Recent Posts
Recent Posts Tagged With 'lemons'
Articles : A whole slew of $500 car races this year
2010 will mark a historical year for automotive racing enthusiasts everywhere. Ok, we that’s a bit of a long shot. But wow, the 24 Hours of Lemons has announced 21 races, and their quasi-partner/spin-off Chump Car Challenge has also announce...
24 Hours of Lemons: time lapse car prep
The Cougar Bait team gathered Friday to continue stripping down the car. The paint has now been fully sanded and is ready to be cleaned and primed. The interior has all been stripped out and we finally got the car running. However, there’s qu...
Working on the 24hrs of Lemons car
Well CB2 (Cougar Bait 2) is off and running. True to name, while stripping the interior down, we came across a size 32B bra. It smelled like Elizabeth Taylor’s White Diamonds. Ok that’s a lie. The car is a 1994 Saab 900 (V6) that we pic...
Jalopnik gives credit
Jalopnik gives team Cougar Bait/culture|garage a bone in their latest Lemons write-up. We had originally challenged them, back in the day. They said they weren’t coming. Then we found out they were. Unfortunately, they kind of deci...
Team Cougar Bait, the biography
Sure, we probably should have done the bios before the race so you could pick your favorite driver and paint his name on your chest and scream, “go Jon!” rather than, “wow, that guy looks pretty slow out there.” However, we ...
Chris Campbell, the guy who screwed the car up
Chris Campbell, born in Cincinnati, lived all over, currently out of Minneapolis. Chris works in automotive advertising, with some semi-professional modeling on the side. He will do just about anything behind a wheel, rallyx, ice racing, track da...
Mike Sitzenstock aka Sitz
Mike Sitzenstock, born in Chicago, living in Minneapolis. Mike has a degree in electrical engineering and does stuff no one understands. But he is damn good at correcting our piss poor attempts at wiring a kill switch. Mike is a volunteer autox...
Andrew Douglas, the crazy Scot
Andrew Douglas, born in Chicago, living in Minneapolis. Andrew works in corporate realty. And rules his tenants with an aluminum bat. Just make sure you get your mortgage in on time. His driving style is fast and aggressive, whether it’s be...
Jon always-texting Champ
Jon Champ, born and raised in Minneapolis(ish). Jon does computer engineering stuff (more stuff none of us understand) as his real job. His part time job is being a smart ass. He has spent quite amount of time in competitive driving, be it auto...
Jessop Krocak, the fixer-upper guy
Jessop Krocak represents the 612 (Minneapolis, MN). He joins the team as chief fix stuff up and make it work. He brings years of hobbyist level mechanic ability to the team. He also learned how to build a cage…his first one being our Lemon’...
Ben Centrone, Internet Master
Ben Cetrone hails from Two Harbors, MN, way up in North Country. Ben is a recent relo to Minnesota from somewhere in Montana. He currently does some computer and Internet stuff that none of us understand. Should you want to have a bunch of pale...
Chris gets clipped and goes into the wall
This is the video most of you have been waiting for…sickos. I was headed into this sweeper at 55-65mph. As I rounded the turn, the back end of the car made contact with the car that was following, the car snapped left, grazed the wall and the...
Pit work and switchovers added time
We weren’t timely with our pit work or driver switchovers. In the future, we will be much more dilligent about how we do drivers changes, fill ups, etc. This is in-car with Chris after an exhaust fix and a quick drive through the pits, just...
With 54 cars on track, it made passing a tad difficult
But we somehow managed to make it all work out. I guess it helps when you have one of the fastest cars on the track. Here are a few in-car videos of me driving the car–giving you a rough idea of how heavy the traffic was. This is all pre-...
