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24 hours of Lemons?

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  • dubbsyD Offline
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    dubbsy
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    #5

    Chumpcar challenge is coming through Brainerd too...

    http://www.chumpcar.com/

    1995 Mustang
    CAI, rimz, and springs.

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    • DelSlowD Offline
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      JN210;304293 wrote:
      Robs cobra > your escort. Rob jump on this

      Would be fun with a beater Z31T.

      Take y0 pimped 0u7 ride there.

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      • legacy-user-532L Offline
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        Ive read about this before. As per the rules, it sounds kinda expensive/hokey.

        PRICE


        Entry: $500 per car + $100 per driver + $75 for non-drivers. (Each team must have 4-6 drivers.)

 This fee covers registration, track time, paddock pass, track insurance, on-site ambulance crew, sweatshop-made commemorative crap, and anything else we come up with by then. Non-driving team members get all the same bennies except track time.

        •1.1: Organizer Decisions: Organizer's decisions are final. If you don't like it, tough. Get your own race.

        •1.4: Claiming Race: At the end of the competition, the organizer--and nobody else, you lazy, better-car-wantin' bastids--may elect to purchase any vehicle from its owner(s) for $500. In other words, don't spend a lot on a cheater, cause if you do, you ain't gonna own it much longer.

        •1.6: Your Car May Be Destroyed at Any Time: In addition to accidents and other unfortunate boo-boos, one car may be selected by blind ballot of all teams for immediate removal and total destruction. It could be your car. It probably WILL BE your car. You'll have 30 minutes to yank out any safety items you want to rescue, and then it's toast. Them's the breaks. Don't bring it if you ain't OK with losing it.

        So you spend up to $500 for the car, another 500 just to register it, and then another hundred for the privilege of being a driver (75 for pit crew)

        so that is $1100 bucks, and theres a chance (rule 1.6) that the car will be destroyed even before competition? Theres zero chance of any sort of reimbursement.

        I understand that these rules were written with the idea of them being comedic, but still, lots of rights are reserved by the show and it seems you could really get screwed.

        winner of the whole thing gets $1500? so depending on how many drivers/pit members you have, there is a good chance you could win the whole shittery and still end up losing money. I realize that most people are doing this for fun and not money (kinda like a demo derb except this is much more expensive), but when its so expensive to begin with, it seems that first place should be winning something more sizeable than a maximum of $400 profit (and that number is highly unlikely). It would make more sense if the winner got a percentage related to the number of cars entered.

        I had an idea like that once. It was a "Jump To Conclusions" mat.

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        • PSiedTSiP Offline
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          #8

          Can I do it myself? lol

          At first I did it for fun, then I realized I made the investment and had to do it!

          92 Talon AWD 6/4bolt [EMAIL="[email protected]"][email protected][/EMAIL]
          95 240SX SE SR20DET [EMAIL="[email protected]"][email protected][/EMAIL]
          1993.5 Supra Hardtop...Sold
          Next project? 6cyl, 6spd?

          > spanish-rice;237125 wrote:
          > at first i thought the title said beer truck drivers needed... In which case i accidently put my two weeks in at work.

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          • Bp-08B Offline
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            Briggs&Stratton;304312 wrote:
            Ive read about this before. As per the rules, it sounds kinda expensive/hokey.

            PRICE


            Entry: $500 per car + $100 per driver + $75 for non-drivers. (Each team must have 4-6 drivers.)

 This fee covers registration, track time, paddock pass, track insurance, on-site ambulance crew, sweatshop-made commemorative crap, and anything else we come up with by then. Non-driving team members get all the same bennies except track time.

            •1.1: Organizer Decisions: Organizer's decisions are final. If you don't like it, tough. Get your own race.

            •1.4: Claiming Race: At the end of the competition, the organizer--and nobody else, you lazy, better-car-wantin' bastids--may elect to purchase any vehicle from its owner(s) for $500. In other words, don't spend a lot on a cheater, cause if you do, you ain't gonna own it much longer.

            •1.6: Your Car May Be Destroyed at Any Time: In addition to accidents and other unfortunate boo-boos, one car may be selected by blind ballot of all teams for immediate removal and total destruction. It could be your car. It probably WILL BE your car. You'll have 30 minutes to yank out any safety items you want to rescue, and then it's toast. Them's the breaks. Don't bring it if you ain't OK with losing it.

            So you spend up to $500 for the car, another 500 just to register it, and then another hundred for the privilege of being a driver (75 for pit crew)

            so that is $1100 bucks, and theres a chance (rule 1.6) that the car will be destroyed even before competition? Theres zero chance of any sort of reimbursement.

            I understand that these rules were written with the idea of them being comedic, but still, lots of rights are reserved by the show and it seems you could really get screwed.

            winner of the whole thing gets $1500? so depending on how many drivers/pit members you have, there is a good chance you could win the whole shittery and still end up losing money. I realize that most people are doing this for fun and not money (kinda like a demo derb except this is much more expensive), but when its so expensive to begin with, it seems that first place should be winning something more sizeable than a maximum of $400 profit (and that number is highly unlikely). It would make more sense if the winner got a percentage related to the number of cars entered.

            You also need a rollcage, and you have to buy fireproof driving suits, helmets and safety equipment.

            [SIZE="4"]you aren't unique like me... cant handle that my interior probably looks better than yours?[/SIZE][SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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            • DelSlowD Offline
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              DelSlow
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              After reading that...this sounds retarded.

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              • BookemB Offline
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                Bookem
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                Briggs&Stratton;304312 wrote:
                winner of the whole thing gets $1500?

                And divide by how many drivers you have.

                DelSlow;304330 wrote:
                After reading that...this sounds retarded.

                Looks like you don't have to worry bout it!

                •2.4: Whiner Eligibility. Whiners are not eligible to compete. If you believe that you might be a whiner, please check with a domestic partner, guardian, or health-care professional before getting the rest of your team kicked the hell out of the race.

                Entry fee seems a bit too steep.

                Legacy GT
                Gmc Suburban

                I'll keep my money, guns and freedom. You keep the change.

                Danny: What about Fargostreet?
                Hallorann: Fargostreet?
                Danny: You're scared of Fargostreet, ain't ya?
                Hallorann: No, I ain't.
                Danny: Mr. Hallorann. What's in Fargostreet?
                Hallorann: Nothin'! There ain't nothin' in Fargostreet. But you ain't got no business goin' in there anyway. So stay out! You understand? Stay out!

                ɥƃnouǝ ǝɯ ʇɥƃnɐʇ ǝʌɐɥ ʎǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ʇuop ı ƃuıɥʇ ɹǝʇndɯoɔ sıɥʇ ʇǝƃ ʇuop ı

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                • DelSlowD Offline
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                  DelSlow
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                  #12

                  Darn, I so wanted to do this.

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                  • BookemB Offline
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                    Bookem
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                    #13

                    DelSlow;304340 wrote:
                    Darn, I so wanted to do this.

                    Enter your rx8 in, lol.

                    Legacy GT
                    Gmc Suburban

                    I'll keep my money, guns and freedom. You keep the change.

                    Danny: What about Fargostreet?
                    Hallorann: Fargostreet?
                    Danny: You're scared of Fargostreet, ain't ya?
                    Hallorann: No, I ain't.
                    Danny: Mr. Hallorann. What's in Fargostreet?
                    Hallorann: Nothin'! There ain't nothin' in Fargostreet. But you ain't got no business goin' in there anyway. So stay out! You understand? Stay out!

                    ɥƃnouǝ ǝɯ ʇɥƃnɐʇ ǝʌɐɥ ʎǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ʇuop ı ƃuıɥʇ ɹǝʇndɯoɔ sıɥʇ ʇǝƃ ʇuop ı

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                    • DelSlowD Offline
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                      DelSlow
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                      #14

                      Bookem;304343 wrote:
                      Enter your rx8 in, lol.

                      Think it would do well?

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                      • BookemB Offline
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                        Bookem
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                        #15

                        DelSlow;304344 wrote:
                        Think it would do well?

                        Shit yeah, a high reving n/a rwd perfect. But now a fwd boosted honda would suck the mighty balls.

                        Legacy GT
                        Gmc Suburban

                        I'll keep my money, guns and freedom. You keep the change.

                        Danny: What about Fargostreet?
                        Hallorann: Fargostreet?
                        Danny: You're scared of Fargostreet, ain't ya?
                        Hallorann: No, I ain't.
                        Danny: Mr. Hallorann. What's in Fargostreet?
                        Hallorann: Nothin'! There ain't nothin' in Fargostreet. But you ain't got no business goin' in there anyway. So stay out! You understand? Stay out!

                        ɥƃnouǝ ǝɯ ʇɥƃnɐʇ ǝʌɐɥ ʎǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ʇuop ı ƃuıɥʇ ɹǝʇndɯoɔ sıɥʇ ʇǝƃ ʇuop ı

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