I’m on my third LeMons race in as many weekends— New Jersey to Michigan to Texas— and the regional differences that make one region of the country stand out from another have become quite clear: East Coast racers like BMW E30s and VW Golfs and Midwestern racers are partial to Neons and Camaros. The Texans? They like Ford Taurus SHOs.
Because the North Dallas Hooptie, held at Eagles Canyon Raceway in Decatur, Texas, takes place on Easter weekend, many of the teams ducked out at the last moment due to holiday/family pressure. The serious teams— maybe 40 of them— aren’t worried about the stuff the squares will be doing this weekend. They’re racing!
Not to say that the holiday is being completely ignored.
SHOs are great (except for the whole thrown-rod and nuked-transmission thing), but this much-butchered Triumph made us the happiest.
Thanks to Ununexium Legend of LeMons Medal winner John of Hoonatic Racing, there will be live streaming video coverage of the North Dallas Hooptie, starting Monday morning. Check it out!
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Just goes vto prove you guys needed Falcons a long time ago no purile V6 and proper RWD with V8 much better than these ShitHouseOption Tauris
falcon, where?
Thought hereabouts in ttac-land, “BS” was the trademarked IP of one Hr. Schmitt !?
I was going through a stack of Automobile magazines from the early 90’s the other day. Man. Ford Lightnings, late v8 Fox Mustangs, SHO Tauruses, Sentra SE-R, Firebirds, VW Corrado…truely that was the second golden age of motoring!