PEER 1 Takes to the Track

What do PEER 1 and a racetrack have in common? Well PEER 1 has just sponsored two of its employees, system administrators Kevin Lee and Elson Rodriguez, to race in the 24 Hours of LeMons at the Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, South Carolina. Yes, sys admins do have a life outside of the data center.

What is 24 Hours of LeMons you ask? It's a weekend-long race for cars purchased, fixed up, and track-prepped for total of only $500 or less.

Kevin Lee's team, "On The Run From Nuns" spent a total of two months working after hours, visiting junkyards on a regular basis, to put together a 1988 Turbo Diesel Mercedes for the race. The team had no outside help and completely rebuilt the car themselves.

"I spent so much time at junkyards, I never want to see another one again," said Kevin. "We spent two months straight prior to the race literally tearing the car down and replacing every part on the motor."

The fantastic 2-day event was an awesome experience, even through the pouring down rain on Saturday and the blistering hot sun on Sunday. Kevin Lee and Team wound up placing 25th out of 74 cars total, after a broken trans axle took them out of the race mere minutes before its end!

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[darkdesignpictures]

LOL No.  I just edited the video.

[MistahPete]

What did you have to do with this? You racing these days?