The 24 will be at Eagles Canyon April 9th & 10th
http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/events-results/article/163-north-dallas-hooptie
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24 Hrs of Lemons @ ECR-Texas
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My son and a friend ran a LeMons car for a couple of years and I drove for them twice. It is a lot of fun.
I've had several people ask me about LeMons, and the message I always send is: do it *if* you can afford it. While this is probably the cheapest form of road racing you can do, it is not inexpensive. By the time you fit a car with a real live racing-quality roll cage, all the safety gear (HANS required now), get several sets of tires, brakes, gas, food for the weekend, trailers, tools, gas cans, lodging, entry fees, race suits (full SFI fire suit required), etc., it is a very expensive weekend to do from scratch. The problem in Colorado is that it is so far to the other venues that running many races is not very practical unless you treat it as a real hobby, have a lot of time to travel, and a lot of cash. Having a LeMons-only car running one of two races a year doesn't make a lot of sense to me, and ultimately it didn't make sense to my son either. If you are going to spend the kind of money required to get a LeMons car through a bunch of races traveling out of Colorado, you could run a "real" racing series like Spec Miata. (not *winning* SM, but having fun). The real costs end up being consumables, gas, transport, safety gear, licenses, entry fees, lodging, etc. By the time you fit out most beaters to LeMons rules, you could have bought or built a decent mid-pack sorted out Spec Miata car. The rest of the costs are similar.
I've had several people ask me about LeMons, and the message I always send is: do it *if* you can afford it. While this is probably the cheapest form of road racing you can do, it is not inexpensive. By the time you fit a car with a real live racing-quality roll cage, all the safety gear (HANS required now), get several sets of tires, brakes, gas, food for the weekend, trailers, tools, gas cans, lodging, entry fees, race suits (full SFI fire suit required), etc., it is a very expensive weekend to do from scratch. The problem in Colorado is that it is so far to the other venues that running many races is not very practical unless you treat it as a real hobby, have a lot of time to travel, and a lot of cash. Having a LeMons-only car running one of two races a year doesn't make a lot of sense to me, and ultimately it didn't make sense to my son either. If you are going to spend the kind of money required to get a LeMons car through a bunch of races traveling out of Colorado, you could run a "real" racing series like Spec Miata. (not *winning* SM, but having fun). The real costs end up being consumables, gas, transport, safety gear, licenses, entry fees, lodging, etc. By the time you fit out most beaters to LeMons rules, you could have bought or built a decent mid-pack sorted out Spec Miata car. The rest of the costs are similar.
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