Buttonwillow Histrionics winner: Mustard Yellow V8olvo! (Page 1 of 3)

Oh, and IF the Krider team had bent the rules a touch regarding the $500 limit, as the internet buzz has claimed, poetic justice has been served.

Okay, perhaps bent the rules a touch is an understatement, from what I've read, but then nobody in this series likes a car that's too fast and nice to have possibly cost $500, unless they are the ones who built it. You gotta admire any team that is a top contender at the end, regardless. It takes preparation, teamwork, and driving skill to avoid the penalties (and the Curse) and stay out in front.

Any car that runs that fast and looks that good is automatically suspect to the masses, regardless of how legit it is. That's limited budget racing for you...

I'm glad the driver is okay. You DON'T have to cheat to win, and I'm certainly not accusing them in any way by repeating the internet rumors, because they are just that, internet rumors. That Krider driver is gonna be kicking himself for years to come if his own driving was to blame for the rollover, and cussing the other driver if it wasn't. Still, makes for an EPIC finish.

best finish ever!

I was a bit bummed that our car wasnt on the track at the end... but I am officially addicted and will do what I can to see you all at Thunderhill!

Real quick -- when Krider came through I asked Rob to be honest and tell us on the Krider Scale (0 being your typical hapless head-gasket challenged civic driven by 22-year-old squids and 10 being a harder than diamond typical Krider chunk of polyurethane-covered Cheatonium) where their car sat.

Rob said, "2."

After going over the car pretty good and feeling a centimeter of give in most of the bushings, I feel a 2 was pretty accurate. Judge Murilee agreed.

I will add that I was telling the V8olvo and the third place Blanco Basura team all weekend long that if they let their trousers down, Krider will be right there to crawl up their ass.

And of course, Best. Lemons. Ever.

We went over the Krider car with obsessive care during the BS inspection (as we always do with past race winners) and it really was a convincingly horrible pile of crap. The reason the car did so well is easy to sum up: they had almost zero penalties (I think we saw them in the penalty box just once) and no mechanical problems.

Great race! I was a bit bummd to see the BSP on it's roof with 1 lap to go and having to finish under full course yellow, but great to see the driver out and standing beside the car long before the safety crew got to him.

Here's our little moment in the limelight:

Thanks for the photo op, Murilee!

--Spank

"6.3: Why Am I Upside-Down? Rule: You're upside-down because you have no business being out on a racetrack. Any driver who puts a car on its roof is out for the rest of the season, beginning immediately. Any car that rolls during a race will be removed from the race."

So is the driver out for the year and the car given a DNF? I'd argue that this is the kind of "racing incident" that should be given a pass, especially since it was in the very closing stages of the race.

From the first post, the cars were within a few lengths of each other for the final half hour so I imagine that the car flipped and the Volvo passed them. 

As for the rule, it seems fair.

Then kudos to them, and sorry about the lousy luck. They are now legends either way.

Fabtoys, I run the Mark VIII. It's coming back for a third race with a whole new look. In fact, it's likely no one will recognize it until they look beneath the new outer shell we're riveting on...

Yes, the low angle makes 50 MPH look like 150, but you also get crap hitting the camera. That one has survived quite a few races, though- I've been sticking it on Lemons cars since Thunderhill '08.