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Murilee Martin
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Hard to believe, but the Faster Farms Chickens don't have the best Super Bird-themed 24 Hours of LeMons car. That honor goes to the BMW 6 Series-based Über Bird.

@something_unique_and_descripti...: Yes, the car serves as the daily driver for one of the guys on the team. Gets a lot of attention on the road. Read more

@OMGItsWeasel: I made a deal with the Civic team: I won't claim their race car for 500 bucks, they'll give me a good B16 later. Read more

@mechimike: We haven't had a (non-voluntary) Curse since we instituted the "no ballot turned in counts as a Nobody Deserves It vote" policy in the wake of the Nelson Ledges fiasco last year. That was the race in which a Porsche 944 raced 5 laps, blew a head gasket, got it fixed after 8 hours, and then got Cursed with Read more

@solracer: I had a tough time deciding between '55 and '56 and went with '56, mostly because nobody in their right mind would go out of their way to put that abomination of a rear bumper on a '55. Read more

@CrabSpirits: The best cars are the ones that have crazy themes AND go fast. Just ask all the E30 drivers who got blown away by the (Corolla FX16-based) Wienermobile at Sears Point. Read more

@LTDScott: Mazda: Cars so good that they can still win races when they're total steaming 20-year-old piles of shit! Read more

@Serajadeyn: I understand that some folks don't give a damn about LeMons, but I'm totally surrounded by (what I believe to be) incredible automotive stories every time I spend a long 3-day weekend working a race and that's what I'm going to write about on those weekends. Read more

@smokyburnout: No, it didn't whistle. The Speed Holes guys let me take the car out on the track for a few laps yesterday, and I can report that it creaked, clanked, squeaked, and- most of all- roared, but did not whistle. Read more