Well, it is endurance racing. Sometimes “last man standing” is exactly how it works.

Knowing Elon Musk, it’ll be the Model F, for “Fast”. Followed shortly by the Models U, C, and K.

Fact #1: Generally speaking, schools tend to be better and safer in the suburbs, which is important when you have kids. Not counting mass murder shooting rampages, of course.

He’s basically more American than Hammond now.

no sliding doors = not a minivan

It’s just “Ohio”, not “the Ohio” thank you very much, although I kind of like how that sounds...

Go back and re-read what you responded to.

You guys are making it too easy on $kaycog. See, finding a pic of a sexy woman leaning on a Lamborghini is like shooting fish in a barrel. Had I won for my comment about the Ford Aerostar or the guy with the pizza box license plate on his Buick Century...

Oh, totally. It’s debatable whether he is even wearing a helmet in that picture. 1978... it was a different time. That wagon had a rear-facing back seat that us kids used to ride in unbelted. No one thought twice about it.

But it wasn’t a minivan. No sliding door = not a minivan.

Very timely article, Stef! Just yesterday my dad located and sent me a few pics of him autocrossing a 78 Pontiac LeMans wagon back when it was new...

Aaaaand that explains the whole story right there.

Not a minivan

True, I guess I should expand on that. The Previa was RWD, but also car-based and underpowered compared to the Aerostar. Although Toyota tried to rectify that in later years and came close, they still couldn’t match Ford in power and torque, important because... The Aerostar, sharing DNA with Ford’s truck lineup and…

Hell yeah, nice price. The Aerostar had the distinction of being the only RWD minivan available at the time (not counting the Astro, since it was decidedly not mini). Ford kept making it through 97 because people threw a fit when they tried to take it off the market. Some people wanted a goddamn RWD minivan and were…

Serious question: who are these “Independent 3rd party inspectors”? And can they be trusted? If they are on the payroll of the dealer or manufacturer, they can’t be considered independent, and its debatable whether they are really a 3rd party.

Gotcha. Sorry about that. Time to get the ol’ sarcasm detector recalibrated, I guess.

Hate to be the one to break this to you, but LeMons isn’t actually a “24 hour race series”. Most events are two 7-9 hour long races on consecutive days. ChumpCar does the same thing.  

That doesn’t make for a very interesting YouTube video, though.

Probably. But the name lives on...