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24 Hours of Lemons
The 24 Hours of Lemons, sometimes styled as "24 Hours of LeMons", "24 Hours of LeMONS", or "24 Hours of LEMONS", is a series of endurance races held on paved road race courses across the United States.
The series holds a "Guinness World Record" for the "Most participants in one race" (216 cars) event though the proper FIA sanctioned Nürburgring 24 Hours races of the 2000s had more than 220 cars entered. This is possible because the Nordschleife track is about four times longer than most others.
The name of the race series is a play on words alluding to both the long-running annual 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car race in Le Mans, France, and the notion of "lemon" cars. The event is similar to the folkracing phenomenon in Nordic countries, and similar to the ChampCar Endurance Series, which developed out of the 24 Hours of Lemons, but has a more carnival-like atmosphere. Teams of at least two drivers compete for up to 24 hours in race-prepared cars with a price limit of no more than US$500 (not including safety equipment) for cars. These races set themselves apart from the typical road race by their severe price limit imposed on the contestants' vehicles, their unusual penalties and punishments meted out by judges, and their blatant disregard for traditional motorsport politicking.
Despite the name of the series, most of the events are a total of 12–16 hours of racing split across two days. Race sessions are usually mid-morning to early evening on both days, except for the occasional 24-hour contest that runs mid-day on Saturday straight through the night to mid-day Sunday.
The 24 Hours of Lemons, founded by author/editor Jay Lamm (self-appointed "Chief Perp"), began in 2006 as a progression of an earlier San Francisco, California, event, the Double 500, which was a 500-kilometer road rally for US$500 vehicles. After several yearly Double 500s, the organizers deemed the event too easy, so the 24 Hours of Lemons endurance race was born.
The earliest Lemons races were held at Altamont Motorsports Park and other tracks in California. The series expanded in 2008 to include events in the eastern United States, with races held in Connecticut, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and the races in California and Nevada. Races are now held all over the U.S., and are broken into various U.S. regions: East, Gulf, Midwest, South, and West.
In May 2008, a Lemons race held at Altamont was struck by tragedy when the driver of one of the cars died during the race. Court Summerfield, 47, suffered a heart attack or stroke during the race and crashed into a wall. Investigations concluded that there were no related mechanical problems with the car and that the driver was already dead upon impact.
In 2016, license agreements were reached to expand Lemons racing into Australia and New Zealand. The Lemons franchise agreement with organizers in Australia and New Zealand was discontinued in 2020. It has since been named under the tagline "NaZCAR Lemons and Limes".
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24 Hours of Lemons
The 24 Hours of Lemons, sometimes styled as "24 Hours of LeMons", "24 Hours of LeMONS", or "24 Hours of LEMONS", is a series of endurance races held on paved road race courses across the United States.
The series holds a "Guinness World Record" for the "Most participants in one race" (216 cars) event though the proper FIA sanctioned Nürburgring 24 Hours races of the 2000s had more than 220 cars entered. This is possible because the Nordschleife track is about four times longer than most others.
The name of the race series is a play on words alluding to both the long-running annual 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car race in Le Mans, France, and the notion of "lemon" cars. The event is similar to the folkracing phenomenon in Nordic countries, and similar to the ChampCar Endurance Series, which developed out of the 24 Hours of Lemons, but has a more carnival-like atmosphere. Teams of at least two drivers compete for up to 24 hours in race-prepared cars with a price limit of no more than US$500 (not including safety equipment) for cars. These races set themselves apart from the typical road race by their severe price limit imposed on the contestants' vehicles, their unusual penalties and punishments meted out by judges, and their blatant disregard for traditional motorsport politicking.
Despite the name of the series, most of the events are a total of 12–16 hours of racing split across two days. Race sessions are usually mid-morning to early evening on both days, except for the occasional 24-hour contest that runs mid-day on Saturday straight through the night to mid-day Sunday.
The 24 Hours of Lemons, founded by author/editor Jay Lamm (self-appointed "Chief Perp"), began in 2006 as a progression of an earlier San Francisco, California, event, the Double 500, which was a 500-kilometer road rally for US$500 vehicles. After several yearly Double 500s, the organizers deemed the event too easy, so the 24 Hours of Lemons endurance race was born.
The earliest Lemons races were held at Altamont Motorsports Park and other tracks in California. The series expanded in 2008 to include events in the eastern United States, with races held in Connecticut, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and the races in California and Nevada. Races are now held all over the U.S., and are broken into various U.S. regions: East, Gulf, Midwest, South, and West.
In May 2008, a Lemons race held at Altamont was struck by tragedy when the driver of one of the cars died during the race. Court Summerfield, 47, suffered a heart attack or stroke during the race and crashed into a wall. Investigations concluded that there were no related mechanical problems with the car and that the driver was already dead upon impact.
In 2016, license agreements were reached to expand Lemons racing into Australia and New Zealand. The Lemons franchise agreement with organizers in Australia and New Zealand was discontinued in 2020. It has since been named under the tagline "NaZCAR Lemons and Limes".