tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3307037637033569152024-03-29T08:51:42.046-05:00The Rusty HubExploring the sagas of crapcan racingEric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-8437991186251565802015-08-04T10:48:00.001-05:002015-08-04T10:48:09.839-05:0024 Hours of LeMons: There Goes the Neighborhood Bonus Preview!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.murileemartin.com/" target="_blank">Murilee Martin</a> photo</td></tr>
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By now, you've hopefully read my preview of the 24 Hours of LeMons race at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park over on Hooniverse. If you haven't, go do it now. I'll wait.<br>
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Great to see you again. On a scale of Awesome to Incredible, how was that preview? I agree.<br>
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Now, if someone in Vegas or Atlantic City or that seedy restaurant where people are coming and going from the back room all the time is taking bets on the overall winner—i.e. the team that the series typically cares the least about—make the jump for what passes as a tip sheet.<br>
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<a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2015/08/24-hours-of-lemons-there-goes.html#more">Read more »</a>Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-84884160528544981572015-07-21T23:20:00.001-05:002015-07-21T23:20:05.650-05:0024 Hours of LeMons: Doin' Time in Joliet bonus preview!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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By now, you're almost certainly <a href="http://wp.me/p5NgUi-Q2U" target="_blank">read the preview over at Hooniverse in all its entymological glory</a> from guest previewer Blake Field. If not, set aside a healthy block of time and go read that. I've tried to refrain too much from getting too serious in my recent LeMons previews, but this weekend's forthcoming race is interesting to the endurance-racing geek in my brain so there are some interesting things at play in the race for the overall win.<br>
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<a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2015/07/24-hours-of-lemons-doin-time-in-joliet.html#more">Read more »</a>Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-2816791549503153002015-03-22T09:18:00.000-05:002015-03-22T11:14:05.589-05:0024 Hours of LeMons: 'Sears Pointless' Saturday analysis<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Murilee Martin photo</td></tr>
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It wouldn't be a 24 Hours of LeMons weekend without your loyal LeMons correspondent offering a modicum of in-race analysis of race strategies. This weekend finds the series at Sonoma Raceway for its fifth annual "Sears Pointless" race. The Sonoma races are usually crowded affairs where attrition tosses away huge swaths of the field. Get caught up on the field with my <a href="http://hooniverse.com/2015/03/18/24-hours-of-lemons-sears-pointless-at-sonoma-raceway/" target="_blank">preview on Hooniverse</a> and with Murilee Martin's race inspection coverage <a href="http://blog.caranddriver.com/lemons-sears-pointless-inspections-dead-presidents-dirty-vanagon-driving-hippies-and-an-amc-eagle/" target="_blank">on Car and Driver</a>.<br>
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Then make the jump for a bit of number-crunching for the endurance-racing geeks.<br>
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<a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2015/03/murilee-martin-photo-it-wouldnt-be-24.html#more">Read more »</a>Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-70753854819617646032015-02-07T22:05:00.002-06:002015-02-07T22:05:47.079-06:0024 Hours of LeMons: 'Shine Country Classic' Day One analysis<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Murilee Martin photo</i></td></tr>
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The 24 Hours of LeMons is visiting Barber Motorsports Park (<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2015/02/04/24-hours-of-lemons-shine-country-classic-preview-at-barber/" target="_blank">previewed here</a>) this weekend and without belabouring the point too much, I've enjoyed what has been a terrific three-way battle for the overall race lead during Saturday's 7-1/2 hours. To make matters more interesting, the Class B standings shuffled up several times, too, and there should be a proper race in that class, as well, for Sunday's seven hours, which will be split into two sessions.<br>
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<a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2015/02/24-hours-of-lemons-shine-country.html#more">Read more »</a>Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-23157295324190851682015-01-18T20:02:00.000-06:002015-01-18T20:02:01.643-06:0024 Hours of LeMons: "Good Effort Grand Prix" mid-race analysis<br>
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It's been a while since I've offered mid-race analysis from a 24 Hours of LeMons race, but here we are. I've got a bit of free time so let's take a look at how the first day of LeMons' "Good Effort Grand Prix" at Sonoma Raceway. I previewed the race for Hooniverse here so you can compare what I said (or didn't say) and how it compares thus far. Follow the jump for some LeMons geekery.<br>
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<a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2015/01/24-hours-of-lemons-good-effort-grand_18.html#more">Read more »</a>Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-52320724555362321902015-01-12T15:33:00.003-06:002015-01-12T15:33:31.608-06:00We played these DOS racing games and you won't believe what happened next: We were suddenly unable to come up with a concise headline because the games were a lot of fun and quite distracting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What it says above. <a href="http://hooniverse.com/2015/01/12/polygons-ahoy-some-ms-dos-racing-games-worth-a-try-on-archive-org/#idc-container" target="_blank">Read it here on Hooniverse</a>.Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com225tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-60763023539833166982015-01-05T15:17:00.001-06:002015-01-05T15:18:32.306-06:00Movie Monday: Watch the 2014 Chili Bowl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Chili Bowl is the Super Bowl of short-track racing, where 300-horsepower Midget cars scramble around the dirt <i>inside</i> a Tulsa, Oklahoma, arena. It's a niche event within a niche sport, but for those on the outside of it—like myself—the spectacle is immense. This year's Chili Bowl looms with load-in for the 250 teams a mere six days away, so what better way to get excited than to watch the final 55-lap A Main from last year's Chili Bowl. Check it out after the jump.<br>
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<a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2015/01/movie-monday-watch-chili-bowl-2014.html#more">Read more »</a>Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-84817175695275185682015-01-02T21:47:00.004-06:002015-01-02T21:47:35.490-06:00Motorsports Weekend Guide, January 2-4Read about the year's opening races, both rallies of very different character.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2015/01/02/motorsports-weekend-guide-january-2-to-january-4/" target="_blank">Motorsports Weekend Guide on Hooniverse</a>Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-20353100825583773162015-01-01T08:30:00.000-06:002015-01-01T08:30:01.484-06:00Ringing in the New Year by tooting my own horn.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I seldom make New Year's Resolutions, but this year has seen a lot of hard work writing for <i>Hooniverse</i> and, with a little luck, the occasional gig for <i>Hot Rod</i>. In amongst all that, I've left my own website, the place from which all the hard work begin, neglected. My goal is to post something on The Rusty Hub every day, even if it's just a link to something I've written for another site.<br />
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Before we get there, here are my favorite bits of my own writing from 2014 all in one place. Some I like because the I'm proud of the writing; some I like because the experience was cool. Either way, give them a look.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/01/06/forgotten-racetrack-brynfan-tyddyn/" target="_blank">Forgotten racetrack: Brynfan Tyddyn</a><br />
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I came up with the idea of trying to compile short history's of America's old club tracks while perusing RacingSportsCar.com. Brynfan Tyddyn was the first of these. <br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/01/22/crapcan-racing-2014-picking-the-right-series-for-you-and-your-heap/" target="_blank">Crapcan racing: Series roundup</a><br />
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I compiled this to give a broad overview of crapcan series, of which there were several new ones at the time. Some came to pass, some didn't. In 2015, crapcan aficionados can race with 24 Hours of LeMons, ChumpCar World Series, World Racing League, American Endurance Racing, and in some areas, their local racing club.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/02/09/opinion-the-great-grotesque-and-glorious-of-the-2014-chicago-auto-show/" target="_blank">Chicago Auto Show</a><br />
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I attended the Chicago Auto Show on press day and gave my initial impressions for Hooniverse. As much as I love racing, I'll take this show over the PRI show. <br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/03/14/24-hours-of-lemons-urine-the-money-or-how-to-convince-your-teammates-to-let-you-pee-in-your-racecars-800-corbeau-seat/" target="_blank">LeMons Dallas Number Crunching</a><br />
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The first of a handful of races in which I examined how the winning teams won. I enjoy doing this, but it proved too time-consuming to continue. I hope to get back to this on some level in 2015. <br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/03/18/forgotten-racetrack-las-ochas-millas-bottomless-lakes-state-park/" target="_blank">Forgotten racetrack: Ochas Millas</a><br />
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This was a forgotten racetrack that I think was extremely incredible. Eight miles in the New Mexico desert with some crazy elevation changes. <br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/04/14/24-hours-of-lemons-saying-goodbye-to-the-team-resignation-ford-escort-3/" target="_blank">Saying goodbye to Team Resignation Escort</a><br />
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This year, my former LeMons teammate Alan Cesar and I sold our 1991 Ford Escort for a measly $1000, which is an insanely good deal. This was my farewell to it, though I've seen it three times this year under its new ownership and Alan will be racing it at Barber Motorsports Park in February. <br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/05/05/opinion-fias-touring-car-series-posts-uber-creepy-grid-girls-video/" target="_blank">World Touring Car Championship Grid Girls Opinion</a><br />
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The WTCC, which is an FIA-sanctioned series, posted an overly sexualized video about the "grid girls" at one of their rounds. It really should be an embarrassment to the FIA, who occasionally tout their Women in Motorsports Ambassadors, all of whom are successful women racers.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/05/20/digging-around-for-discoverys-chrome-underground/" target="_blank">A review of 'Chrome Underground</a>'<br />
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In which I review a boring reality TV show pilot that I really didn't care for so I made my own narrative.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/06/11/hoonivercinema-an-evening-with-vannin-the-film-about-van-culture/" target="_blank">Screening of <i>Vannin'</i></a><br />
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I loved this film about van culture. The soundtrack has some killer stoner rock, too, if you like that sort of thing.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/07/26/24-hours-of-lemons-doing-time-in-joliet-liveblog/" target="_blank">24 Hours of LeMons Autobahn Country Club liveblog</a><br />
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In 2013, I started posting live updates from crapcan races. I did so at three more races in 2014. Some day, I'd like to expand this to streaming radio or video coverage, but the cost-per-listener/viewer math just doesn't add up. Until then, liveblogging is a useful alternative.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/08/05/hooniverse-goes-to-flowmasters-factory/" target="_blank">Flowmaster factory tour</a><br />
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I took a tour of the Flowmaster factory in West Sacramento, California, on my first press trip. It was pretty cool.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/08/06/hooniverse-goes-to-a-dirt-oval-race-at-calistoga-speedway/" target="_blank">A night at Calistoga Raceway</a><br />
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This was probably my favorite piece and my favorite experience of the year. If you haven't ever seen winged 410 sprint cars, go see them. Simply incredible.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/08/26/hooniverse-goes-to-nascar-at-sonoma-raceway/" target="_blank">I went to a NASCAR race and it wasn't too bad</a><br />
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Like the Calistoga piece, this was also part of the Flowmaster press trip.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/09/29/24-hours-of-lemons-a-record-wretched-heat-utter-madness-at-thunderhill/" target="_blank">LeMons Thunderhill</a><br />
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A race recap of my first LeMons race outside the Midwest, where I served as a judge. It will also be a Guinness World Record for Largest Motor Race.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/10/06/hooniverse-review-2015-chevrolet-camaro-zl1/" target="_blank">Camaro ZL1 review</a><br />
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It was a year of firsts with my first proper press car coming on the trip to California for LeMons Thunderhill. This is my first proper car review. I think it turned out...strangely.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/10/01/forgotten-racetrack-lake-garnett-in-garnett-kansas/" target="_blank">Forgotten Racetrack: Lake Garnett</a><br />
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A busy summer meant I forgot the forgotten racetracks for a bit, but the Lake Garnett Grand Prix track was cool because the locals have started a revival there. Look for another Forgotten Racetrack piece soon.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/11/18/hooniverse-goes-to-indycar-at-milwaukee-mile/" target="_blank">IndyCar at Milwaukee Mile</a><br />
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I grew up watching Indy Cars on TV as a kid, but I'd never been to a race until this summer. Here it is in words and pictures. <br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/11/21/kickin-tires-and-takin-photos-with-the-midwest-council-of-sports-car-clubs/" target="_blank">Midwest Council of Sports Car Clubs at Autobahn</a><br />
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I also went to Autobahn Country Club on a dreary, bleak day to help out my friend Mike Palmer and to get some practice shooting photos of cars at speed. It turned out OK.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/11/27/a-hooniverse-thanksgiving-turkey-the-renault-and-eagle-medallion/" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Turkey piece on the Renault Medallion</a><br />
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I'm fascinated by the history of AMC-Renault-Chrysler-Eagle circa 1987 and the Medallion falls right in there. Someday, I'll own one of these pieces of crap for reasons that I can't explain adequately.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/12/17/hooniverse-goes-to-the-pri-show-in-indianapolis/" target="_blank">PRI Show roundup</a><br />
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I went to the Performance Racing Industry show in Indianapolis a few weeks ago. That is some kinda crazy, that place. <br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/12/29/the-year-in-24-hours-of-lemons-a-hazy-2014-retrospective-part-one/" target="_blank">LeMons Season Recap, Part 1</a><br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/12/31/the-year-in-24-hours-of-lemons-a-hazy-2014-retrospective-part-two/" target="_blank">LeMons Season Recap, Part 2</a><br />
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In which I spend 7,000 words recapping the 24 Hours of LeMons' 2014 season. Not for the faint of heart.<br />
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<a href="http://www.hotrod.com/events/coverage/the-people-you-meet-at-the-pri-show/" target="_blank">Meeting Oscar Koveleski at PRI</a><br />
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I wrote this up for <i>Hot Rod</i> in the hotel room after the PRI show over a dinner of a Subway meatball footlong and Guinness out of a bottle. These are the kinds of tools you need to be able to describe meeting one of the strangest men in motorsports.<br />
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<a href="http://www.hotrod.com/news/weekend-race-recap-august-4-2014/?sm_id=social_20140804_29084186" target="_blank">Weekend motorsports roundup for Hot Rod</a><br />
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I wrote nine of these roundups for Hot Rod's site as a sort of litmus test to see if Hot Rod readers had any interest in the larger world of motorsports. Results were mixed, but I had a lot of fun writing them. The linked story is one of the better ones, which gave a brief-and-sometimes-humorous recap of the weekend in racing plus a mini-feature.<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/12/05/an-audio-guide-to-the-nasa-25-hours-of-thunderhill/" target="_blank">An audio guide to the 25 Hours of Thunderhill</a><br />
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I spoke with Hooniverse's Bradley Brownell for his podcast, the Cammed & Tubbed Podcast, about the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. It was my first attempt at broadcast journalism. The result: My voice still sounds funny and I say "...um..." way too freaking much. Public speaking abilities, I don't haz them.<br />
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<br />Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-16786167699721008152014-08-09T22:57:00.004-05:002014-08-09T22:57:55.345-05:00LeMons: 'There Goes the Neighborhood' Saturday night kind-of-live<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keystone Kops at Summit Point, 2013. (<a href="http://www.murileemartin.com/" target="_blank">Murilee Martin</a> photo)</td></tr>
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Earlier this week, <a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/08/06/24-hours-of-lemons-there-goes-the-neighborhood-preview/" target="_blank">I previewed this weekend's 24 Hours of LeMons race</a> ("There Goes the Neighborhood") at New Jersey Motorsports Park. In LeMons, the winners are really sidenotes to the narrative of the weekend, but for those half-dozen teams embroiled in the long endurance battles, a lot of pride is at stake. So this post will contain my ramblings for the half-dozen people who care about the outcome of some crapcan race in the Garden State.<br>
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Today's race session was a long one, encompassing a nine-hour slog around NJMP's Thunderbolt course. Tomorrow (Sunday) will see a 5-1/2 hour "sprint" to see who comes away with the overall and class trophies. The varying time slots should keep it interesting, so let's see how today ended and what to expect in the final handful of hours. Naturally, this being Saturday night, this will all be plucked directly from my mental notes in the interest of time.<br>
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<a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2014/08/lemons-there-goes-neighborhood-saturday.html#more">Read more »</a>Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-13165022379054595682014-07-26T09:10:00.001-05:002014-07-26T11:26:53.666-05:0024 Hours of LeMons: "Doing Time in Joliet" liveblog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>9:10 a.m. </b>We will be liveblogging the 24 Hours of LeMons race at Autobahn Country Club all day. This was originally intended to happen on Hooniverse.com, but that site is currently having some technical issues so we'll make the best of it here and then copy and paste it to Hooniverse once that site is back up.<br />
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Green flag today flies at 10 a.m. with the checkered flag at midnight tonight<br />
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<b>9:25 a.m. </b>Car count should be around 95 starters today.<br />
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<b>9:41 a.m. </b>While most teams are organized for gear tech, some opt for the "Unbox and toss it all on the tech shed floor" approach.<br />
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<b>9:45 a.m. </b>Cars are out and circulating before the green flag. Fifteen minutes until the race starts. The Little Lebowski Urban Achievers' Volvo 245 is already ahead of where they were at Gingerman, as the car is running on race day.<br />
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<b>10:00 a.m. </b>Green flag! The #33 We Are Not Really From Iran take the green flag first. Supra Troopers lead the first lap in anger. Only 14 hours until midnight checkered flag.<br />
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<b>10:15 a.m. </b>Full-course caution for a rollover of the #422 Honda Civic, which is sporting a Led Zeppelin theme with a zeppelin mounted on the roof.<br />
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<b>10:30 a.m. </b>Civic driver checked out OK with the medic. The blimp is wrecked somewhere near the far corner of the racetrack.<br />
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<b>10:51 a.m. </b>Early on in the race, the Supra Troopers turbocharged Supra leads by 13 seconds from the One Percent Racing BMW E28. College Brats' Chevy Cavalier leads Class B and runs fourth overall. The real battle should be in Class C, where Der Schnitzelwagen's VW Squareback leads Windy City Racing's automatic-equipped BMW 2002 and the Afunzalo Racing Fiat X1/9 by just a few seconds.<br />
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Der Schnitzelwagen famously led last year at Autobahn by 25 laps at the end of day one, running on only three-quarter throttle. They "fixed" their throttle issues for the next day and promptly nuked the the air-cooled engine to lose the class.<br />
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<b>11:25 a.m. </b>All updates should be <a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/07/26/24-hours-of-lemons-doing-time-in-joliet-liveblog/" target="_blank">over on Hooniverse here henceforth</a>.Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-37987257799568613572014-06-19T15:30:00.000-05:002014-06-19T15:38:14.559-05:00A shortcut to the 2014 ADAC Nürburgring 24 Hours entry list<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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As I wrote in my weekly <a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/06/19/motorsports-weekend-guide-june-20-to-june-22/" target="_blank">Hooniverse Motorsports Weekend Guide</a>, I <i>should</i> let the sportscar racing experts handle the previews of the ADAC Nürburgring 24 Hours. But being who I am, I'll give a quick rundown of my thoughts because, well, this is my website.<br>
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Before delving too deeply into this, it's important to remember that just about anything can happen in a 24-hour race (especially at such a daunting circuit) so there are no givens anywhere. But the talent in the driver lineups and on the pit wall is high enough that most of the top-class (SP9) cars can win outright.<br>
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You can find more information on how to follow the race in the <a href="http://hooniverse.com/2014/06/19/motorsports-weekend-guide-june-20-to-june-22/" target="_blank">Motorsports Weekend Guide</a> over on <a href="http://hooniverse.com/" target="_blank">Hooniverse,</a> but let's go right to my partially informed opinion!<br>
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<a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2014/06/a-shortcut-to-2014-adac-nurburgring-24.html#more">Read more »</a>Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-68782642620077632532013-08-08T18:31:00.003-05:002013-08-08T18:31:46.705-05:00Where did everything go?If you're looking for the normal Rusty Hub content, you can find it over at <a href="http://hooniverse.com/author/eric-rood/">Hooniverse</a>:<br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2013/07/23/the-rusty-hub-heads-to-hooniverse/">Eric's introduction at Hooniverse</a><br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2013/07/30/video-night-and-day-and-repeat-with-chumpcar/">A sweet video post</a><br />
<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2013/08/06/chumpcar-vir-classic-24-preview/"><br /></a>
<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2013/08/06/chumpcar-vir-classic-24-preview/">VIR 24 ChumpCar preview</a><br />
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<a href="http://hooniverse.com/2013/08/08/lemons-real-hoopties-of-new-jersey-preview/">LeMons NJMP preview</a><br />
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Fret not, The Rusty Hub will be around so you can peruse archived stuff. We'll see what else may come this way.Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-31865831975710634142013-07-17T13:41:00.002-05:002013-07-17T14:07:32.031-05:00LeMons Pacific Northworst: The Rusty Hub's Preview<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We've written about the uniqueness of the Pacific Northwest in crapcan racing before with 24 Hours of LeMons races producing <a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2013/05/crapcanalysis-does-fast-matter-part-3.html">inexplicable results</a> and with ChumpCar World Series producing a <a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2013/07/chumpcars-36-results.html">nail-biting battle at the end of a 36-hour race</a>.<br>
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That said, the entry list for this weekend's Pacific Northworst LeMons race at The Ridge Motorsports Park has simultaneously floored and stumped us here at The Rusty Hub HQ. Why? In short:<br>
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- It has more variety than we've ever seen before. The entry list has 52 teams, but there are no more than two of any type. The doubles include expected types like Integras, Mustangs, Camaros, Escorts, RX-7s, Supras, Jettas and Saturns. But it also includes pairs of BMW 2002s, Austin Minis and--somehow--<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMC_ADO17">BMC ADO17</a>s (both Austin-badged).<br>
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- Only one previous winner is registered and there are no clear-cut contenders after that. Basically, half of the field is in play.<br>
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- Even the team we might predict as a Class B favorite has had a problematic racing season.<br>
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Early-week weather forecasts call for mild temperatures and a dry track, meaning that weather shouldn't be a factor, so we'll be interested to see how the race shakes out over the weekend. As always, you can make your own predictions based on the unofficial entry list, which <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArdNLfGIiWkqdDZXbGlFckg4RlBvamozMlpjR0hnTVE&usp=sharing">you can find here</a>.<br>
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<a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2013/07/lemons-pacific-northworst-rusty-hubs.html#more">Read more »</a>Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-43188782360757773432013-07-16T13:37:00.002-05:002013-07-16T13:38:46.780-05:00Sharknado actor has driven in LeMons? Of course he has<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Thanks to a note in The Rusty Hub's <a href="mailto:eric@therustyhub.com">Totally-Used-All-The-Time Tip Line</a>, we've learned that the 24 Hours of LeMons can boast that they have Possibly Actual Hollywood Celebrities among their driving ranks.<br />
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Pictured above-center is <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005575/">Ian Ziering</a>--in the news of late for his role in the campy SyFy movie/Internet sensation <b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2724064/">Sharknado</a></b>--whose LeMons resume includes past appearances in the <a href="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18nd624g46n0tjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg"><b>Faster Farms</b></a> Plymouth Belvedere and more recent stints in the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYXDqiuPVYNvTJQ37drGcELFYxxMIimvRB2DjtVEPFWZ2P1ulWhXpXvrZiWA_yRaFYQurHeTdDrVSgHepkOOd4WqO5hc15AqaQ-NPqneJPHuPhell0f1v4nKdb3TuM5ah-UcVEho9BL0/s400/mazdarachis.jpg"><b>Mazdarachis</b></a> Mazda RX-7.<br />
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Ziering also appeared on something called "Dancing With the Stars," which is not a Carl Sagan-narrated program about <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/235794main_GPN-2006-000025_full.jpg">spacewalking</a> but rather some kind of "reality television show." He also spent most of the 1990s as a cast member from "Beverly Hills 90210," which is not a show about mail carriers.<br />
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This has been the inaugural version of Possibly Actual Hollywood Celebrities.Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-70497065965141437412013-07-15T16:10:00.000-05:002013-07-15T16:10:46.593-05:00ChumpCar Nelson Ledges: ResultsWe missed live updates on ChumpCar World Series' <b>Shortest Longest Day</b> at Nelson Ledges Road Course last Saturday, but it appears to have been yet another very competitive long-form (14 hours) race with a trio of experienced teams outlasting the competition to stand on the podium.<br>
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The super-fast V6-swapped Toyota MR2 from <b>MR2 Biohazard</b> took the overall lead early on Lap 88 and never looked back, remaining in P1 for the race's final 460 laps, giving the fast MR2 its second win of all time and second podium of the season.<br>
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Maybe the biggest story of the race, however, was the appearance of the <b>Will Race for Beer</b> Saab 9-5, perhaps better known as the team that ran almost perfectly for 35 hours and 55 minutes of the previous weekend's 36 hours race in Spokane. Yes, the <b>RBank Racing</b> squad came back for more and finished P2 for the second week in a row. <br>
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<a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2013/07/chumpcar-nelson-ledges-results.html#more">Read more »</a>Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-48370653902878633842013-07-08T22:45:00.002-05:002013-07-08T22:45:57.190-05:00ChumpCar's The 36: The Results<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In a far-flung corner of the United States, 49 race cars gridded up last Friday night, nerves jangled and jaws set in anticipation of a weekend-long meatgrinder of an endurance race.<br />
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Thirty-six hours.<br />
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Most teams knew they'd face unforeseen challenges, both of man and machine, over an endurance race the length of which none could fully prepare for.<br />
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Thirty-six hours.<br />
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The green flag dropped in the dark of night around 10 p.m. at Spokane County Raceway; the odyssey that had just begun would seen two sunrises before the starter held the checkered flag aloft before the Last Car Standing crossed the start finish line.<br />
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Thirty-six hours of racing, of exhaustion, of fun, of long lulls, of frenzied bursts, of camaraderie, of teamwork, of failure, of heartbreak and of triumph.<br />
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When the dust settled, only one team managed to avoid any serious mechanical maladies to take the checkered flag: <b>Squirrels of Fury</b> in their Volkswagen Rabbit earned their keep as the winners of America's Longest Endurance race, ChumpCar World Series' "The 36."<br />
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None will dispute that they earned it, quietly running what amounts to a perfect race for 35 hours before trading blows with crapcan heavyweights <b>Will Race for Beer</b> in their Saab 9-5 in a final-hour sprint that would have given <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kristensen">Tom Kristensen</a> ulcers. The title of Conqueror of 36 Hours hung in the balance for that hour until Will Race for Beer--who had towed their two-Saab team from the New York--broke their second CV joint with just four minutes remaining while they held a slim three-second advantage over the Squirrels.<br />
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It was a moment of pure heartbreak for the Saab squad, who received a sportsmanlike push around the track from the <b>Rusty Igloo Racing</b> Honda Civic to complete their final circuit. The final results show a two-lap margin of victory for Squirrels of Fury, but few will forget how close the race really was.<br />
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Will Race for Beer led an astonishing 918 of the race's 1,055 laps (87 percent of the race), including 902 consecutive laps after taking P1 on lap 116. They led by as many as 15 laps over the Squirrels of Fury, who themselves sat in P2 for more than half of the race.<br />
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With about three hours remaining and eight laps in hand, the Saab broke its first CV joint--the same issue that knocked them from the lead at ChumpCar Daytona in May--but the car turned laps about 20 seconds off the race pace while the team prepared to swap in a new axle in the hot pit. Will Race for Beer managed the fix and came out still in first place, but their lead had evaporated to just 30 seconds. The Saab driver responded by turning the car's fastest lap and their lead extended to well over a minute for the next hour.<br />
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However, a full-course caution with an hour remaining bunched up the field. The shootout for the win loomed with both drivers prepared to wail on their machines. With the nearest competitors some 20 laps arrears, the Squirrels driver flogged the Rabbit mercilessly to close the gap from 7.3 seconds down to a nose-to-tail fight for mega-endurance supremacy.<br />
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On lap 1018, the Rabbit wrestled the lead away from Will Race for Beer for the first time in something like 30 hours. Two laps later, the Saab squeezed past for the lead again; the Squirrels took it back two laps after that and held it for five more laps.<br />
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Will Race for Beer had something left, it appeared, and roared back again to P1 on circuit number 1028. The driver pulled out nearly five seconds of lead before the Squirrels' driver threw down a race-best lap and the Saab found itself with a mirror full of Volkswagen for another six laps.<br />
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With five minutes left and the battle for the win looking to be decided by which car used traffic better, the Saab slowed off the pace and came to a stop with its second broken CV joint.<br />
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It would be easy to suggest that the win was ceded to Squirrels of Fury, but that sells short their incredible accomplishment. The biggest part of winning an endurance race is being there at the end; the Squirrels got to that point by running a perfect race and leaving just enough in the car for a sprint to the checkered flag.<br />
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The biggest story in the rest of the field was the amazing success of Volkswagens, four of which finished in the Top 10 with two more just outside of it in P12 and P15. <br />
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The early hours of the race saw almost all of the first 100 laps led by either <b>NNM Motorsports' </b>Dodge Neon or <b>Martini Racers'</b> Volkswagen Golf. Martini Racers would go on to finish fourth in the race.<br />
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Attrition rates remained high, but most teams endeavored to fix their crapcans and get them back on the track. This included three cars that were rolled but were repaired enough to take the checkered flag, if not continue racing for a few hours.<br />
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Of the race's 49 entries, well more than half took the checkered flag
and nearly half (21 teams) ran more than 2,000 race miles. <br />
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There were almost certainly hundreds of fixes made during the race and tens of thousands of exciting moments for the hundreds of drivers in the race. Come the checkered flag Sunday at 10 a.m., most participants found jubilation in knowing that they'd made it.<br />
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Thirty-six hours.<br />
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- Read the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SquirrelsOfFury/posts/10151568908191985">Squirrels of Fury's recap</a>. Really. Do it. It's an amazing view on teamwork behind pit wall and on the track.<br />
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- Get the <a href="http://www.mylaps.com/en/events/923931">full standings here</a>. Compare it with <a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2013/07/chumpcar-36-rusty-hubs-preview.html">our predictions from earlier in the week</a>.<br />
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- Read the race discussion and live updates from Race Control during The 36 from the <a href="http://forum.chumpcar.com/index.php?/topic/8090-the-official-36-hour-thread/">ChumpCar Forum topic here</a>.<br />
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- Only four cars led the race, we think. The Squirrels of Fury actually led the fewest of those four cars with just 10 (!) laps in P1. In descending order of laps led: Will Race for Beer (919), NNM Motorsports (63), Martini Racers (48), Squirrels of Fury (10). <i>[Editor's Note: If you're wondering why that doesn't add up to 1,045 laps, that's because we couldn't find out through the records who led laps 1, 2, 56 and 97. So it's possible that four other cars led a single lap each. Anybody help us out with this?]</i><br />
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<b>TOP TEN</b><br />
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1. #25 Squirrels of Fury II (Volkswagen Rabbit) - 1045 Laps<br />
2. #184 Will Race for Beer (Saab 9-5) - 1043 Laps<br />
3. #39 Socket Monkeys (Honda Civic) - 1024 Laps<br />
4. #10 Martini Racers (Volkswagen Golf) - 1022 Laps<br />
5. #58 BSD Racing (Acura Integra) - 1012 Laps<br />
6. #16 Son of Andre (Ford Mustang) - 989 Laps<br />
7. #48 Mediocre Motoring (Volkswagen Golf) - 988 Laps<br />
8. #26 Team Titleist (Volkswagen Golf) - 968 Laps<br />
9. #960 Crapst Blue Ribbon Racing (Toyota MR2) - 960 Laps<br />
10. #17 Cone Damage (BMW E28) - 956 Laps<br />
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Tell us your story from the race in the Comments section below, on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheRustyHub">our Facebook page</a>, via <a href="https://twitter.com/The_Rusty_Hub">Twitter</a> (160 characters at a time...we like haiku)
or through email to eric@therustyhub.com and we'll throw it up on the
website. As always, we love pictures of stuff that broke along with a
good story on how it happened and how you overcame it. Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-30894170467110731312013-07-03T14:44:00.002-05:002013-07-03T14:44:48.950-05:00ChumpCar 'The 36:' The Rusty Hub's Preview"ChumpCar World Series makes its annual trip to Spokane County Raceway this weekend."<br>
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Sounds kind of blasé, we suppose, until we mention that this race lasts virtually the whole weekend: Thirty-six hours of continuous racing from 10 p.m. Friday to 10 a.m. Sunday (local times), making it the world's longest continuous road race.<br>
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And it starts in the dark.<br>
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If that's not a daunting challenge and the makings of an awesome weekend, we don't know what is.<br>
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<a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2013/07/chumpcar-36-rusty-hubs-preview.html#more">Read more »</a>Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-85353779177877403412013-06-26T15:27:00.006-05:002013-06-28T10:36:57.379-05:00LeMons Button Terrible '13: The Rusty Hub's PreviewThis weekend, the 24 Hours of LeMons makes the (relatively) short trek to the middle of the California desert for "<a href="http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/hella_butt_ass_turrible13.aspx">Button Terrible</a>" at <a href="http://buttonwillowraceway.com/">Buttonwillow Raceway Park</a>. <br>
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With early-week forecasts calling for triple-digit highs all weekend, Button Terrible will be a grueling affair for both car and team. Like the typical California LeMons race, this one will feature the requisite 150 entries, of which probably about 100 will be running by the weekend's end while the rest sit in varying states of disrepair. Which isn't to suggest that cars on the track won't also be in varying states of disrepair.<br>
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As usual, all three classes should see repeat offenders and terrific depth, making it hard to pick a winner, but we're going to highlight some of the teams we think have a shot. If you want the full scoop, <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArdNLfGIiWkqdFk4R1ZabTZZWHVUSHdST1AxS2RwWFE&usp=sharing">check out the unofficial entry list</a> and let us know where we've erred.<br>
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This Porsche 944 driver from the 24 Hours of LeMons' <a href="http://espn.go.com/racing/blog/_/name/oreovicz_john/id/8318906/lemons-joy-racing">race at Road America</a> is being interviewed on <a href="http://www.lemans-tv.com/">Le Mans TV</a>. We don't have the audio for this video feed at the moment, but there's no doubt he's discussing his <a href="http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n531/russian239/2012-08-21_10-04-10_424_crop.jpg">heroic push-starting abilities</a>.<br />
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I can't imagine <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuele_Pirro">what else</a> he'd be talking about.Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-75214720091259561122013-06-19T13:08:00.004-05:002013-06-19T13:14:38.106-05:0024 Hours of Le Mans: Useful Information<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We here at The Rusty Hub love low-buck endurance racing. We love the camaraderie, the triumphs, the defeats, the creativity, the garage ingenuity and the blat of unmuffled hooptie exhaust.<br>
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The racing usually isn't too bad either.<br>
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But we also love the glitz and glamour of crapcan's professional pregenitures, not least of all the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which has been the full-day playground of so many of the world's greatest drivers and greatest manufacturers.<br>
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Our initial plans called for an irrelevant and irreverent rundown of the competitors at Le Mans (with awful, hastily handsketched illustrations), but we soon realized how comprehensive that task is. So we'll instead point out some recommended reading and handy reference items for this upcoming weekend's 90th anniversary running of the event. <br>
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<a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2013/06/24-hours-of-le-mans-useful-information.html#more">Read more »</a>Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-18803510809781307012013-06-18T15:39:00.001-05:002013-06-18T15:39:47.043-05:00Video: A Tour of LeMons' first 90 minutes at AutobahnLet's take a look at the first stint from the #333 We're Not Really From Iran Ford Festiva at the 24 Hours of LeMons race at Autobahn Country Club in June 2013. The Festiva--with a swapped-in 1.8L Mazda BP engine from a Ford Escort GT--gets through the field pretty quickly and gives a solid tour through the oft-chaotic opening minutes of a LeMons race.<br />
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0:10 - The green flag comes out. Cars with varying levels of pit-to-driver communication effectiveness get the jump at different times. The camera car passes the flag stand at about 0:30<br />
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2:02 - Race On the back straight, the <a href="http://blog.caranddriver.com/24-hours-of-lemons-chicago-gm-sweeps-all-classes/">race-winning</a> (and also fastest-lap-setting) Save the Ta-Tas Chevy Camaro pulls every other car like they're standing still. Within about 30 seconds, it's just a dot on the horizon.<br />
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2:45 - The Festiva looms upon the #87 Wonderment Consortium Volkswagen Quantum Wagon. This Volkswagen debuted with the Wonderment Consortium after winning Class B twice and an <a href="http://jalopnik.com/5520010/and-the-real-winner-is">Index of Effluency</a> as the Chicken and Waffles team. It would compete in Class B for much of the first day before suffering terminal engine failure.<br />
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4:15 - Here is a look at the #23 Boost4 Lexus ES300 in its brief appearance for the weekend. More on this car in a bit.<br />
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4:40 The Festiva passes the fantastic NoPro SHO-powered Geo Metro in the braking zone for Turn 1 and finds itself on the back bumper of Full Tilt Boogie's Honda Civic Si and within sight of LemonAid Racing's BMW E30. These three cars battle for your entertainment for the next 10 minutes with some great, clean racing. <br />
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5:51 - Team Orca's Chevy Caprice has a spring-mounted tail that bounds gloriously when the former prowler hits some patches in the racing surface.<br />
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7:25 - The Boost4 Lexus slows to a halt after seizing its V6 on lap 4. The team was raising money for charity and unfortunately never finished a fourth lap. The mechanics on the team packed it in for the weekend.<br />
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9:20 - The Full Tilt Boogie, LemonAid Racing and We're Not Really From Iran trio race hard to the yellow flag covering the disabled Lexus.<br />
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12:15 - The #22 RX-7 gets super loose heading onto the main straight.<br />
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15:39 - Here's some top-notch traffic navigation. Early in the race before attrition sets in, traffic can get brutal. As we'll see later, this can also mean long stretches of open track, too.<br />
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17:15 - The camera car gets a good run out of Million Dollar Corner (first left turn on the circuit) and carries that speed through the next left hander to <i>just</i> squeak past the more powerful Full Tilt Boogie Civic. The LemonAid E30 balks the Festiva just a bit, but the Festiva driver takes the long way around the consecutive right-handers to take the position.<br />
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20:38 - The fur-covered Porsche 924 is run by a University of Colorado alumnus and is a buffalo, although this was lost on the Big Ten audience. It's fantastic to watch the wind ruffle the buffalo fur at speed. This team was likely glad it didn't rain, since it would have doubled the car's curb weight.<br />
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23:30 - The #108 Solo Cup Escort gets held up in traffic a bit, prompting a long and spirited dice between the two cars, which share the same engine type. Also notable is both cars passing the white #111 Blue Shells Neon, which shows up a bit later.<br />
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24:41 - The green BMW E36 of Futility Motorsports (formerly the Pool Shark) limps onto pit lane. We expected this car to compete for the win, but they had rotten luck all weekend and were trailered with mechanical issues by Sunday's green flag.<br />
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32:20 - Like the NoPro Metro, the Knoxvegas Lowballers are still sorting their mid-engined, V6 Metro. With gobs of power and some homebrewed suspension solutions, the handling can be a bit twitchy, as the Lowballers' driver--on the grass facing the wrong way--found out.<br />
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33:00 - How does four-wide on a short straight rate on the Pucker-Factor-O-Meter? We're not sure, but it's abundantly clear that the #92 Pentastar Plymouth Duster's V6 is not lacking in power.<br />
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38:20 - The NoPro Metro looks great at speed, doesn't it?<br />
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40:00 - The green Class C Volkswagen GTI of Kelly's Heros [sic] struggled all weekend, which is evident when you see the speed at which the Festiva closes on it.<br />
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41:10 - Starting here, the Festiva gets several minutes of virtually-open track to run clean laps.<br />
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51:55 - The leading Camaro passes again.<br />
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58:00 - Just coming into view in the distance is the #555 Sideways to Victory Ford Focus, which the Festiva chases.<br />
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1:03:20 - Almost without warning, there's a huge cluster of traffic on the long back straight. Watch at 1:04:00 where the #20 black Chevette Diesel flies around the outside of the final corner to pass a handful of cars, only to get pulled by most of the pack.<br />
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1:05:00 - The Festiva gets a point-by from the Schnitzelwagen and then struggles a bit to get past the Duratec-powered Triumph TR7 from James Bondo (#700).<br />
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1:06:19 - The car takes a slightly wide line into Turn 1 and takes a short ride on the curbing.<br />
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1:07:35 - The #555 Focus reappears after getting passed in traffic a bit earlier. It brings with it the #111 Blue Shells that was passed about 45 minutes earlier. The Blue Shells car was much slower when it was passed, but the driver clearly found his groove sometime in the interim.<br />
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1:20:00 - The Festiva comes up on and passes the Team Frag Alfa Romeo Milano, whose roof bears a football field full of plastic soldiers.<br />
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1:21:00 - With the fuel tank just about empty, the Festiva limps the last half lap to get back to the pits.<br />
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1:22:14 - As the car enters the pits, the red, white and blue White Trash Neon can be seen with its hood up after a brake fire nuked several crucial front-end components.Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-9503256257106562902013-06-16T17:25:00.000-05:002013-06-16T17:25:16.231-05:00Capitol Offense: Final StandingsWe'll let Murilee Martin say it better than us when his Winners post goes up on the <a href="http://www.caranddriver.com/features/24-hours-of-lemons-inexplicably-presented-by-car-and-driver-news-results-and-more">Car and Driver 24 Hours of LeMons page</a>, but suffice it to say that <a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2013/06/capitol-offense-2013-rusty-hubs-preview.html">our predictions</a> were fairly accurate and the Class B race ended in a tight three-car race with heartbreak for a fourth team.<br>
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In addition, the story of Capitol Offense will not be complete without telling of Pro Crash Duh Nation's race for the overall win essentially ended when <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TS0Ve1sUL8&sns=em">Bambi pranced across their Alfa Romeo Milano's windshield</a> on Saturday, finishing 35th at the end of Sunday.<br>
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And you can compare <a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2013/06/capitol-offense-venison-and-day-1.html">our predictions</a> with today's standings below.<br>
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But we'll tell you this: Three-time runners-up Pro Crash Duh Nation have the worst luck in the crapcan world. While leading the race this morning, Mother Nature turned on them. Their Alfa Romeo Milano clipped a wild deer that had strayed onto the Summit Point Raceway surface, knocking them from P1 and giving the driver the brownest moment of his or her life.<br>
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Luckily, Three Pedal Mafia's Boat was running just behind and had in-car video recording. Video after the jump.<br>
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<a href="http://www.therustyhub.com/2013/06/capitol-offense-venison-and-day-1.html#more">Read more »</a>Eric Roodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702501963346688397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330703763703356915.post-54142579809100113202013-06-12T15:00:00.000-05:002013-06-12T15:02:21.980-05:00Capitol Offense 2013: The Rusty Hub's preview<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The 24 Hours of LeMons will head to Summit Point to wrap up a stretch of three consecutive race weekends, having already hit High Plains Raceway in Colorado and Autobahn Country Club in Illinois in June. Both of those produced first-time winners and guess what? No previous winner is registered for <a href="http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/capitol13.aspx">Capitol Offense</a> either. New winners for everyone!<br>
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Part of the draw for LeMons at Summit Point is, of course, the shared event with <a href="http://www.hyper-fest.com/">HyperFest</a>. We're still not sure what it entails, but it's supposed to be a good time and LeMons' spectator tickets are good for HyperFest, as are participant wristbands.<br>
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Early-week forecasts indicate it could be a wet and crazy weekend on Summit Point's challenging Shenandoah Circuit and we eagerly await the results. Let's see who we can expect to compete in the 101-car field (Get the unofficial entry list <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArdNLfGIiWkqdFpvekZWUzhjRDhrY0FGc21rcjY5OVE&usp=sharing">here</a>):<br>
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