• From: Portland, OR
  • Registered: 2009-04-30
  • Posts: 201

Topic: Portland Lemons Drivers

Driving to Reno this year we bumped into the Size Matters Fury team at a truck stop just outside Portland.  Turns out they are from Portland, and I didn't know.  Fail.

I'm looking for all of the Portland teams!  I know I've met some of you guys before but I'd like to made an effort to know everyone that is in our general area.  Maybe even start a local email chain or something, do some work weekends before a race?

So, I know rocketresto is part of the Size Matters crew, right?  And I know the pontihack guys are from portland, but don't even know if they're represented on the forums.  Beyond that, my memory fails me.

So guys, give yourselves a shout out and pm or post here an email and I'll start emailing around.

Erik
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  • From: Olympia, WA
  • Registered: 2009-05-01
  • Posts: 210

Re: Portland Lemons Drivers

We are actually from Olympia, WA, but not too far north of Portland.  Just remember, Size Does Matter.

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  • From: Portland, OR
  • Registered: 2009-04-30
  • Posts: 201

Re: Portland Lemons Drivers

rocketresto wrote:

Just remember, Size Does Matter.

I agree, that's why we race an MR2 with the front cut off smile

Erik
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  • Registered: 2009-06-29
  • Posts: 35

Re: Portland Lemons Drivers

Hey,
You have coil over suspension on the MR2 correct?  I have heard about your car.
Cheers,
Pedro

  • From: Portland, OR
  • Registered: 2009-04-30
  • Posts: 201

Re: Portland Lemons Drivers

PilotiPete wrote:

Hey,
You have coil over suspension on the MR2 correct?  I have heard about your car.
Cheers,
Pedro

lol we're luck we have suspension at all smile  No, it's a stock-type strut setup.  We  got lucky and the car came with ebay 'performance' struts and springs, was an sometimes-autox car before it got smashed into a wall.  it was nothing a sawzall to the springs and some custom (i.e. homemade hacked) strut tops couldn't fix!

Erik
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  • From: Seattle
  • Registered: 2009-04-30
  • Posts: 32

Re: Portland Lemons Drivers

The Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys are from the Seattle area.  Our faithful steed, Pujo!, is lowering the property value of a Kent industrial area even as we speak.

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  • From: Emeryville CA
  • Registered: 2009-04-30
  • Posts: 572

Re: Portland Lemons Drivers

We have a new tool that spits out the team, car, and hometown for every race. We'll make that available to facilitate more local connections--we just need to figure out the right timing since the first few weeks after acceptances go out see a lot of flux in the field. I think Murilee already posted this, but here's the Buttonwillow field (there have already been some changes--ie no Duster):

http://jalopnik.com/5317486/austin-mini … istrionics

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  • From: Portland, OR
  • Registered: 2009-04-30
  • Posts: 201

Re: Portland Lemons Drivers

Nick_LeMonsHQ wrote:

We have a new tool that spits out the team, car, and hometown for every race. We'll make that available to facilitate more local connections--we just need to figure out the right timing since the first few weeks after acceptances go out see a lot of flux in the field. I think Murilee already posted this, but here's the Buttonwillow field (there have already been some changes--ie no Duster):

http://jalopnik.com/5317486/austin-mini … istrionics

That is excelent!  How do we find the home town?  Or is that not available yet?

Erik
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  • From: Portland, OR
  • Registered: 2009-04-30
  • Posts: 201

Re: Portland Lemons Drivers

bump for info

Erik
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