RTR Lemon: Red Acura Integra

[Darren]

Since it was a Lemons race of course we needed a theme for the car.  We themed it after the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster

Here are a few pics from the event.



Here's a team photo:

On the left: Jeff Kiersh, Darren Mingis, Julie McCray and Jacob Mingis (who doesn't like to pose for pictures for some reason)

On the right: Nick Betegh, Chris Karras, Justin Bedard, Gene McMurray and Ledan Chen

Here's the car, what a beauty!



Here's our Cougar friends going through tech -- which in Lemons lingo is called the "BS Inspection" -- their car was by far the ugliest one at the event.



Notice the bottle of Hennesy on the back of the car, a bribe for the BS inspectors.  I wonder if that's how the Cougar got through RTR tech....When we went through tech they initially penalized us 4 laps for being over on our $500 car budget.  Team Member Justin asked "What about bribes?" "Well what do you have?"

Turns out Justin brought along a 4-pack of Kentucky Bourbon Stout, which is an ultra-rare specialty beer.  One of the judges was duly impressed "YOU CAN'T GET THIS STUFF" and so he knocked 2 laps off our penalty.  Then he said "You know what, I love your theme, especially in this bible thumping part of the country.  I'll knock off another lap".  So we started the race with a 1-lap penalty.