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Topic: I have left Jalopnik

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After nearly four years since my first Jalopnik post (and three since my first Lemons race), I've joined Judge Jonny (and many others) in leaving the site.

However, I will continue to document the madness, genius, and sheer idiocy of Lemons racing. I'm talking to folks at a few sites, and I'll post the traditional Top Lemons of Lemons post for the South Fall race (as well as the Yeehaw It's Texas '10 race) on MurileeMartin.com. Same goes for galleries, BS inspection timelapse videos, and the other Lemons coverage y'all have come to expect from Murilee Martin aka Judge Phil.

I need to rest today, thanks to a long and miserable USAirways flight following a particularly hot and grueling weekend at CMP (the racing keeps getting more and more competitive at the South events; I'm pretty sure even Eyesore would have a tough time contending at CMP these days- and, yes, Eyesore, that's a challenge!), but I'll get some Lemons stuff up at my site by tomorrow.

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Re: I have left Jalopnik

Good luck on your book. I'm glad you aren't leaving Lemons like what-his-name we've already forgotten.

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Re: I have left Jalopnik

Hoonatic Racing wrote:

Good luck on your book. I'm glad you aren't leaving Lemons like what-his-name we've already forgotten.

agreed.  Hope to see you at Gingerman.

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Its good to see you have priorities straight and have Lemons judges above paid writing gigs.  Also I look forward to Torment Incorporated 2

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Hey Phil did you get a chance to try the rum cake?

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Glad you made the choice to give up Jalopnik rather than Lemons.  The only reason I started reading Jalopnik was the Lemons coverage.  You and Johnny are an important part of the Lemons experience.  It would be a pretty big blow to lose both of you!

BTW: Thanks for letting me play deputy judge for a couple of hours during BS.  It made me appreciate what you guys do that much more.

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Re: I have left Jalopnik

TrackGeeks_Chris wrote:

Hey Phil did you get a chance to try the rum cake?

I did! It was excellent.

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Re: I have left Jalopnik

I'll pass that on to Sarah. She will be delighted to hear it. smile

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(edits "Site formerly known as Jalopnik" bookmark to read Murileemartindotcom)

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Judge Phil wrote:

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After nearly four years since my first Jalopnik post (and three since my first Lemons race), I've joined Judge Jonny (and many others) in leaving the site.

However, I will continue to document the madness, genius, and sheer idiocy of Lemons racing. I'm talking to folks at a few sites, and I'll post the traditional Top Lemons of Lemons post for the South Fall race (as well as the Yeehaw It's Texas '10 race) on MurileeMartin.com. Same goes for galleries, BS inspection timelapse videos, and the other Lemons coverage y'all have come to expect from Murilee Martin aka Judge Phil.

I need to rest today, thanks to a long and miserable USAirways flight following a particularly hot and grueling weekend at CMP (the racing keeps getting more and more competitive at the South events; I'm pretty sure even Eyesore would have a tough time contending at CMP these days- and, yes, Eyesore, that's a challenge!), but I'll get some Lemons stuff up at my site by tomorrow.

endurncekarting.com is more than willing to give them a challenge here at CMP/Stafford to see who has the better Miata. N/A,stock suspension vs. Ghetto Turbo/Suspension.

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gsmith2424 wrote:

endurncekarting.com is more than willing to give them a challenge here at CMP/Stafford to see who has the better Miata. N/A,stock suspension vs. Ghetto Turbo/Suspension.

run on Miata spare tires...     that would be fun to watch

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Evil Genius wrote:
gsmith2424 wrote:

endurncekarting.com is more than willing to give them a challenge here at CMP/Stafford to see who has the better Miata. N/A,stock suspension vs. Ghetto Turbo/Suspension.

run on Miata spare tires...     that would be fun to watch

True, very true.

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We want to organize an autocross at the Thunderhill skidpad for Miatas on spare tires..Most of us Spec Miata guys have piles of them....

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Re: I have left Jalopnik

Space-saver spare autocross might be the best idea yet!

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Judge Phil wrote:

Space-saver spare DUI Panther chassis racing might be the best idea yet!

Fixed it for you

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Gator-O-Rama 2012 "Organizers Choice" -2 laps 1 trophy, but i still finished ahead of an E30
Yee-Haw 2013 No trophy -26 laps, I think I see a pattern here
Gator-O-Rama 2014 "Waiting for the Last Minute Call from the Governor Award" -who's counting? John

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Judge Phil wrote:

Space-saver spare autocross might be the best idea yet!

This would ROCK......  the only bummer is lack of parking at Thunderhill if the skidpad is filled with soon to be slaughter cones!!!!

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Judge Phil wrote:

Space-saver spare autocross might be the best idea yet!

This would ROCK......  the only bummer is lack of parking at Thunderhill if the skidpad is filled with soon to be slaughter cones!!!!

(Makes note to put grabber hooks on car to collect valuable cones)

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Video Option already did space saver drifting. An FD D1 car on 4 space savers in the rain going downhill is pretty fun to watch.

Murilee quitting Jalopnik was about to be one of several reasons for me to pull the plug on coming to Autobahn. "No Lemons coverage?"

I do this for the GLORY.

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Re: I have left Jalopnik

I'm still going to do Lemons coverage, just not on Jalopnik.

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We are totally in for Space-Saver Miata Autocross

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"Sparky" Pete wrote:
icemang17 wrote:
Judge Phil wrote:

Space-saver spare autocross might be the best idea yet!

This would ROCK......  the only bummer is lack of parking at Thunderhill if the skidpad is filled with soon to be slaughter cones!!!!

(Makes note to put grabber hooks on car to collect valuable cones)

I used to have a catamaran trailer that would impale and collect traffic cones with an alarming frequency.

Being 8' 6" wide it gathered a bunch of stray cones that were just a bit over the line...

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Re: I have left Jalopnik

Judge Phil wrote:

After nearly four years since my first Jalopnik post (and three since my first Lemons race), I've joined Judge Jonny (and many others) in leaving the site.

Another Jalop writer bails.  They must be real task masters over at Gawker.

Let me guess... You didn't want to put in face time at the NY office.  I certainly cannot blame you.  New York City is not the place to bring piles of project rust and the commute from places with enough affordable square footage for the typical car enthusiast will drive you nuts with the 3+ hours of commuting each day.

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Apparently murileemartin.com has too much car porn for our content filter:

"The link you are accessing has been blocked by the Barracuda Web Filter because it contains content belonging to the category of: Adult

If you believe this is an error or need to access this link please contact your administrator."

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It's just down for me.

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curlypaul924 wrote:

Apparently murileemartin.com has too much car porn for our content filter:

"The link you are accessing has been blocked by the Barracuda Web Filter because it contains content belonging to the category of: Adult

If you believe this is an error or need to access this link please contact your administrator."

I suspect that would have something to do with Phil's first novel. It is characterized by some as "saucy."

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