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  • This 4,300 lb Chrysler Won Racing's Best Trophy
    Sep 3 2026

    This 4,300 lb Chrysler Won Racing's Best Trophy

    In this Ford big block stroker episode 449; Chrissy wrecks a riding mower (not on a race track though), Chris was chief judge and makes a bluping exhaust noise, Mental talks about Yoga, I mean Yugo, Tim tried to body build by moving a cast iron stove, and we have Julian on to talk about how the Pacific Raceway.

    Fifty cars took the green at Pacific Raceways. Fewer than twenty were still running at the checker. And in two full days of racing, Chris — who was chief judge for the weekend — handed out exactly one severe penalty.

    That never happens. Episode 449 is our full 24 Hours of Lemons Pacific Raceways race recap from both sides of the fence: Chris was judging it, and our guest was racing it.

    Sometimes-Lemons-judge Julian Cordle brought his family, a 2005 Chrysler 300C, an inflatable polar bear, and fifty pounds of Alaskan reindeer sausage to Kent, Washington — and drove home with the Index of Effluency, the most coveted award in low-buck endurance racing. It's given to the team that has no business finishing and finishes anyway. His car weighs 4,300 pounds empty, runs all-wheel drive, and rides on three-year-old $83 tires.

    New here? We do this every week for the world of low-dollar racing and oddball car culture. Hit SUBSCRIBE — we're chasing 1,000 and you clicking that button genuinely matters.

    WHAT'S IN THIS EPISODE

    Why episode 449 is a Ford FE big block — the engine that beat Ferrari at Le Mans, now available as a 449ci stroker

    Bonneville got nine inches of rain the day the land speed car was ready. Nine.

    Moving a 450-pound cast iron wood stove with winches, a 6x6, and one badly regretted lower back

    A Tesla robotaxi in Austin quoted a 2.3-mile trip at 66 minutes — and another one ended its shift and put a four-time Tesla owner out three miles from home

    A 1990 Yugo with 25 miles on it sold for $27,257, and the Petersen Automotive Museum was the underbidder

    Arizona lawnmower racing: 80 mph, tethered kill switches, no blades, "How the West Was Mowed"

    Heroic Fix: their Fiero blew a clutch, so they bought an entire Mustang that had been sitting in a field for seven years, chased live mice out of it, and raced it

    Judge's Choice: a rookie dad, three kids, a 70hp Civic, a blown head gasket in cylinder three, and a YouTube video

    Everyone Racers is a weekly amateur endurance racing podcast for people who build cheap race cars and drive them hard. Lemons, ChampCar, LuckyDog, SCCA, NASA. We don't discriminate.

    Email: everyoneracers@gmail.com Instagram / Facebook: @everyoneracers

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    #24HoursOfLemons #EnduranceRacing #IndexOfEffluency

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    1 ora e 49 min
  • Don't Race Pacific Raceways Until You Hear This Track Walk
    Aug 27 2026

    Don't Race Pacific Raceways Until You Watch This Track WalkIn this Ferrari 500 Episode 448 (gotta listen to find out why episode 448 is named after the 550 Barchetta Pininfarina, which is 485hp of V12 with a canvas tent in the trunk )... Chris has fuel in his air, Chrissy gives a ladder 101 lesson, Tim waits 3 days for wine while Mental breaks a 1 of 1 valve cover.Fifty cars, nine turns, one blind corner with a concrete wall at the apex — and a crowd sitting right behind it. This is the Everyone Racers Pacific Raceways track walk you want in your head before the green flag drops in Kent, Washington this weekend.Episode 448 is our full 24 Hours of Lemons Pacific Raceways preview: the weekend schedule, the weather, the entry list, and our patented E1R Virtual Track Walk, a turn-by-turn Pacific Raceways track guide from people who have judged it, raced it, and gotten it wrong in front of witnesses.If you're a first-time Pacific Raceways racer, or you're an armchair endurance racer who just likes hearing how a 2.25-mile road course bolted onto a drag strip actually drives, hit SUBSCRIBE. We do this every single week, for free, for the world of low-dollar racing and oddball car culture.WHAT'S IN THIS EPISODEWHAT CHA WORKING ON?? - A cracked, discontinued VW valve cover that nearly killed a Bonneville land speed run - A direct-injection outboard troubleshooting saga in real timeNEWS & NOTES: New York fire departments drag racing ladder trucks (yes, the crew jumps off while it's moving), Colombia's semi-truck autocross with the trailers still attached, and DoorDash now delivering OEM dealer parts same daySHOW ME YOUR JUNK: a 1989 TVR Tuscan Challenge — 400hp Rover V8, 2,000 lbs, $27,500The 50-car Lemons entry list, including a 1963 Studebaker Avanti and a '74 Datsun 620 pickupFull weekend schedule: gates, testing day, BS tech, driver's meeting, awards ceremony, Kent WA race weekend weather forecast, and yes, there's rain in it. Quiet hours, no fluid disposal, no power, and why the fuel pumps are a very long walkEveryone Racers is a weekly amateur endurance racing podcast for people who build cheap race cars and drive them hard — Lemons, ChampCar, LuckyDog, SCCA, NASA. We don't discriminate.Got a question or a show topic? Drop it in the comments — we answer them on the air. Email: everyoneracers@gmail.com Instagram / Facebook: @everyoneracersSUBSCRIBE for a new episode every week. We're chasing 1,000 subscribers — you clicking that button genuinely moves the needle.#24HoursOfLemons #PacificRaceways #EnduranceRacing🏁 Subscribe to Everyone Racers and help us hit 1,000 subscribers.Sign up for the Potluck, don’t be lame!https://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/viewtopic.php?id=43191 Get Panda Planner! Seriously, it's $30 bucks man.https://www.panda-planner.com/Panda Planner How To YouTube;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G7zntrrMpMJoin our F1 Fantasy League https://fantasygp.com/leagues/ Use code 74259541 to join in the fun3 Pedal Mafia Lemons World - https://youtu.be/wGfAxGX3vHk?si=YInVSrCTFgkXdCVF Those cool light number panels from Amazonhttps://a.co/d/9wDuvek 🔍 KEYWORDS (Feedin that algorithm yo) Pacific Raceways 24 Hours of Lemons track walk"pacific raceways turn by turn track guide""how to drive pacific raceways road course""24 hours of lemons pacific raceways schedule""first time racing pacific raceways tips""pacific raceways turn 9 concrete wall"

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    1 ora e 27 min
  • Real Monterey Car Week
    Aug 20 2026

    Real Monterey Car Week

    In this Mercedes People carrier Episode 447, Chrissy’s dislocated pinky is Citroen better, Chris drives on some rocks, Mental is drowning in ACVW parts and Tim gets real itchy. Actually we bring on Neal Losey on to talk about Concourse d’Lemons, and why you should go check it out!Forget million-dollar hypercars. The best part of Monterey Car Week might be the cars nobody else would let onto the lawn.Five-time National Effing Champion Neal Losey joins Everyone Racers to take us inside the 2026 Concours d’Lemons, the gloriously disreputable counterpoint to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance—and possibly the purest celebration of weird car culture anywhere.While Pebble Beach is polishing priceless classics, Concours d’Lemons fills the Seaside City Hall lawn with forgotten marques, questionable engineering, tiny cars, enormous drivers, former demolition-derby survivors and automotive decisions that seemed like a good idea at the time.In other words: our people.Neal tells us what it’s actually like inside Concours d’Lemons during Monterey Car Week, including the packed crowds, bizarre awards, Lemons racers, rally cars, kids painting race cars, Buttercup the horse-car becoming a slide, and the Red Fang Chevy wagon arriving the most Lemons way possible: being pushed across the grass because it stopped running.That wagon has an even better ending. After winning an Index of Effluency, becoming a Red Fang tribute car and appearing at Concours, it was sold to a group of excited 22-year-old dairy farmers from Visalia preparing to become brand-new Lemons racers.That right there is why we love this community.But this is Everyone Racers, so before we reach Monterey, things get appropriately weird.We recap the Hell on Wheels Lemons Rally, including a Mitsubishi camper, a 1959 Edsel, an International Harvester, a V8-swapped RX-7, a purple Smart car and two rescue puppies. Chris and Chrissy take an old Range Rover through Colorado, where Chrissy dislocates a pinky mountain biking, Chris performs a field-expedient repair, and they continue hiking because apparently pain is merely advisory.Tim talks Pebble Beach, PGA HOPE, moving to Maine, his ’59 El Camino and the rapidly expanding definition of “garage project.” Mental works on the land-speed VW and Porsche 912. Neal shares the incredible story of his mother’s 1966 Mustang, bought new with six-tenths of a mile and later V8-swapped by her personally.We also hit automotive news, cheap race cars, Honda selling pieces of racing history, a spectacularly expensive Ferrari, terrible car names and the latest opportunity to make financially irresponsible racing decisions.Above all, this episode is about what Neal calls the world around Lemons: weird cars, rallies, racing, ridiculous ideas and people genuinely excited about the things they love.If you’re into 24 Hours of Lemons, amateur endurance racing, low-budget motorsports, DIY race cars, classic cars, Monterey Car Week, weird automotive history or garage-built insanity, you’ve found your people.Because expensive cars are nice.But pure dumb joy is better.Check out Neal’s Radio Shows, Morning Cup & Night Train on Demand here;https://www.kcbx.org/programs-ondemandUber Rich Guy pays too much for a stupid Ferrari (Matt Hardigee @ the Autopian)https://www.theautopian.com/someone-just-spent-40000000-on-the-first-ferrari-luce-ev-because-the-world-makes-no-sense/ Honda Will Sell And Restore Its Iconic Race Cars Through New Heritage Racing Program (Andy Kalmowitz @ Jalopnik)https://www.jalopnik.com/2235518/honda-restore-iconic-race-cars/Naming a New Vehicle Is Way Harder Than You Think (Dan Roth @ The Drive) https://www.thedrive.com/news/naming-a-new-vehicle-is-way-harder-than-you-think-and-experts-still-arent-sure-ford-got-it-rightPGA Reach Foundationhttps://www.pgareach.org/Any VW Rabbit in Stillwater MN for $3k on Racing Junk https://www.racingjunk.com/volkswagen/184812654

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  • Triumph! General Wakemen Problems Couldn't Stop The Charge!
    Aug 6 2026

    Triumph! General Wakemen Problems Couldn't Stop The Charge!

    The regular Everyone Racers crew missed the 24 Hours of Lemons race at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park—but Uncle Dave was there, and Jeff makes his triumphant return to explain exactly how much trouble two experienced amateur racers can find in one weekend.

    In this EVAP episode 446; Mental eats Lamb Chops at an AC/DC concert, Tim drunk finishes 2nd in a golf tourney, but #1 in fun, Chrissy consoles Jeff for a blend line violation and Chris helps Hack Factory win B.

    Really we welcome back Uncle Dave and Jeff to discuss the Thompson Race last weekend! BTW, if Jeff had listened last week about the blend line, they would have won.

    Yep, episode 446 is the complete Thompson Lemons race recap: test day, tech inspection, race strategy, fast pit stops, questionable traffic, award-winning themes, broken race cars and the relentless phenomenon known as “General Wakeman Problems.”

    Dave arrives with his 1986 Toyota Cressida freshly repaired after New Jersey: transmission, clutch, driveshaft, center support bearing, universal joint and a questionable hub. The Cressida develops a vicious one-wheel peel during Friday testing, so Dave adjusts the cross weight until the car finally hooks up, then spends the rest of the day fighting a generator that works perfectly until the sun comes out.

    Naturally, Thompson still delivers a torrential downpour.

    With only Dave and Jeff driving Saturday’s nine-hour race, the Cressida climbs from roughly 31st to sixth overall. Their reward is a broken cool-shirt system, an accidental fire-extinguisher discharge during a pit stop, Dave taking extinguisher powder directly to the face and a dehydrated Jeff discovering that his drink tube now tastes like fire-suppression chemicals.

    Sunday somehow gets better.

    An exceptional pit stop puts Jeff back on track during a full-course yellow, where he immediately accepts a friendly wave into traffic and earns a blend-line violation black flag. He recovers, drives the Cressida into the top five and puts the team within reach of a podium.

    Then, with approximately 40 minutes remaining, a another car locks its brakes and hits the Cressida’s right-front wheel. Jeff limps the damaged car back with a binding brake, ending their charge toward third place.

    But General Wakeman Problems do not respect the checkered flag.

    While packing, Jeff crushes his phone in the hatch of his Veloster N, discovers its battery is dead after the hatch stayed open all weekend and drives home unable to restart the car at fuel or meal stops.

    We also cover the Thompson award winners and themes, cage-tech lessons, tow-strap rules, aggressive traffic, race results and why a well-built 180-horsepower Toyota can embarrass much faster machinery through consistency and strong pit work.

    Elsewhere in Episode 446:

    • P0446 EVAP-code misery • Mental’s work on the Project 213 land-speed Ghia • AC/DC with luxury-box lamb chops • Lotus wiring removal and DIY camping batteries • Garage insulation and kitchen remodeling • Competitive yoga at Red Rocks • New Jersey police disguised as shrubbery • Subaru’s attempt to make its cars more fun

    Cops in NJ Wearing Gilly Suits (Stephen Edelstein @ The Drive) https://www.thedrive.com/news/cops-imitating-plants-catch-74-drivers-on-their-phones-in-six-hours

    Subaru launches SVPO for fun! (Fred Smith @ Road & Track) https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a73257286/subaru-is-dedicating-a-team-to-making-its-cars-more-fun/

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    1 ora e 43 min
  • Heartbroken, We're Missing Thompson!
    Jul 30 2026

    Heartbroken, We're Missing Thompson!

    In this Wildcat 445 Episode, Mental points at the wrong part, Tim can’t identify smoke, Chrissy gushes about ice cream and tells you when to shower while Chris enjoys a tepid tub.

    Really, we’re a little heartbroken. Because for the first time in Everyone Racers history, none of us will be at the 24 Hours of Lemons race at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, and naturally, the weather forecast looks fantastic.

    You’re welcome.

    Before the green flag drops in Thompson, Connecticut, we deliver the full race-weekend survival guide: arrival times, test day, BS and tech, the Saturday potluck, strict quiet hours, Sunday’s late start, crowded paddock logistics, trailer drop, fueling, pit vehicles, showers, and why you should leave before the golf course starts launching balls toward the paddock.

    Then comes the famous Everyone Racers Virtual Track Walk.

    We break down Thompson’s strange combination of road course, oval and changing pavement, including pit out, visual references, passing zones, flag stations, elevation, camber, bumps, surface transitions, traffic management and the corners most likely to punish overconfidence.

    Whether you’re a Thompson rookie or have already collected trophies and broken parts there, this is the Thompson Speedway track guide to watch before the race.

    More importantly, we provide critical navigation to Bogey’s Ice Cream and Snack Shop: leave the track through the parking lot, continue through the country club parking lot and go around to the back. Bring a bike, scooter or patient teammate, expect a line and respect the enormous portions.

    Also, ask the rest of your team whether they want ice cream before returning alone and eating yours in front of them. That is how broken race cars become broken friendships, just ask Chrissy.

    Elsewhere in Episode 445:

    • Mental prepares a land-speed car with wheel smoothies, Lexan and a drag parachute he may eventually have to deploy himself.

    • Tim hauls 2,100 pounds of drywall, prices $4,000 worth of insulation and welcomes his 1941 Lincoln Continental project.

    • Chris rewires the Lotus, climbs Colorado fourteeners without enough water and returns to sailboat racing.

    • We discuss Flock license-plate-reader failures, Waymo crash data and a Zoox robotaxi that drove into an active fire scene.

    • “Show Us Your Junk” brings a BMW 6 Series race-car project, a sorted Saab 9-3 Lemons racer benefiting Ranger Road and charity seats in Paul Dolan’s 1941 Ford for Lemons of Love.

    • Listener feedback proves this community can inspire rookie race teams—and turns four podcasters into spaghetti eaters using AI… err…”AL”

    If you race 24 Hours of Lemons, ChampCar, Lucky Dog, SCCA, NASA or any other form of budget endurance racing, subscribe to Everyone Racers.

    We’re closing in on 450 subscribers and chasing 1,000 by the end of the year. Help us get there—and send us your Thompson victories, failures, track-walk corrections, ice-cream photos and broken dreams in the comments.

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    1 ora e 19 min
  • Before You Strip, Watch (OK, Listen to) This...
    Jul 23 2026
    Before You Strip, Watch This…Think ripping out your race car's wiring harness will make your build simpler? Think again.In this Volvo PV444 episode, Mental encourages you to buy two race cars, Tim is excited by lobster napkin holders and makes a great trade, Chrissy is an advertiser for an exclusive F1 experience and Chris schools us on wiring harnesses and how to work through someone else’s mess. This week on Everyone Racers, Chris shares years of hard-earned experience simplifying race car wiring harnesses without creating the electrical nightmares that strand teams in the paddock. Whether you're building a 24 Hours of Lemons, ChampCar, Lucky Dog Racing, SCCA, NASA, or any grassroots endurance race car, this episode is packed with practical wiring advice that could save your next race weekend.We cover why keeping more of the factory wiring harness is often the smartest approach, how to identify circuits you can safely remove, why factory wiring diagrams matter, depinning connectors, organizing wiring projects, proper grounding techniques, CAN Bus considerations, and the common electrical mistakes that plague amateur race car builds.But that's only the beginning.We also dive into the latest progress on Chris' Lotus race car project, Tim's unbelievable 1941 Lincoln project car that started with a boat trade, turbo Miata ownership adventures, NHRA Sonoma experiences from inside the pits, Formula 1's outrageous traveling luxury dining experience, the hilarious QR code parking scam that took an unexpected turn, RacingJunk treasures, and the latest grassroots endurance racing news from around the country.If you love race car builds, automotive projects, grassroots motorsports, endurance racing, project cars, garage engineering, and automotive comedy, you've found your people.In this episode:🏁 How to simplify a race car wiring harness the right way🏁 OEM wiring vs. custom wiring harnesses🏁 Depinning automotive connectors and reading factory wiring diagrams🏁 Race car electrical troubleshooting tips🏁 Lotus race car build updates🏁 Tim's 1941 Lincoln project plans🏁 Turbo Miata ownership stories🏁 NHRA Sonoma behind-the-scenes🏁 Formula 1 luxury dining truck discussion🏁 RacingJunk automotive finds🏁 Lucky Dog, ChampCar, and grassroots racing newsWhether you're preparing for your first endurance race or have spent years wrenching in the paddock, this episode is full of practical race-prep knowledge, laughs, and the stories that make amateur racing the greatest form of motorsport.👍 If you enjoyed this episode, please Like, Subscribe, and hit the notification bell. Every subscription helps us bring more stories, race coverage, technical discussions, and automotive nonsense to racers everywhere.Pay Lots of Money to Dine in a Truck Driving Around F1 Track (Jerry Perez @ The Drive) https://www.thedrive.com/news/f1-is-selling-its-richest-fans-a-fancy-dinner-on-a-flat-bed-as-it-drives-around-a-track Canadian QR Parking Codes Leads to Porn Site. (Jason Torchinkski @ Autpoian) https://www.theautopian.com/a-parking-system-in-a-cute-canadian-town-was-sending-people-to-a-porn-site/ 2 Hondas, 18 foot trailer 34 pics on Racing Junk $17khttps://www.racingjunk.com/24-hours-of-lemons-cars-and-equipment-for-sale/184809714/two-car-honda-crx-civic-team.html?category_id=4520&np_offset=2 Get Panda Planner! Seriously, it's $30 bucks man.https://www.panda-planner.com/Panda Planner How To YouTube;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G7zntrrMpMJoin our F1 Fantasy League https://fantasygp.com/leagues/Use code 74259541 to join in the fun3 Pedal Mafia Lemons World - https://youtu.be/wGfAxGX3vHk?si=YInVSrCTFgkXdCVFThose cool light number panels from Amazonhttps://a.co/d/9wDuvek🔍 KEYWORDS (Feedin that algorithm yo)#RaceCar #WiringHarness #GrassrootsMotorsports #EnduranceRacing #24HoursOfLemons #ChampCar #LuckyDogRacing #Miata #Lotus #RaceCarBuild #AutomotivePodcast #ProjectCars
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  • Everyone Laughed at This Race Car..(until they drove it)
    Jul 16 2026

    In this C&C-less Packard 443 Episode, Tim drops a turd… off so our buddy Matt can start his next project while Mental hides from the Vegas sun.

    Really we talk to our buddy Paul, the creator of the Distilled Racing 41 Ford. What happens when a retired contractor decides that "good enough" isn't nearly crazy enough? Well, He Built the Ultimate LS-Swapped '41 Ford, and it became one of the most talked-about cars in the 24 Hours of Lemons paddock.

    ... Now he's selling time in the driver's seat, and donating the money.

    This week on Everyone Racers, we're joined by Paul Dolan, builder of the legendary 1941 Ford Sedan that's become an icon of grassroots endurance racing. Powered by an LS V8 mounted an incredible 22.5 inches behind the front axle, this handcrafted machine has stunned racers, judges, and spectators everywhere it goes.

    But this episode isn't just about horsepower.

    Paul shares the incredible story of discovering endurance racing after retirement, designing and building this award-winning car from the ground up, learning the hard lessons of making an endurance racer survive, and finding the community that changed his life.

    Even better...

    For the 24 Hours of Lemons 20th Anniversary race at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Paul is doing something almost unheard of.

    Instead of keeping the driver's seat for himself, he's offering seat time in the car to raise money for Lemons of Love, helping families affected by cancer. Every lap supports a cause far bigger than racing. Wanna be a part of it? Reach out to us, we’ll put you in touch.

    Along the way we also dive into:

    🏁 Building one of the wildest LS-swapped endurance race cars in America

    🏁 Why moving an engine behind the front axle completely changes a race car

    🏁 Suspension, cooling, transmission and reliability lessons learned after thousands of race miles

    🏁 Why the Lemons community keeps bringing racers back

    🏁 Private equity buying automotive aftermarket companies

    🏁 Waymo's Fourth of July robotaxi traffic disaster

    🏁 Racing Junk finds

    🏁 Upcoming Lucky Dog and 24 Hours of Lemons races

    🏁 Why endurance racing is more about people than lap times

    Whether you're into 24 Hours of Lemons, Lucky Dog Racing, ChampCar, NASA HPDE, SCCA, track days, LS swaps, hot rods, grassroots motorsports, race car fabrication, or simply love incredible automotive stories, this episode is for you.

    If you've ever dreamed about building your own race car—or wondered why thousands of people willingly spend weekends fixing broken cars with their best friends—you've found your people.

    👍 Like the video if you love grassroots racing.

    💬 Tell us in the comments:

    What's the coolest race car you've ever seen built in someone's garage?

    🔔 Subscribe to Everyone Racers for weekly episodes covering amateur endurance racing, race prep, tech tips, hilarious paddock stories, automotive news, and the amazing people who make grassroots motorsports unlike anything else.

    Thanks for riding along—we'll see you in the paddock.

    Private Equity Might Ruin the Car Hobby (Andrew P Collins @ The Drive) https://www.thedrive.com/news/private-equity-is-eating-the-car-modding-industry?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the-drive-newsletter&_bhlid=696456619279c92cc21b4c5cde89db3854ffc7c6

    Waymo’s Jam up San Fran after 4th of July

    https://abc7news.com/post/waymo-fleet-clogs-presidio-july-4-fireworks-leaving-vehicles-stranded-towed/19455862/

    Lemonsworld on Paul’s Ford

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    1 ora e 44 min
  • Nick effing Pon!
    Jul 9 2026

    For 20 years, the 24 Hours of Lemons has proven that cheap race cars, questionable engineering, brilliant themes, and terrible decisions make for some of the greatest motorsports in America.

    This week we're joined by Nick Pon, Associate Perpetrator of the 24 Hours of Lemons, for one of our favorite interviews ever.

    Nick takes us behind the curtain of the 20th Anniversary Laguna Seca race, revealing how nearly 360 teams were narrowed to just 45 invitations, why some legendary cars made the cut while others didn't, how the infamous oil-pan lottery actually worked, and what it really took to convince Laguna Seca to host the biggest celebration in Lemons history.

    We also dive into:

    🏁 The true origin story of the 24 Hours of Lemons

    🏁 The evolution from a joke race into America's premier grassroots endurance racing series

    🏁 Why the average Laguna entry dates to 1979 (and why that's perfect)

    🏁 Team history vs. outrageous car themes in the selection process

    🏁 The legendary cars returning for the anniversary race

    🏁 What spectators can expect at Laguna—including FREE admission

    🏁 Sound restrictions, technical challenges, and why 90 dB matters

    🏁 The possibility of winning Halloween Meets Gasoline...without even racing

    🏁 Behind-the-scenes stories you've never heard about organizing a once-in-a-generation endurance race

    We also cover this week's automotive news and oddball car culture, including:

    🔧 Private equity buying Jiffy Lube—and why that's probably bad news for anyone who doesn't wrench on their own cars.

    🔧 Research suggesting driving a manual transmission may actually help keep your brain sharp.

    🔧 A bizarre Tesla crash that reminds us why drivers—not technology—are still responsible.

    🔧 A genuine IMSA/SCCA Dodge Shelby Charger race car that deserves a second life.

    Whether you're a 24 Hours of Lemons racer, Lucky Dog Racing, ChampCar, NASA, SCCA, WRL, AER, or just someone who loves cheap race cars, hilarious paddock stories, grassroots motorsports, and automotive comedy, this episode is packed with history, insider information, and plenty of laughs.

    If you've ever wondered:

    • How Lemons chooses special-event entries

    • Why some cars become legends

    • What makes an unforgettable race theme

    • What it takes to race at Laguna Seca

    • How the 24 Hours of Lemons became the phenomenon it is today

    ...this is the episode you've been waiting for.

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