Back at the end of 2011, I got hooked on racing in the LeMons series.
At the time, my team had a '96 Miata that we couldn't seem to keep an engine in. 3 races, 3 engines.
The last race the Miata participated in was a full 24 hour race at ECR in Decatur, TX. I had acquired a free Si shell from a friend and through a couple of Miracle we had a two car effort at the team's first full 24 race.
The first race was a time crunch. Trying to get a new car built and an old car up to snuff for a full day and night of racing was a task that I tried to take on mostly myself and only asked for one of the drivers to install the cage in the Tape-R.
Time ran out and after the car missed most of Friday practice, we got the car through tech but left the dash and instrument cluster at the shop 4 hours away.
Ran the whole 24 hour race with no gauges and never overheated (that we know of) nor ran out of gas running 2 hour driver stints.
The second race was a split 14 hour, so we had Saturday night to work on the car and being as it ran so well we decided to have some fun with our theme.
Saturday night after the day of racing >
Sunday morning >
The CEO of Wonder Bread laid off all the drivers and sold the car to Walmart.
We picketed >
...and walked away with some hardware - Judges' Choice
Our last race was in May at ECR again, below is one of our driver's accounts of the weekend >
JimR said:
The Team OK-Speed "Dream Team" came to ball at North Dallas Hooptie 2013.
We donned our windsuits and cranked the jam box in homage to Patrick Ewing's flat-top and early '90s streetball masterpieces such as White Men Can't Jump, and Arch Rivals for your Nintendo Entertainment system. The Tape-R took the form of the freshest hi-tops available in the era of Bird v. Jordan ("and...nothin' but net").
Unfortunately, the car had more hang time than a dunk contest.
My arrival was slowed by sideways-blowing heavy snow - ah, Arkansas in May - and I arrived just in time to discover that the engine did a Scottie Poppin minutes into the Friday shakedown session.
Crack wrenching got the backup engine running in four or five hours, but it came off the bench consuming oil. We had to pit hourly all weekend long to top off the oil. The pressure plate also started going out, forcing us to run the Saturday session in fourth gear and make an overnight clutch change. The brake rotors warped into the shape of Pringles, rounding out the hooptified experience.
Still, we kept turning laps, raced cleanly, and most importantly, didn't have a cow, man. The car took the checkered flag in strong form, finishing well into the teens on the overall charts. Had a blast. Congrats to everyone who took home the hardware.
Unfortunately it was because our fresh engine blew after 5 laps. Remember Kids: When putting a D-series back together you should always make sure the oil restrictor between the block and head is there!
nothin' screams baller like a denim hat and a big gold chain
quick game of horse to get the blood flowing
Team OK-Speed, playing with their balls. LowFlyin has the fastest shoe at the track
Trick Dunk contest while waiting their turn
White Men Can't Jump...but they can do cartwheel dunks if you give them a couple attempts
Iloveofframps is the hardest white boy in the hood
JimR is the whitest kid you know
TMoney is stepping up solid for a nemb
and LowFlyin is always willing for you to come at him bro
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It was a good day out. Sunshine, good company and 1300 cars to look at. Splendid! I even made a...
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