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For 2 years my friends have been working on turning a $500 beater 1990 Honda Accord into a racecar
This weekend, they're competing in a race called 24 Hours of Lemons, a parody of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Just some average joe-schmos who dress up in funny costumes, decorate their cars, and try to get the best lap time while hoping their car doesn't blow up (dw there's a lot of fire extinguishers on site)
I watched their team, MagiCARp Motors, push their Gyarados themed Accord to the limit, doing most of the track at 70 mph in a car older than everyone on the team
The event is electric. 60 of us gathered under their canopies to observe them monitoring the situation of the race through a homemade Claude Code telemetry setup. They were streaming the driver's pov on twitch next to our friends DJing and learning to drive stick on a racing sim they brought from home.
It's a nutty amount of effort to put into something. There's really no point other than fun, but everyone's so committed to the bit. Our team's car is GEARados, but there was one that looked like a cop car, a bee car, and my fave: the emotional support vehicle.
It's actually a one of a kind thing to be a part of. Most teams have sponsors to fund them, but so far my homies have done everything out of pocket.
Funds often have special access to sporting games, but that's so unoriginal at this point. Imagine taking someone you're trying to woo to a Lemons race instead and getting to meet the MagiCARp motors teams instead. If you're a startup I can't see a better way to close a potential hire.
But for real, if you're interested in supporting this awesome team, DM me for more info and we can work something out. A million tech people are involved in races like this - we ran into folks from every big AI lab and founders from all over this weekend, I'm sure getting your logo on the car would be ROI positive.
