Anybody plan to run Lemon 24 Hr at RFR? - Page 2 - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

sperry · 2009-05-24, 09:33 AM

A little in-car video from yesterday:

YouTube- 24hrs of LeMons, Reno-Fernley - sperry stint 1

Dean · 2009-05-24, 01:25 PM

Sweet. Car looks like it is doing well. Missing a little torque.

sperry · 2009-05-24, 06:41 PM

The car is gutless... even when compared to the other gutless cars out there. But we more than make up for it with the super light weight and wide tires, plus the advantage of being one of the few teams that really knows the line. So as long as you can get to the correct line, you can pass virtually everyone in the corners, and especially under braking.

We ended up taking 22nd place over-all, and 6th in class! Not bad for over 100 cars out there on our first whack at Lemons!

van · 2009-05-24, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sperry

We ended up taking 22nd place over-all, and 6th in class! Not bad for over 100 cars out there on our first whack at Lemons!

That's awesome, Congratulations guys.

sybir · 2009-05-24, 10:21 PM

Awesome, man, that's a great finish

Loved the video, too.

Dean · 2009-05-25, 06:40 AM

Great job Scott and the whole team. So how much time did you end up behind the wheel?

Any idea how many actually finished?

Not that you deserved it, but I like the penalty of writing on the roof 100 times. Any other interesting penalties?

sperry · 2009-05-25, 09:29 AM

The team really did a fantastic job. I'm most amazed at how sorted the car was... it was a breeze to drive, had no weird quirks, got great mileage, great tire wear, didn't complain when you flogged it, was extremely reliable, and just took our punishment all day long. I think our biggest problems were a sensor connector that came loose that made the car run rough off-throttle (we plugged it back in), an overheated distributor that caused the car to cut out in the top of 5th gear in the esses (we drove around it), and an adapter cable I made for running everyone's headsets w/ the radio that got flaky and caused the comms to drop intermittently (we switched to the pit board).

My first stint was a little under an hour, then on my second I was going to push to the finish (which would have been almost 2 hours) but the black flag brought me in at about 90 minutes. Then I drove another hour on Sunday. So, I got about 3.5 hours total over the weekend.

There were a lot of cars out there during the last 30 minutes as people dragged themselves out of the pits in hammered cars to take the checkered. I didn't count, but I would guess there were like 70 or 80 cars running on the last lap, though many of them were many many laps down. In fact, I think Michel counted late on day one and saw as few as 30 some-odd cars out on track.

We had four penalties over the weekend: Fred got pushed off track by so 80's themed Mustang and had to serve time in the penalty box for two-wheels-off. I got dinged for two-wheels-off, (though it was a bad call... watch the video I posted on You Tube and see if you can see me drop two wheels) and the team had to solve a long math word problem with lots of unit conversions in sharpie on the hood (does anyone know the conversion between calories and joules off hand? Yeah, neither did we. Thanks for the internet access via your phone Tyson!). Then on Fred's second stint, he passed under yellow and was forced to parade around the pits for a lap following the VW bus of shame with all the other folks that passed under yellow. And finally, I passed under yellow (I still don't know where or when, but the flagging was tough in a few spots, so I probably did it... passing under yellow had to be the most common infraction) and that was the writing on the roof penalty.

A1337STI · 2009-05-25, 09:44 AM

Awesome!! good job!

was every hand wave for a black flag? there was a wave at like 2:00 and then one a few minutes after your annotation i that maybe looked like a brake indicator?

Are your results with lap times posted? i saw you passing by a lot of other cars , as you were just chugging along on a good line. hehe Nice Work!

sperry · 2009-05-25, 10:47 AM

Most the hand waves were for yellows to warn drivers behind we're slowing down.

Tahoe C5 · 2009-05-25, 01:02 PM

AWESOME EFFORT! Congratulations to the team!

MikeK · 2009-06-02, 02:51 AM

News story about the event: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/st...7711114&page=1

van · 2009-06-08, 07:03 PM

Was this black Miata out there with you guys Scott?
http://jalopnik.com/5282091/peoples-...lemons-justice

sperry · 2009-06-09, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by van

Was this black Miata out there with you guys Scott?
http://jalopnik.com/5282091/peoples-...lemons-justice

Nope, they weren't at the RFR event, though a miata did win our race too.

sperry · 2009-06-18, 09:52 AM

I put up the complete race highlight reel on YouTube:

YouTube (Playlists) (Old)

2009-05-24, 01:25 PM	#27
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Sweet. Car looks like it is doing well. Missing a little torque. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2009-05-24, 06:41 PM	#28
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	The car is gutless... even when compared to the other gutless cars out there. But we more than make up for it with the super light weight and wide tires, plus the advantage of being one of the few teams that really knows the line. So as long as you can get to the correct line, you can pass virtually everyone in the corners, and especially under braking. We ended up taking 22nd place over-all, and 6th in class! Not bad for over 100 cars out there on our first whack at Lemons! __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2009-05-24, 10:21 PM	#30
sybir The Don Real Name: Aaron Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sacramento Posts: 3,097 Car: '97 Legacy / '05 FXT Class: low	Awesome, man, that's a great finish Loved the video, too. __________________ Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic.

2009-05-25, 06:40 AM	#31
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Great job Scott and the whole team. So how much time did you end up behind the wheel? Any idea how many actually finished? Not that you deserved it, but I like the penalty of writing on the roof 100 times. Any other interesting penalties? __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2009-05-25, 09:29 AM	#32
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	The team really did a fantastic job. I'm most amazed at how sorted the car was... it was a breeze to drive, had no weird quirks, got great mileage, great tire wear, didn't complain when you flogged it, was extremely reliable, and just took our punishment all day long. I think our biggest problems were a sensor connector that came loose that made the car run rough off-throttle (we plugged it back in), an overheated distributor that caused the car to cut out in the top of 5th gear in the esses (we drove around it), and an adapter cable I made for running everyone's headsets w/ the radio that got flaky and caused the comms to drop intermittently (we switched to the pit board). My first stint was a little under an hour, then on my second I was going to push to the finish (which would have been almost 2 hours) but the black flag brought me in at about 90 minutes. Then I drove another hour on Sunday. So, I got about 3.5 hours total over the weekend. There were a lot of cars out there during the last 30 minutes as people dragged themselves out of the pits in hammered cars to take the checkered. I didn't count, but I would guess there were like 70 or 80 cars running on the last lap, though many of them were many many laps down. In fact, I think Michel counted late on day one and saw as few as 30 some-odd cars out on track. We had four penalties over the weekend: Fred got pushed off track by so 80's themed Mustang and had to serve time in the penalty box for two-wheels-off. I got dinged for two-wheels-off, (though it was a bad call... watch the video I posted on You Tube and see if you can see me drop two wheels) and the team had to solve a long math word problem with lots of unit conversions in sharpie on the hood (does anyone know the conversion between calories and joules off hand? Yeah, neither did we. Thanks for the internet access via your phone Tyson!). Then on Fred's second stint, he passed under yellow and was forced to parade around the pits for a lap following the VW bus of shame with all the other folks that passed under yellow. And finally, I passed under yellow (I still don't know where or when, but the flagging was tough in a few spots, so I probably did it... passing under yellow had to be the most common infraction) and that was the writing on the roof penalty. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2009-05-25, 09:44 AM	#33
A1337STI EJ205 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 1,840 Car: Impreza and an Impreza Class: AS / CRS PerfStock "pedal on the right"	Awesome!! good job! was every hand wave for a black flag? there was a wave at like 2:00 and then one a few minutes after your annotation i that maybe looked like a brake indicator? Are your results with lap times posted? i saw you passing by a lot of other cars , as you were just chugging along on a good line. hehe Nice Work! __________________ Fighting uphill battles, one bullet at a time!

2009-05-25, 10:47 AM	#34
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Most the hand waves were for yellows to warn drivers behind we're slowing down. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2009-05-25, 01:02 PM	#35
Tahoe C5 EJ22 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lake Tahoe Posts: 175 Car: 05 Legacy GT, 81 RX7	AWESOME EFFORT! Congratulations to the team!

2009-06-02, 02:51 AM	#36
MikeK Captain Turbo Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Reno Posts: 3,318 Car: 05 STi	News story about the event: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/st...7711114&page=1

2009-06-08, 07:03 PM	#37
van SECCS Brewmeister Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: on the edge of a marsh Posts: 1,451	Was this black Miata out there with you guys Scott? http://jalopnik.com/5282091/peoples-...lemons-justice

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