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Topic: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

TO ALL THE Lemons' CREW:    THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO RUN MY CREATION!!!   THANK YOU FOR THE ORGANIZERS CHOICE AWARD...     I WAS CHOKED UP AT THE SOLID MEANING WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED.  THE MONEY HELPED TOO.        TO EVERYONE THAT WAS AT THE TRACK FOR THE AWARDS,  CHEERS TO YOU FOR THE ERUPTION OF CHEERS TO ME.   THE TROPHY WILL BE WELDED TO THE TOP OF MY TRUCK FOR EVERYONE WHO DOES BUST THEIR ASS TO GIT 'ER DUN!!!!
  I RAN 166 MILES, far short of a race win, no transponder, no crew, no other drivers,.   THANK YOU WITH EVERYTHING I HAVE.

THANK YOU TEAM PURPLE HAYS, WHOM I WAS PITTED NEXT TO, AND THE GUYS WHO HELPED ME FUEL UP, AND THE GUYS WHO LET ME USE THE SAWALL TO UNFORTUNATLY MAKE A CHEVY SYMBOL on the back/front.           

ITS UNFORGETTABLE FOR ME, AND I WILL BE AT ANOTHER RACE!!!   I can haul the car anywhere and will import drivers, I didnt do all I wanted to the car for this race and couldnt buy really good tires,   but she held her own.

Lastly, anyone with pics or vids they would like to share with me, of the truck, on the track or not, please send to nickwho2u@msn.com

    IF I COULD MAKE A BIGGER THANK YOU I CERTAINLY WOULD!!!!      THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!!!!

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

well done Nick!
Come to Houston in Febuary. It's a faster track, with 4x as many cars. Like I told you after the award ceremony as you were driving off, there are many people who want to race Lemons, and most of us would love to do it in something as rediculous as the backwards truck. Any man who build what you did will always be welcome in Lemons. We just need to find you some better teammates.

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

Awesome car(truck)

Even more awesome is you doing it by yourself.

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

Glad I could help with the sawzall, Nick. I'd love to drive it at some future event. Cool concept and execution!

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

Team Azz Backwards Yankee wrote:

IF I COULD MAKE A BIGGER THANK YOU I CERTAINLY WOULD!!!!      THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!!!!

No, Thank you for bring that car/truck. We are still talking about that freaky thing. I did not get to pass you on the track because our car broke again but watching it was awesome.

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

Why ever did your team abandon you in the first place?

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

This guy has joined the ranks of the all-time Legends of Lemons!

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

Amazing truck/car thing. It freaked me out every time I saw it.

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

the truck was totally ok sitting in the paddock or in pictures, but as soon as it started moving, it warped my perception of reality! seriously, i hope someone got video of it under power. Pics alone do NOT do it justice!

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

Judge Phil wrote:

This guy has joined the ranks of the all-time Legends of Lemons!

I'd certainly hope so.

Funny, just last week I saw a Mythbusters episode where they flipped a Porsche around so the body was backwards and spent the next few hours thinking "Now why exactly hasn't anybody done this yet?"

And then that shows up.

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

Passing the backwards truck at full steam was trippy in the extreme.  Every time I passed, I had a "Holy Sh!t!" moment.

Epic.  Great job.  I would have been impressed if it had been a full team effort.  The fact that it was a solo build is astounding.  Shame on your mates, mate!

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

Where can the rest of us get some pics?

  • From: Houston - Katy
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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

Praise Be!

I thought you had spun out on turn 4 first time I saw you, then thought you were thrashing it in revese!  As I got more tired, I couldn't tell my brain that you were actually driving forwards!  Brilliant!

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

As it went, The guy whom suggested this race to me was working here, (lives in Houston) and told me about it. I read and researched, and built. he was all in until of course the money and he couldnt get back here, since he was home now.  I had recruited my babys' mamas' brother, but hes been known to flake, and of course didnt sqeeze any dollars out for me. The 4th driver had been recruited from work as well, and had contact with him, and spoke with him that saturday morning at 11am.  HE WAS going to show..... Havent heard from him since.  My crew, one guy,  DID validly have to work ONE DAY, haha,   its all good, expensive test and tune,  BUT I DID IT,  AND EVERYONE THERE AT THE RACE HELPED MAKE IT MORE THAN WORTH IT, AND THE TROPHY AND MONEY I NEEDED....     

IM REALISTICALY CRAZY,    WHAT ARE THE CHANCES TO GET INTO THE FLORIDA RACE, AND HAVE DRIVERS THAT WILL SHOW?    Im currently layed off, so,  work on the car RESUMES!!!!

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

Team Azz Backwards Yankee wrote:

IM REALISTICALY CRAZY,    WHAT ARE THE CHANCES TO GET INTO THE FLORIDA RACE, AND HAVE DRIVERS THAT WILL SHOW?    Im currently layed off, so,  work on the car RESUMES!!!!

I won't know for sure until Dec 5th, but if the sChitroen survives Arse-Freeze then my plan is to drive it to Florida (I'm already accepted/registered/paid up). If it takes a sChit on me while driving across I may need to find an alternative vehicle for "us" (self, wife, cousin-- no confirmed 4th driver yet). Maybe bring it as a "backup" car and you be the 4th driver?? Dunno. Just thinking out loud at this point...

Got 3 cars to get ready for next weekend. And only 1 runs at the moment: the sChitroen.

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

Major props for doing it yourself anyway, but that's a good lesson on how you handle team finances.  Make sure you get the money for the entry fee from all members before even paying the Lemons fee.  If they don't pony up, the fee goes unpaid and the entry gets canceled.

In this instance, we're all glad you showed up!  But don't let yourself get abused like that in the future ... unless you like getting abused.  Hey, I don't judge.

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

Nick, I can give you some performance help with that '99 P71 chassis. My '98 P71 was a 450HP daily driver that turned a 12.5 1/4 at 110 mph on regular tires. Let me know if you want to mess with it. What rear gear do you have? Did you put a limited slip in? Still have the stock exhaust on it? I still wanna run it if I get the chance. Keep me posted on when you actually plan to race it again...

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Re: THANK YOU TO ALL THE Lemons PEOPLE AT THE NOV NEW ORLEANS RACE!!!!

Nick, I'm gonna be at the Florida race, unattached to any team so if you need help I'm pretty handy with a wrench, as I hope Jeff will attest...

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