The 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza Index Of Effluency Winner: B210 Racing! [24 Hours Of Lemons]

As serious LeMons addicts know, the team that gets the Index Of Effluency award- which goes to the team that accomplishes the most with the crappiest car- is considered the real winner of the race.

Yes, yes, we know that this team wasn't even in the Index Of Effluency You Guess The Laps Pool, but their performance at the 2008 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza was nothing short of miraculous. This is the team that rolled their B210 into a ball at the 2007 Arse Freeze-A-Palooza, going end-over-end what seemed like about 50 times and convincing Chief Perp Jay Lamm that perhaps night racing with $500 cars at an unlighted track wasn't such a great idea after all. As you can see in LeMons Supreme Court Justice Loverman's photo above, the results weren't pretty.


After they dragged the Datsun's carcass back to the B210 Racing pit, the team found a butter knife sitting on top of the alternator. How? Why? Weirdest damn thing.


So, of course they had to use that knife as their hood ornament on the replacement car- which is a '77 Honey Bee with the engine out of the wrecked B210- and apparently its juju was all good; the team came in a stunning 13th place overall in the lap-total standings, knocking out 212 laps (plus an additional 10 bonus laps awarded to them during the BS Inspection). Be sure to check out the team website when you're done here, and then go check out Señor Lavrinc's LeMons coverage over at Autoblog. Congratulations, B210 racing!

Thanks to the Mad Science Boyz and Mad Science Sr for many of these photos!

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620-hp Hennessey Dodge Challenger SRT600 Introduced For 2009, Change of Underwear Sold Seperately

Hennessey Challenger SRT600

Unlike the Mopar-tuned Dodge Challenger drag racers, the new Hennessey Challenger HPE600 Turbo’s are completely street legal and completely bad ass. A product of Hennessey Performance Engineering [HPE], the Hennessey HPE600 Turbo package is geared towards drivers looking to upgrade the already impressive stock performance of their Dodge Challenger SRT8 models. Utilizing forced induction for a turbo-charged power boost, the HPE600 Turbo upgrades the Challenger SRT8’s OEM output an incredible 195 units to 620-hp. Coupled with 650 lb-ft of torque, the Hennessey Challenger earned itself an awe-inspiring 11.9-second quarter-mile laptime during test runs.

More Pics & Specs After Jump

Hennessey Challenger SRT600 running laps

In addition to white knuckle speeds, the Hennessey Turbo package also primes the Challenger SRT8’s for lightning-fast responsiveness with KW adjustable coil-over shocks/springs and StopTech brakes. Of course, this kind of precision execution doesn’t come cheap, the 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 with complete HPE600 Turbo upgrade starts at $74,950. We believe the tag is worth every penny [a pretty significant admission, coming from us], because standard with the Hennessey Turbo upgrade is:

• High-flow ported & polished aluminum cylinder heads
• Lowered compression ratio (from stock 10.3:1 to 9.6:1)
• Garrett ball bearing turbocharger
• Handmade stainless-steel turbo headers
• Single 44 mm billet-aluminum wastegate
• Stainless-steel 3-inch diameter dual exhaust system
• Front mounted air-to-air intercooler
• 3.5-inch polished inlet tube with integrated blow-off valve
• High flow air filter
• Upgraded fuel injectors
• Billet aluminum fuel rails
• Upgraded fuel pump system
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• Serial numbered dash plaque in interior and engine compartment
• Hennessey embroidered front seat head rests
• Hennessey / HPE600 on tachometer and speedometer
• All necessary gaskets and fluids
• Professional installation
• One year limited warranty
• Half day of driving instruction at Lonestar Motorsports Park (adjacent to the HPE facility)

Hennessey Challenger HPE600 Turbo engine

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Pure Stock Muscle Car Drags: Day One

For a day that was devoted to lowering your ETs via multiple runs – or a loose interpretation of qualifying – it sure was a busy one. Somewhere in the area of 150 cars hit the Mid-Michigan Motorplex quarter-mile just after 9 AM yesterday. HMM editor Terry McGean and I still have to match a lot of names to cars, but I thought I’d share a little more than I did yesterday while I have the chance.

Before the short mid-day break, this pair of Six-Pack powered Mopars made a run. The result in the near lane was a 0.68 reaction time with an ET of 12.964 seconds at 109.15 MPH, while the far lane ran a quicker 12.23 at 114.25 MPH (0.35 reaction).

And proving that you don’t have to have a multi-carbed Mopar to go fast, the driver of this Firebird pushed it to a 12.246 ET at 115.88 MPH.

What’s interesting is that these examples were not the fastest cars in attendance – several were running in the mid-11’s consistently!

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