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January 15, 2008
Grassroots Motorsports Is Looking For A Camaro Expert
By Rob
Editor-in-Chief
Grassroots Motorsports is now the official magazine sponsor of the infamous 24 Hours Of LeMons race series. And they are planning to field this Camaro in an upcoming 24 Hours of LeMons. So they’re looking for a Camaro expert to help them in their pursuit of glory. Do you have what it takes? Here’s the word from GRM:
Tim wants somebody who really, truly, deeply knows Camaros, specifically 80s F-bodies. He’s looking for the kind of person that knows that if you take a used toaster element and the right bracket from a 72 Silverado, you gain 5 horsepower. And they have to be plugged in deep into the online Camaro matrix and be able to quickly find an answer to whatever obscure Camaro question he may come up with.
So, if you - or someone you know - want to be on a LeMons team, know everything there is to know about Camaros, and revel in the lunacy of the whole idea, send your info, qualifications, and mental health certificate (as required) to baxter@grassrootsmotorsports.com
Want to know more about the 24 Hours of LeMons? Check out their website, and our coverage of the most recent LeMons race.
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David
Feb 5, 2008 at 1:18 am
Yeah, the car was trashed before we got it. However, I will take credit for the hood decorations. Small bit of trivia: The lightning bolts on the hood were done using a stencil I cut from the number panel’s backing paper. Low buck.
Baxter
Jan 16, 2008 at 5:45 pm
That Camaro was torn up and worn out well before Joe (and then Tim) got their hands on it. It was a $500 car BEFORE Joe took it to the Crash-A-Rama. Don’t worry, no decent IROCs were harmed in the making of this *snicker* race car.
Ted
Jan 16, 2008 at 3:25 am
While the LeMons race sounds awesome, I’ve been reading about the 24 hours at Nurburgring Nordschlieffe. Talk about an INSANE… truly INSANE race, and that’s just the race. The spectators, all 100 or 200 thousand of them just take the insanity way beyond imagination. People set up camp in the forest in the middle of the race course about a week before the race, tens of thousands of them. Massive amounts of beer and alcohol is consumed. Even strange race rules, like the fact that spectators can assist in getting stranded cars to the pits, or the EXTREME reluctance to red flag the race because of conditions, such as waiting for sero visibility when there’s fog. It’s not unusual at the end of the race for only a couple dozen out of a couple hundred cars to still be running, some of the others can be found in the trees or god-knows where. Some are stripped of parts when the driver leaves the scene… it’s just freaking completely crazy.
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Playing GT4, it may be a pretty faithful recreation of the ring, but there’s no backstory. What an eye opener.
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Next time I’m visiting family in Germany, I gotta try and time it with the 24 hours at Nurburgring. I just wish I could drive in it, but seeing it would be good enough.
calichevylover
Jan 16, 2008 at 3:24 am
lookin at that hood….PPLLEASSE dont tell me they tore up an IROC