to track down all of the 157 cars at Thunderhill Raceway Park this weekend. Each car has four or more drivers. Some of the 625+ drivers are running […]
JOHNSON WINS RACE BUT NOT CHAMPIONSHIP
Ninety thousand fans watched JIMMIE JOHNSON/No.48 Lowes Chevrolet win the Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil NASCAR Sprint Cup race Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. Johnson dominated the at Phoenix International Raceway, leading four times for 235 laps of the 312-lap race. For some, it felt like diminished drama. Johnson’s victory has all […]
PIR ANNOUNCEMENTS
MICHAEL WALTRIP – SUPER SALESMAN MICHAEL WALTRIP admits that only MARK MARTIN can drive forever. Waltrip will move to a full-time managerial position with his team. And if Saturday’s media conferences were any indication, Waltrip has a full time career awaiting after racing, pitching products on TV. LEE WHITE. President/GM of Toyota Racing Development confirmed […]
PIR SUNDAY SEEN SCENE • F1 INTEREST
It’s chilly, breezy and brightly sunny at Phoenix International Raceway as things start to fall into place for Sunday’s Checker O’Reilly Car Parts “500” presented by Pennzoil NASCAR Sprint Cup Race – a nice autumnal day at the track for the penultimate round to a long and grueling schedule. The Grand Marshal for Sunday’s race […]
EDWARDS WINS AND DENIES ROWDY’S CHAMPIONSHIP ONE MORE WEEK
CARL EDWARDS/No.60 Ford won the Able Body Labor 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday afternoon at Phoenix International Raceway. His victory closed the gap between points leader KYLE BUSCH/No.18 Toyota. Edwards led twice for the most laps (109), giving him the ten bonus points. Edwards wasn’t able to do his traditional back flip due to […]
HAMLIN ON POLE • TAG OK AFTER CRASH
DENNY HAMLIN/No.20 Toyota is on the pole for Saturday afternoon’s Able Body Labor 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. His quick lap of 26.872/133.968 mph was close but didn’t surpass the 2004 lap of 26.902/133.819 mph set by KYLE BUSCH. This is Hamlin’s second pole this season and fourteenth in 188 NNS […]