Reno or Bust!

Were in!

Hi, Team Captain:

Good news--I think. Your team has officially been ACCEPTED for LeMons Goin' for Broken, at Reno-Fernley Raceway on 23-24 May 2009. We got tons of crappy entries for this race; yours was just enough crappier to be selected. Nice work.

Current list of things to do before the race:

• MAKE SURE OUR COMMINICATIONS WORK!
• Procure new SA2005 full-face helmets
• Re-wire the bubble blower and crystal (with wire that is actually flexable... no more solid copper BS)
• Check the oil
• Re-paint it
• Re-weld the owl bar
• Fix the hood (it flew off during a track-day)
• Re-install fire extinguisher and remove passenger seat
• Install super-secret charging system!
  

We did it!

The results are not so good, but we learned a ton about racing.. and just how crappy our radio setup was...

Ended up 70th overall, and were forced to trailer the car 2.5 hours early due to too many black flags.

Upgrades!

The loading of the second car didn't go too well last time, so Dave and I decided to "upgrade" the ramps.

We added a platform of 1 1/2" plywood across the back (screwed directly into the trunk of the parts car... hope we dont need that part). Then re-inforced the ramps a bit.

Holy Ice Batman

So mother earth has decided to blow her nose all over the Portland area.. and the metropolitan areas are a TRAVESTY... why can't people learn how to drive in the snow?

Quick updates:

- Modified ramps completed to avoid losing the front end of the race car over the side of the parts car.

- Drank beer

- Installed coolant overflow tank

- Installed hard-wood floors in the passenger side

- Drank beer

- Installed windshield wipers and fixed squirters

- Drank beer

- Relocated wiper switch to accomodate HANS device

ummm Drank more beer?

Hope I can get out of town in the crap..

my e30

Final Touches

So Erik is out of town, so Dave and I decided to add a little "spice" to the car and to the theme. The wives were excited to break out the spray pain, and we were excited to play with more bamboo!

This is what we came up with... Flower Power!!!

Our first roadtrip!

So this weekend we wanted to do a dry run with most of our gear loaded on the trailer... needless to say, it was quite an experience. 2 12' cars on a 20ft trailer. I guess it's a good thing we dont care about the body of the parts car! On the drive down to the allignment shop, we put the front bumper on the back end of the parts car. We tried a different technique on the way back.

Special Thanks to Bob at Superior Performace for allowing us to use his high-tech allignment rack.

This is what we did on the way home... scary as sh*t driving it up on the trailer. The theory was to put the front wheels of the race car, ON TOP of the trunk of the parts car. All was perfect, until my aim was a "little off"

How much does it cost to run a LeMons race?

Well, let me tell you!


Team Total
$ 3,139.26

If you have 4 people, that's $784.81 per person... which does NOT include lodging once you get there, personal safety items (suit, shoes, gloves), and any other useless crap you end up buying at the track (we all do it...)

The bulk of our budget came from the ridiculous gas prices, and multiple trips to Seattle to pick up the car and the parts car (I wish prices were then, what they are now). Tires, high-end brake pads, Spare head gasket, and diesel for the truck to drag it 500 miles each way played a huge part as well.

Miraculously, we are $128.27 UNDER BUDGET for the car... It turns out parts on the 88 MR2 are worth quite a bit of money on ebay. We sold the interior for $125, and misc trim pieces for about $90. and that MOMO steering wheel we got in the purchase? $120 on ebay.