I. Jaguar is putting its 272 hp diesel V6 in the XK. The engine debuts in Europe this spring in the XF saloon sedan, but a thinly disguised XK was caught testing at Nurburgring with a distinctive diesel rattle. Hooray for torques. [Surce: Autocar]
II. NASCAR rookie Tony Logano will become the youngest ever driver to [...]
9
Jan
2009
I’ve been sitting back and watching with great amusement as the stories from Arse-Freeze-Apalooza have unraveled here on Autofiends. I’m kicking myself for not taking up Jay and Jonny’s invite to hang out and even jump in a seat for some of the race. And judging by some of the videos and discussions that are [...]
I think I may have finally (kinda) recovered from this past weekend’s running of the 24 Hours of LeMons at Thunderhill. Maybe. 100 cars made it to the starting line. And then were joined by a 101st that flipped over within 20 laps. One thing you might like to know is that the Thunderhill teams [...]
Jay Lamm wrote a book. If you’re asking yourself, “who?” all you need know is that he also thought up and founded the 24 Hours of LeMons. So you know it’s going to be really funny at least 49% of the time. What’s this book about? Well sir, the subtitle is, “What Your Car Says [...]
7
Dec
2008
About 30 of the most amateur awesome racers the Bay Area has to offer descended on a shall remain nameless East Bay junkyard to participate in the first of what will become innumerable 24 Hours of LeMons Scab-Enger Hunts. The rules were pretty simple — find us a bunch of crap we find funny (heavy-metal [...]
6
Dec
2008
Another Update: This happens tomorrow!! Hunter S. Thompson used to whine that it never got weird enough for him. Usually I’m in agreement. But I got a feelign that this upcoming Sunday, December 7 2008, is going to be pretty damn close enough to weird enough. Details are make believe and/or imaginary but here’s what “too [...]
You know that 24 Hours of LeMons thing you’ve been hearing so much about? You know, the race where a bunch of bloody-knuckled amateurs enter their $500 junkyard specials into an endurance race? Well, this video should answer all of your questions. Hopefully get you to enter the race, too. For the record, I was [...]
