And The Arse Freeze-A-Palooza LeMons Winner Is: The Metro Gnome Motorcycle-Engined Geo! [24 Hours Of Lemons]

Toilet plunger differential grease seal and all, the Metro Gnome CBR900RR-powered Geo has won the 2008 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza!

Many said it could never happen, and others said they couldn't be legit, but the 900cc Metro Gnome proved them all wrong and/or pumped up the conspiracy theories to higher levels. The internet connection speed here reminds me of one of those circa-1976 300 baud handset-cradle modems, so you'll have to wait until I get back to civilization for the in-depth coverage of what transpired over the weekend. For now: Congratulations, Team Metro Gnome!

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Black Ice Sidelines Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys' LeMons Hopes... This Race [24 Hours Of Lemons]

I'm here at Thunderhill Raceway, getting ready for some 24 Hours Of LeMons action this weekend, and the talk in the pits is all about the misfortune that has befallen the Peugeot 505 Turbo team.

It seems that the crazy winter weather in the Pacific Northwest, in addition to preventing some teams (including the beloved Size Matters Plymouth Fury) from getting here at all, caused the wreck of the Surrender Monkeys' tow vehicle and trailer on the way to California. To say we're all disappointed would be the understatement of the day, but a big sigh of relief was breathed when we got word that nobody was hurt in the crash. We're hoping to see these guys at the Reno race!
[Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys]

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2008 24 Hours of LeMons Thunderhill: Let the madness commence

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Over 100 racers have taken to the track for the 2008 24 Hours of LeMons at Thunderhill, and the field of competitors is as disturbing as it is vast, with every marque, drivetrain and criminally indecent act of automobiledom represented in spades.

The green flag dropped about two minutes ago and we're already at a loss to describe the vast expanse of potential carnage ahead. We're in the process of picking out our favorites, and after meeting up with the esteemed Mr. Lieberman, we learned that a new cheater class (four cars that amassed between 700 and 2,100 penalty laps each) has been established to separate the lightly-veiled racers from the usual assortment of crap can conveyances.

Naturally, as we're typing the green flag has gone back to yellow after an off-track excursion at turn five. Let the attrition begin...

2008 24 Hours of LeMons Thunderhill: Let the madness commence originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Enough With The Suspense, Here's The Whole Arse-Freeze-A-Palooza LeMons Team List [24 Hours Of Lemons]

We've been doling out the info on individual teams for the Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 24 Hours Of LeMons race, which takes place during the final weekend of December, but the whines demands from readers who know that the complete team list got leaked to us a while back have worn us down and we've decided to be nice by sharing the whole thing. Actually, the mean judge of the Good-Judge/Bad-Judge team, Lemons Supreme Court Justice Loverman, has- for some inexplicable reason- gone all softhearted and fired a big ol' spoiler torpedo by putting up the entire team list on Autofiends, forcing our hand. You get the car types, team websites, the works- everything you need to start speculating on favorites, award winners, etc. Jump, jump!

[Autofiends]

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