The Lemons Experience - Thunderhill 2008

[rnr]

Originally posted at The Lemons Experience - Thunderhill 2008 (by The Racing Geek)

As some of you may already know, Team Formula BMW finished in 10th place at the 2008 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Hours_of_LeMons">24 Hours of Lemons</a> race at Thunderhill. Instead of the usual blog post with in-car video, I've tried something new with a video blog post of the off-track action. The goal was to create a mini-documentary that shows the Lemons experience as seen through the eyes of Team Formula BMW. It is a 25 minute video that goes all the way from car prep and transport, through tech and judging, ending with the actual race itself. My personal favourite is the section on the Tech Judging which starts at the 7:38 mark.

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All the video footage was shot using a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N96">Nokia N96</a> cameraphone and was then edited together using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Premiere_Elements">Adobe Premiere Elements</a>. A big thanks to Nokia and the WOM World folks for lending me the phone to me - I'll post my official review of the phone in a bit. As I said before this is my first video blog post and obviously isn't perfect. I learned a lot of things while making this video and I'll have a future post with tips for making your own videos.

[LarryB]

Nice, fun video. Gave me a much better idea of what a Lemons race is like.

[xtn]

Very well done RN. You guys coming to Texas this year?

[Surferjer]

That might be the best comprehensive video I've seen on Lemons racing. Nice work, Rahul, and I still hold out hope you can come to Carolina in April.

[SweetDaddyD]

I HAVE to do one of these at some point!

Awesome video. Thanks for making and posting. Good luck this season!

If you guys run a team this year, I'm pretty sure Chuforia Graffix can donate you some swanky race numbers for the cost of shipping.

[Surferjer]

For the Citation, I'm looking at the following fancy graphics: two house painted white lines for a number 11.

[SweetDaddyD]

Originally Posted by Surferjer

For the Citation, I'm looking at the following fancy graphics: two house painted white lines for a number 11.

Hopefully I'll make it to your guys race and can lend a hand.

[Mr. Know]

Rahul, that video is great. It gives good insight into the nature of the LeMons race, thanks for sharing.

[rnr]

Thanks Guys - it was my first video post but will definitely not be my last.

Originally Posted by xtn

You guys coming to Texas this year?

We have 3 races in the CA/NV region so we will most likely only do those. The problem with the TX races is that they are too close to the CA races for us to fix things that break.

Originally Posted by Surferjer

I still hold out hope you can come to Carolina in April.

Its looking more and more unlikely

[Chili Red]

Great video.. As much fun as it looks in the video its actually 100x more fun in person....

[rnr]

Originally Posted by Chili Red

Great video.. As much fun as it looks in the video its actually 100x more fun in person....

+1

[xtn]

Even the Lemons race in which our car blew up before we ever started - and I cracked two ribs - was one of the best weekends of my life. They're that much fun.

xtn