Is there 24 hours of Lemons uk?

Is there 24 hours of Lemons uk?

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e46m3c

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874 posts

154 months

Monday 25th April 2016
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Is there 24 hours of Lemons uk? Or something similar?


Big Al.

68,795 posts

257 months

Monday 25th April 2016
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Eurosport usually do the whole race.

towser44

3,472 posts

114 months

Monday 25th April 2016
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There's a 24 hours of Silverstone, but think it was 1st weekend of April

Funkycoldribena

7,379 posts

153 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Try the Good Food channel.

Dr Gitlin

2,561 posts

238 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Yeah, this shouldn't be in tv it should be in club motorsport.

OP - as I understand it UK and European tracks don't want upstart series. Originally I thought the issue was very high track rental fees but WRL (the series I race in which is definitely not for bangers, it's just proper endurance racing with no gimmicks and no contact) had a date at COTA in February and that track is at least as expensive to rent for a weekend as most UK circuits.

I imagine the MSA doesn't want to encourage any spotty oiks?

mp3manager

4,254 posts

195 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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e46m3c said:
Is there 24 hours of Lemons uk? Or something similar?
24 hours of lemons? Is that some kind of lemon party?? beer




Don't go there. wink

Truckosaurus

11,183 posts

283 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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I believe the US LeMons series run proper safety equipment (eg. cages, seats, fuel cells etc.) so it's not too dodgy.

As has been suggested the biggest hurdle to overcome is one of snobbery, I suspect most circuit owners think 'bangers' should be racing on little dirt tracks in blue collar suburbs rather than their hallowed tarmac.

One angle could actually be to use one of the airfield trackday venues rather than a traditional circuit.

9.3

1,133 posts

191 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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I thought the OP meant Keith Lemon ......hurl

SystemParanoia

14,343 posts

197 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Truckosaurus said:
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As has been suggested the biggest hurdle to overcome is one of snobbery
Riiiiight...



Dr Gitlin

2,561 posts

238 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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SystemParanoia said:
Riiiiight...

Sneer, but actual race teams also build cars for LeMons/Chump. As I said earlier, these days we also have WRL (and there's AER) which also offer affordable endurance racing without the silly themes/cars that look like they should be in a scrapyard/600 page rulebook.

We raced at Mid Ohio a few weeks ago in WRL. It was supposed to be a pair of 8 hour races but Saturday's got cancelled because it snowed. Even if it had, total driver costs for the five of us sharing the car would still have been under $800 each. All sports need their grassroots, and motorsports is no different. Where in the UK could I go racing and do 16 hours of racing for under £3000? I'm not trolling either, genuinely curious. Is it sprint racing or nothing? British GT seems like a gigantic step up in costs.

HorneyMX5

5,306 posts

149 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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750 motor skin do some 4 and 6 hour endurance stuff.

Race if Remembrance is probably the best edurance race in the uk for those on a budget and it's for a good cause. 2 hours at night, Parc Ferme then 6 hours in the Sunday with a pause at 11am for a rememberance service. There's always a good load of mx5s running and they cost little money. In fact I have an eligible car that can be rented for the weekend as I'm driving another car.

SystemParanoia

14,343 posts

197 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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In the Uk, you'll be stuck doing farmer field stuff, true grass roots if you want to to cheap endurance racing.

Lawnmower racing and such like

http://www.12hour.co.uk/

£6 entry fee

https://flic.kr/p/yZzhPM



Edited by SystemParanoia on Wednesday 27th April 09:44

xr287

874 posts

179 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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http://www.750mc.co.uk/formulae/club-enduro.htm as a start? I believe the intention is to increase race lengths next year as well.

88racing

1,748 posts

155 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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There is a 24 hour race for 2CVs on the Anglesey circuit:

http://www.2cvracing.org.uk/24hr-race-entries-open...

Output Flange

16,793 posts

210 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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One of the big problems in the UK is the noise restrictions in place at most circuits - they have defined operating hours and a total amount of days available in a year.

Adding a 24 hour race to the calendar at many of them would be tricky.

Dr Gitlin

2,561 posts

238 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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Output Flange said:
One of the big problems in the UK is the noise restrictions in place at most circuits - they have defined operating hours and a total amount of days available in a year.

Adding a 24 hour race to the calendar at many of them would be tricky.
Tracks in the US have similar problems; Road America has noise restrictions which meant we always ran two seven-hour races over a weekend.

Valgar

850 posts

134 months

Thursday 12th May 2016
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Man I wish someone would do it here, something a little daft and non serious, no classes, just a load of really cheap cars going around trying to survive.

Output Flange

16,793 posts

210 months

Thursday 12th May 2016
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There did used to be a 24 hour 2CV race IIRC.

MG CHRIS

9,077 posts

166 months

Thursday 12th May 2016
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Output Flange said:
There did used to be a 24 hour 2CV race IIRC.
Still is at anglesy 21st august in fact.

ribiero

539 posts

165 months

Friday 13th May 2016
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Closest you get in the UK are :

360mrc (the most clubby endure)
2cv 24hr,
Irish fiesta endurance. (this is awesome)
750's endurances.

I wish a chumpcar'esque race would run over here but the MSA and Circuit owners are a tightknit group and it wouldn't stand a chance.

The rejuvenation of grassroots motorsport over in America (and the knock on effect into WRL, SCCA, NSA etc of drivers + capable mechanics) should be inspiration enough to the MSA.

It's a lot easier for Autograss/Lawnmowers/ScooterEndurances and even karting to innovate and grow purely because it can operate outside the MSA.

To put it into context.

I would be able to fly to the states + travel to the circuit, do the raceschool in the morning, rent equipment and drive for a team in a 12hr Chumpcar race and get home for less than renting a seat in a 6hr Funcup Race (and Funcup's the best bang for buck long enduro's we have)