24 hours of LeMons

Nasty. Brutish. Not Short Enough.

The crowd. The spectacle. The pall of blue smoke and roasted clutch discs. In all motorsport, no event captures the universal human need to whale on old crapcans and hoover down greasy barbecue like the 24 Hours of LeMons.

Each LeMons race is for cars purchased, fixed up, and track-prepped for a total of 500 dollars or less. But before reaching the grid, you'll have to survive trials like the Personal-Injury-Lawyer Anti-Slalom, the Marxist-Valet Parking Challenge, and the Wide Open Throttle Rodthrowapalooza. Twelve hours into the race, the car voted People’s Choice is called in and awarded a cash prize; simultaneously, the car voted People’s Curse is called in and summarily destroyed. At the end of 24 hours, a gala awards ceremony plies the survivors with trophies, plaques, and four-figure purses in canvas bags full of nickels. What's not to like?

CONTACT

SOCIETE d' JUNQUEHEAPS du MONS (aka DriversDoor, Inc.)

5675 Horton Street, Suite C
Emeryville CA 94608

Phone: 510.655.5980
Fax: 510.547.8479

Jay Lamm, Chief Perpetrator: x23
Email: jlamm@driversdoor.com

Nick Pon, Also Culpable: x22
Email: npon@driversdoor.com 

Adriana Gores, Money Ho: x21
Email: adriana@driversdoor.com

Jeff Glenn, Boss O' Ops: x25
Email: jeff@driversdoor.com

Brian Tesch, Ambassador to the World
Email: brian@24HoursofLeMons.com

PRICES & RULES

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THESE RULES HAVE BEEN UPDATED!

DECEMBER 11 2009 REVISIONS: For a strikethrough copy showing the December 11th 2009 updates, click here.

JUNE 1 2009 REVISIONS: For a strikethrough copy showing the June 1st 2009 updates, click here.

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.

Not going to be working on a car or hanging out in any of the assigned pit spaces? If so, general-access paddock passes are $20/day or $30/weekend, available right at the gate. Grandstand-only seating is offered by the occasional track as well, but that's not something we have any involvement with--please contact the individual racecourses to inquire. Each track also has its own policy on children under 16 in the grandstands or paddock; again, contact the course for more info.