The NMS Miata in Lincoln NE for the SCCA National Championships!
September 4-9, 2016
September 4-9, 2016
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MIATA MODIFICATIONS:
-1999 Mazda Miata: K&N air intake, Racing Beat header, custom lightweight exhaust, Racing Beat 1.125" front sway bar, upgraded 12mm rear sway bar, 949 adjustable endlinks, Koni Sport adjustable shocks, Fat Cat Motorsports bump stops, Ground Control coil-over conversion kit with 550/350lb springs, Toyo R1R tires, Kirkey aluminum racing seats, Schroth six point harnesses
MIATA HISTORY:
-After starting to autocross with a groovy 2004 turbo Mazdaspeed Miata, Brian sold it to buy this fixer-upper, since the 99 Miata was better suited to development and gearing for autocross. Found in NC as a bargain buy salvage title car on Craigslist, the car has been modified as above, with more to come in the future. With co-driver Jason Rucker in 2016, this car started to win regional events and place at national events as well. Both drivers drove the Miata in that year's SCCA Solo Nationals. Since then Brian is going all out track car with the Miata, and is currently competing in Time Trials with NASA and the SCCA.
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| 2009 PORSCHE CAYMAN |
CAYMAN HISTORY:
CAYMAN MODIFICATIONS:
Currently we slapped some brand new shiny 18-inch O.Z. wheels and Yokohama tires on this car, currently on ATE brake pads for daily, and Ferodo DS2500 compounds on the track. With these new wheels we also replaced the old lug nuts since they were rusty. Now with three years of autocross events, and multiple track weekends, we are loving this car! The Cayman came with options for 17-, 18-, or 19-inch wheels, and right now we have a set of wheels in each size! We've installed new spark plugs, oil changes, air filters, brake fluid, done an oil analysis, as well as some other maintenance items, but overall, it's running strong in stock condition. "Ruby" has taken fastest Porsche PAX at one event with the NY Region PCA, and one fastest RAW time for Porsches with the Carolinas Region at an event at Michelin in SC. Future upgrades include wheel studs to replace the standard lug nuts to make wheel changes much easier.
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| Brian in the 89 Lemons Miata at CMP |
1989 MIATA MODIFICATIONS:
BSI-build roll cage, AFF fire suppression system, Sparco Sprint racing seat with Schroth 6-point harness, cool shirt mount in the trunk, custom hood, trunk and fuel cap pull releases, hellasweet purple exterior lighting and blue cockpit lighting, butt-terrible 188k mile Mazda 1.6l engine. This 89 Miata was sold in 2024 to another Lemons team in Mississippi.
1989 MIATA HISTORY:
This car took OVERALL WINNER in the Lucky Dog Southern Race Series! One of the earliest model year 1990 Mazda Miatas sold, the Lemons Racing division picked up this '89 build date car in November 2018. With 188,000 miles on the clock, and the previous owner's plans to swap in a V8 engine falling through, the team picked it up for a bargain. It was stripped down, taken to BSI Racing in Daytona, FL for a full roll cage to meet Lemons specifications and made its racing debut in May 2019. It survived most of the 24 hour race with some teething problems. It's second race in September yielded an 11th overall finish, which was the best for the team at the time. In 2020 the Miata kept rolling, and took an outstanding 2nd Overall at CMP in the fall FULL 24 Hours STRAIGHT RACE! This thing just keeps going!
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| Brian instructs Alicia at Michelin Proving Grounds with SCR-SCCA. |
2011 BMW 335is MODIFICATIONS:
K&N cone filters, camber plates, lowering springs.
BMW 335is HISTORY: When teammate John got the opportunity to rebuild a somewhat rare family-owned Firebird Firehawk, he jumped at the chance. Unfortunately, that meant his BMW had to find a new home. Brian took the opportunity and purchased the car in late 2018. It saw several friends behind the wheel in 2019 through multiple autocross events. The inline six-cylinder engine is force fed air with two turbo chargers, making over 300hp and 300ft-lb of torque.
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| BEFORE: Cool Runnings! |
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| AFTER: PLUM CRAZY! |
CORONET MODIFICATIONS:
-1972 Dodge Coronet: Stage 3 rust (for weight savings), wheels, one seat, a couple wires, fuel tank, manual transmission from a 90s Chevy pickup, oh, and a steering wheel, new rear trunk lid and rear window, brake pads, purple paint, etc.
-CORONET HISTORY:
-The full history on this car would fill a book, so the short version is that a previous Lemons racing team was done working to keep it running, so it was donated to the new Team Coronautski, and prepped for more Lemons racing. After not competing for five years, the car had a great first outing in September 2017 at Carolina Motorsports Park, and earned the Lemons officials coveted "Hella Sweet!" recognition! Some on track testing in December 17 was followed by a 2nd Lemons endurance race at Barber Motorsports Park in February 18. With an epic head gasket change and other repairs after racing on day 1, the Coronet was back on track and completed all of day 2 racing thanks to huge Team Coronautski effort late into the night!
-For their second Lemons Race, Team Coronautski was at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama early in 2018, and after more work on the car and improving their pit stop times, moved up to a 4th place in Class C. The team returned to Lemons racing at the Fall CMP event in South Carolina in September where they took their first class C win!
-Currently the Coronet has been resting while the Miata above has taken on Lemons race duties, but you never know when a Plum Crazy car will return to the track.
1936 Bugatti
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| 1936 Bugatti |
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