LeMons - Buttonwillow 2011 - Woody - Sunday - Battle with the Mini.flv

2 lap battle between 2 of the slowest cars on the track at the 24 Hours of Lemons Arse-Freeze event at Buttonwillow Raceway 12/3 & 4. Video shot while I was driving the 200 six powered 1979 Ford Fairmont Fututa Billy Beer racecar in a battle with Spanks Lemons Lemon Mini turbo. As you can see, in this Bizarro world the Mini is actually quicker and faster than the Futura in a straight line, but the Futura can corner just as hard as the Mini.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Mini
• Racecar
• Buttonwillow
• 24 Hours Of LeMons
• Racing
• 1979
• Ford
• Fairmont
• Futura
• Turbo
• 200 six
• 3.3
• Auto Racing

[frink5k]

I know, I saw them tow you back to the pits at the end with smoke pouring out.

[RacerSpank]

Actually, I was forced to stop for the cars lined up for the high-5's at the end and it konked out. It didn't have enough compression to restart. When they towed me down pit lane I put it in gear and when they got going fast enough I got it restarted and then held the brakes and made them unhook me. They obliged and I was able to drive off of pit lane and into my pit space under my own power! Check out from 1:45 on in vid titled LeMons BW Flaming Sunset

[RacerSpank]

Nice video! Yea, that was Patrick McIntyer from AOL Autoblog The List behind the wheel. I'll let you read his credentials and draw your own conclusions. The mini is a 998cc, stock internals, with a fake GT15 turbo blowing through an SU carb. It was on 3.5 cylinders (one cylinder down to 60psi at the start of the weekend and it WASN'T the valves :~) Was blowing out 1qt of oil every 15 minutes by the end. Barely finished the event