The Car Fails Us
24 Hours of LeMons Pacific Northworst Grand Prix A whiskey sour sat poised off my right elbow. I ignored the video poker machine that was mounted in the bar’s counter…. Read more »
Category: LeMons
NachoFriend Racing at Thunderhill – The Racing Part
Part Two Click for part one. We arrived at Thunderhill in Willows, California at a reasonable time Friday morning. My only concern with tech was if our fire suppression system… Read more »
NachoFriend Racing at Thunderhill – The Road Trip Part
Our 24 Hours of LeMons race team made the unusual decision to race at Thunderhill in Willows California in May 2019. “A race team racing? How is that unusual?” you… Read more »
NachoFriend Racing at The 24 Hours of Lemons’ Smells Like AMC Spirit
With five races under our belt, NachoFriend Racing decided to enter the 24 Hours of LeMons “Smell Like AMC Spirit” race in Shelton Washington. Our vehicle of choice was still… Read more »
24 Hours of LeMons – NachoFriend Update
NachoFriend Racing has been accepted into the 2018 Smells Like Teen Spirit race at The Ridge in Shelton, Washington. This will be our second race of the year, after having… Read more »
LeMons – Sonoma Arse-Freeze-Apalooza
We filled our aptly named Expedition to the brim and began our journey to Sonoma Raceway. Team NachoFriend had foolishly decided to enter our 1985 Toyota Celica GT-S in another… Read more »
24 Hours of LeMons – On The Track
It was Friday. Our 1985 Toyota Celica GT-S was at a race track. This, alone, seemed like an accomplishment. We slaved hard for that last week to make this happen,… Read more »
24 Hours of LeMons Part Three – The Thrash
I secured a 1985 Celica GTS for our LeMons team. Our next task was to prepare the car for the race. The day after bringing the car home, the 17… Read more »
LeMons Experience Part Two – The Acquisition and Driver Selection
In the first part of this series, here, I detailed how this whole LeMons thing came about. In part two, we’ll look at the selection of our NachoFriend racing car and how… Read more »
NMC LeMons Experience – Part One – The Maui Reveal
My wife is basically crazy. A typical not-crazy wife will give her husband a nice polo shirt for Father’s Day. She will help the kids make bacon and eggs for… Read more »