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December 26, 2018
The Greatest New Lemons Cars of the 2018 Season
We run down our favorite 24 Hours of Lemons race cars that debuted (new or in heavily modified form) during the 2018 race season.
Read MoreDecember 24, 2018
Happy Holidays! Lemons Rally Adds Three New Events for 2019
Just in time for Christmas, Lemons Rally adds adds three more events in 2019. That brings the number of bad-decision opportunities to five events next year.
Read MoreDecember 18, 2018
Lemons World: Let’s Appreciate Judge Sajeev
In the latest episode of Lemons World, we start bagging on Judge Sajeev…only to reach some startling conclusions about his Ford proclivities.
Read MoreDecember 14, 2018
24 Hours of Lemons 2018 Season Champions
We give the rundown on the “top” teams, drivers, and manufacturers of the 2018 season of the 24 Hours of Lemons race series.
Read MoreDecember 12, 2018
Lemons Carolina: Watch the CMP Video Recap!
We’re back from Lemons Carolina and our South Fall race. complete with the annual parade and show in Camden, South Carolina. Watch the video recap here!
Read MoreDecember 12, 2018
Lemons Rules: Get the 2019 Rulebook Updates!
Get the skinny on what Lemons rules are changing for 2019 (Hint: Not many of them). Get links to the rulebook and the strikethrough versions.
Read MoreDecember 3, 2018
Lemons Alabama: Register With the ‘Hooptie Caravan’
The Hooptie Caravan is headed to Lemons Alabama to take all the trophies. Sign up now before they take your crappy discarded hunks of metal.
Read MoreNovember 29, 2018
Route 66 Lemons Rally: The Winners From Route Sucky-Suck!
We cover the winners from Lemons’ first trip down Route 66, the 2018 Route Sucky-Suck Rally. Get the scoop here and check back for more Route 66 coverage.
Read MoreNovember 28, 2018
200 Races! Watch the Video Recaps from Colorado, NH
It’s a double video-recap release to celebrate 200 races! We aren’t, uh, sure which one was actually #200 races, but we eclipsed it somewhere in there.
Read MoreNovember 9, 2018
Hella Sweet Lemons Car of the Week: Dirty Duck’s 1983 Volkswagen GTI
Getting Volkswagens to work for more than 10 minutes is like pulling a rabbit from a hat. Fitting that Dirty Duck Racing made that their Volkswagen’s theme.
Read MoreOctober 31, 2018
1952 Willys Aero-Lark Beats Many Porsches at Lemons Season-Ender
The final 24 Hours of LeMons race of 2016 took place earlier this month at Sonoma Raceway aka Sears Point, marking the grand finale of what we think was the best season in LeMons history. One of the things that made 2016 such a great year was the large number of very old American cars […]
Read MoreOctober 24, 2023
Lemons Releases 2024 Race and Rally Schedule
The 2024 Lemons race and rally schedule are out! Sign up for your 2024 Lemons events right now or plan to visit as a spectator.
Read MoreOctober 12, 2022
Lemons Releases 2023 Race and Rally Calendars
It’s time for the Lemons 2023 schedule! Rallies and Races, get yourself signed up right now for next year!
Read MoreNovember 10, 2021
Lemons Rally: Six Events and a Rental Car Class for 2022
Lemons Rally brings a half-dozen road trips in 2022 as well as a new class just for Rental Cars. Get the details here!
Read MoreNovember 3, 2021
Halloween Meets Gasoline Prize: Cash & Trophy for Stupidity? You Bet.
“Halloween Meets Gasoline.” We’ve said it for years and now we’re putting our money where our mouth is. Theme hard, win cash. Simple enough.
Read MoreOctober 13, 2021
2022 Calendar: Lemons Announces 31-Event Calendar
2022 Calendar is out for the 24 Hours of Lemons, Lemons Rally, and Concours d’Lemons. See what’s happening in 2022!
Read MoreFebruary 19, 2021
PittRace: 4 Great Lemons Cars From Our First Race in PA
We’re headed back to PittRace near Pittsburgh and Yinz need to see these awesome cars from our first PittRace visit.
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2021
Barber Race, Retreat From Moscow Rally COVID’d
Due to COVID-19, Lemons will postpone our race at Barber and our season-opening Lemons Rally. Details within.
Read MoreDecember 4, 2020
2021 Lemons Rally: Schedule includes five crapcan rallies
2021 Lemons Rally schedule is out with a handful of fantastic roadtrips for you, your crapcan, and your friends/family/enemies.
Read MoreOctober 22, 2020
Lemons Releases 2021 Schedule
We’ve got the Lemons 2021 Schedules right here, hot and ready and mostly complete, even. Check it out and register early!
Read MoreApril 8, 2024
Conn Law, PC sponsors new trophy at 2024 California CdL
In what is perhaps the most fitting sponsorship ever, Conn Law, PC, a California-Based Consumer Protection Law Firm that focuses on Lemon Law and Auto Fraud will be presenting the “This Car Should Have Been a Lawsuit” Trophy at the 2024 California Concours d’Lemons, Aug. 17, 2024, at 440 Harcourt Ave, Seaside City Hall lawn during Monterey Auto Week. “The statute of limitations has long […]
Read MoreApril 8, 2024
Oris – Official Timepiece of Concours d’Lemons CA 2024
Oris, an independent mechanical watch brand from Hölstein, Switzerland, is the official timepiece of the 2024 California Concours d’Lemons. Taking place August 17, 2024 at Seaside City Hall, at 4400 Harcourt Ave, Seaside, CA. the Concours d’Lemons brings a great car show with a bit of fun to an otherwise straight laced Monterey Auto Week. […]
Read MoreMarch 6, 2024
2024 Amelia Island Concours d’Lemons – Winners and Photos
The Concours d’Lemons returned the beach at Main beach Park on March 1, 2024, as part of Classic Motorsports Magazine Amelia Kick-Off party. The event included a sports car show, celebrity panel discussion and the Concours d’Lemons. The pouring rain did not deter hooptie owners or spectators from showing up and having a great time […]
Read MoreAugust 24, 2023
2023 California Concours d’Lemons – Photos & Winners
For the 14th time the Concours d’Lemons rumbled into Monterey Auto Week, leaking oil and spreading smiles on the lawn of Seaside City Hall on Aug. 19, 2023. Hoopties of every description thrilled a record crowd of crap car connoisseurs as bribery prone celebrity judges awarded thrift store sources trophies. The judges loved the heartwarming […]
Read MoreMarch 7, 2023
2023 Amelia Concours d’Lemons – Winners and Photos
The Concours d’Lemons sputtered onto the 1st Fairway of the Amelia Island Golf Club on March 4, 2023, as part of Hagerty’s The Amelia event that included a high end concours, Cars and Community with Lemons and RadWood. Hoopties of every description from all over the southeast were subject to a drenching when a passing […]
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2023
2022 Amelia Concours d’Lemons – Winners and Photos
The 2022 Concours d’Lemon Amelia Island took place on the 1st Fairway of the Amelia Island Golf Club, as part of Hagerty‘s Cars and Community, a saturday morning prequel to the famed The Amelia concours the following day. The Concours d’Lemons was situated next to the spectator shuttle bus stop, ensuring the thousands who entered the […]
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2023
2022 Detroit Concours d’Lemons – Photos and Winners
Hoopties of all descriptions dripped oil at Comerica Park on Sept. 17, 2022 at the Detroit Concours d’Lemons showcasing the Oddball, Mundane and Truly Awful of the Automotive World as part of Hagerty’s Cars and Community event. Owners offered up bribes to capricious celebrity judges in hopes of taking home dollar store sourced trophies in […]
Read MoreOctober 27, 2021
2021 Greenwich Concours d’Lemons – Winners and Photos
The inaugural Greenwich Concours d’Lemons clattered onto the waterfront green at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, as part of Hagerty’s Greenwich Concours weekend. A revised two-day format featured a full classic concours on Sunday and a less buttoned down gathering on Sat. that featured RadWood, Porschella and the oil burning, rust […]
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2021
2021 California Concours d’Lemons – Photos and Winners
The Concours d’Lemons California came roaring back from quarantine with a field full of the worst cars imaginable. From a chop top KV Mini ! To a 1969 Toyota Corolla Wagon that was more rust than wagon the show offered much needed relief to the expensive and often pretentious Monterey Auto Week. Self proclaimed Concours […]
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