The stars have aligned for me once again. At the (possible) expense of doing the BABE this year, I will be running the Chicago 24 Hours of Lemons event with my roommate/best friend, my gainful employer, and my gainful employer's total ringer race car driver brother.
In a tired, thoroughly abused, 255k mile 1990 Audi 200 Quattro turbo.
We plan to show up with a lot of spare axles, I'll say that much. The car was free; it was going straight to the junkyard if we didn't pick it up. As far as cheater-y modifications go, we're not exactly planning to push the envelope - what this car really needs is a diet, which doesn't cost anything! Maybe some suspension bushings, if anything. The only things it really sucks at are turning and stopping, which should be fixed with the unlimited wheel/tire/brake budget and a decent alignment (it's a bit boaty in the corners, whatever, I thrice hustled a bone-stock Volvo 960 around Deal's Gap in record time).
What the hell are we getting ourselves into?
Also, we're looking for opinions on potential theme submissions. Frequently discussed ideas have been a Team SlapChop/ShamWOW car (think we could get Vince to come talk to the judges?), an IMSA replica, an old Milwaukee beer theme (Team Unibraü, teehee), or maybe even a Rod Blagojevich campaign car. Feedback? Suggestions? Four-letter-words?
