24 hours of lemons! AND A SUPRA WINS IT!

[SupraMario]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/automobiles/28LEMONS.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&em

The winning car, with more than 2,000 laps under its hoodless body, was a Toyota Supra fielded by employees of Pratt & Miller, an actual LeMans racing team. The People’s Curse award went to the aggressively driven First Blood pickup. The crowd beat it with sledgehammers and bricks and used a jaws-of-life tool to peel off its roof.

 

[tbcmorris]

Awesome!!!! I remember someone was talking about running a supra in that.

 

[BorHor]

That's sweet. Though.. which gen supra was it?

 

[CRE]

That's sweet. Though.. which gen supra was it?

1 minute and 30 seconds into the video at the above link is your answer. A black primered, pre89, without a roof it appears. Also visible from the rear about 20 seconds earlier.

 

[Rennat]

yeah... it looks BEAT. but its 24 hours of lemons for a reason!

 

[trydrew]

This is discussed in the last few pages of this thread: http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78278

 

[suprabad]

I'll bet a good portion of our members could just enter their dd's.

Any So Cal events like this? Where exactly are these races run?

 

[snake eyes]

they are around, they are supposed to have one here in Oct. if Ike didn't screw things up.

Congratz guys!

<l><l>

 

[IJ.]

I'll bet a good portion of our members could just enter their dd's.

Any So Cal events like this? Where exactly are these races run?

Nuh they need to actually run

 

[Facime]

from the picture gallery:

89 wheel

 

[bmoss85]

1 minute and 30 seconds into the video at the above link is your answer. A black primered, pre89, without a roof it appears. Also visible from the rear about 20 seconds earlier.

maybe it was for weight reduction, lol!!

Facime: i dont think thats an mkiii, the dash doesnt look right. maybe a celica, idk

 

[Quin]

That's a Celica. 86-89.

 

[figgie]

man the Sofa-King supra... intresting mod!

That exhaust.. To big for an N/A. My guess is that it is a 7m-GTE. The removal of the entire roof all the way back to the rear end. Knowing the pratt & miller guys. That supra is sub 2800 lbs. My guess is that they probably attacked the bottom to so probably looking at a sub 2600 lbs "MKIII" Supra.

Anyone care to send Pratt & Miller an email on the "sofa kink supra"?

 

[Clip]

i hope car and driver and sport compact had teams again this year, last year their articles in the mags had me rolling

 

[AGlobalThreat]

Facime: i dont think thats an mkiii, the dash doesnt look right. maybe a celica, idk

I agree, and in the vid it looks like a celica, not a supra.

 

[Nocheez]

The vid is not from the winning car. Check the pic here:
http://jalopnik.com/5049676/and-the-winner-is-the-sofa-king-toyota-supra