Kielbasa Kids Civic wins, Alfas come in 2nd, 3rd, 4th! (Page 1 of 2)

ummm what was their "theme?"

Am I reading that correctly?  72 laps between 1st and 2nd?!?

There were only 70 laps separating 1st and 20th at CMP this past spring and seconds separating 1 and 2.

Well, that just helps proove Murilee's point about there is no better Lemons racing than Lemons South at CMP!! 
Just wait till Jay comes down to Florida...we'll show you what real racin' is!

Don't you mean you'll show us what real cheatin' is?

I agree.  It's sickening how the other 93 teams at CMP cheated in the spring. 

It just made our 9th place finish that much more sweet since we would never, ever even consider bending a rule, much less breaking one.

Ha ha ha ha ha! I love that Southern sense of humor! See you at CMP!

that thing was fast, yeah they were great chea...drivers, but damn that thing was flat and flat out

Maybe, maybe not. Our cow had 115 HP when it came out of the factory, and 212K miles later probably has about 90 now, and I'd guess only about, oh,  70-80 at the wheels. Still, all weekend long we were driving past "faster" cars on the straight because we carried more speed coming out onto the oval. Of course it took us most of the straight to do it, but it did give the illusion of more power than we had.

Three times over the weekend people asked us what engine we had in that beast. They didn't seem to believe it was stock until we raised the hood and showed off our measly little scrap of rusty, wheezy 4-banger.

I just want to say congradulations to anyone that finished at Stafford. These events are great and I look forward to doing more.

I was one of the drivers on the #29 Kielbasa Kids car.

Horsepower is not the key to passing, being able to handle the turns with never using the brakes and never backing off the throttle is how you pass. We could stay on the floorboard from the middle of the last s-turn to the start-finish line. Momentum builds fast!!

Having a 280hp car that weighes over 3000lbs that body rolls and can not stay in the throttle without spinning is not the fastest way around the track. Our car is around 100hp and weighes less than 2000lbs. And it handles great!! Horsepower does not win endurance races.

Those Hondas are surprising on the track!! We also entered the #33 flat black Honda. That car would have been in the top 5 if the distributor did not break and a driver did not have a penalty.

Penalties hurt you at this event, drive clean and stay on the track and you will do well at Lemons.

We all had a great time at the event!! We look forward to next year!!

Good luck to anyone else entering a Lemons race!!

This I know, yet it seemed as though, even when matched with our speed, you guys could pull away with ease. Like I said, kudos to you for bringing a kickass race car, and driving the wheels off it!

We'd have a far easier time going faster with a lighter car, but we wanted to have the first Mark VIII in the History of Lemons (and still the ONLY one), and I think we did pretty well with the big sloppy pig we have. We'd like to get at least one more race out of it, so those of you who make South Fall will see it again. Expect some changes, though it remains to be seen if they will help us much at CMP. We were about 5 seconds off the winning pace there, which is a lot, even at lap times of over a minute. We've never even tuned the car up! I think we'll start there...

This was really our first time testing the Corvair, and yea, it was slow, but it was reliable. Now we know what she will do, and what needs fixing. In reality, it can all be traced to the carbs, and it was my decision to do a crappy rebuild instead of stepping up to the plate, and installing new ones. The other thing is to replace the braking system with a true dual master cylinder, and (front) disc brake conversion. And the last thing will be to convert the rear suspension to a 1964 unit, that fixed the wheel tuck under problem we all (including the rest of you) experienced circling around the track.

In conclusion, this was one kick ass race, and I want to congratulate everyone who competed. Special shout outs to the Kielbasa Kids for doing a textbook finish, The Jackal and Hyde Volvo for watching our rig on Friday Night, the Adopted by Jets Saab 99 for really making the IOE so competitive, The Chard Beef boys for being themselves all weekend, the Victors of War team for hanging out with us on a rainy Saturday Night, and Cap'n Slow Racing for, well, you know what you guys did. I wish I had the time to sit back and get to know every one else who competed during the weekend. See you all next year.