Chump Car -- Introducing Simon

JohnByers · **Posted:** Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:42 pm

And Whitney is scratching his head thinking, I kinda like it!

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

JohnByers wrote:

And Whitney is scratching his head thinking, I kinda like it!

Already trying to find one for sale ....

BretLuter · **Posted:** Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:33 pm

Andrew Jonell wrote:

I believe that right there is the MOMO Benetton wheel. Korman Autoworks had one hanging on the wall in their parts department for years and years, I think they sold it at one of their open house shindigs probably 10 years ago.

EDIT: yep- here's one that was FS on the BMW 2002 board a couple of years ago, minus the horn button:

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/opt ... 43bd9fc0d/

EDIT#2:

and someone in this thread made the Benetton/Simon connection before all this even happened.....

http://zilvia.net/f/sale-items/273563-f ... -rare.html

EDIT#3:

Here's a similar wheel currently up on Ebay- $66 but reserve not met.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/benetton ... ccessories

Andrew Jonell · **Joined:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm **Posts:** 1350

My friend linked me the one I posted from ClubRoadster. The guy selling it wants 200 dollars though.

steve remchak · **Posted:** Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:47 am

Simon Says finished Day 1 in Charlotte LeMons event in second place.

JohnByers · **Posted:** Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:00 pm

Awesome!

Jason Tower · **Joined:** Wed Jun 11, 2008 3:31 pm **Posts:** 1173

heckuva race, saturday we were in 1st or 2nd all day depending on when you looked, i started in the rain and put us in the lead, then mike had a blistering session and knocked out the overall FTD. we leap frogged with hong norrth all day but by the end of the first day's race (which was stopped early due to torrential rain) they had built up a seven lap lead primarily due to their very fast fuel stops, we took over 90s to empty a 5 gal jug while they did it in 25s. we also had a couple BS black flags but hey, that's part of lemons. the corner workers were, and jay put it, scraped from the bottom of the barrel and it showed but it was still a pretty safe race overall despite the weather.

we parked simon in the penalty area after the race ended sat and got a bunch of people to play the game, including two lemons staffers and pro driver randy pobst who knocked out an impressive 13 on his very first try having never even seen a simon game before and not even knowing how to play. sat night was fun, although there was much less wrenching going on than usual for some reason. the tunachuckers drove around all night in their old LTD blasting the stereo, culminating in the car carrying an amazing record setting 44 people at once and i'm proud to say that all of team simon says was on board for this historic ride. team duff brought home brew beer as usual and it was fantastic as usual.

day two we did our best but unless hong norrth goofed up somehow there was no way we were gonna catch them. rob put in a nice long stint and made up three laps on them but it just wasn't enough, again they killed us on the refuel and we ended up 2nd overall. two podiums in simon's first two events, can't really complain but we're hungry for a win!

i'm proud to say that we've really gelled overall as a team, it was just the four of us and no crew, not even a garage, yet we really had no problems managing everything. the car was its usual brilliant self and we're looking forward to next year.

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

Randy Pobst has some fun with Simon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xmfv5kpGkQ

JohnByers · **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:12 am

Outstanding story!

steve remchak · **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:36 am

Nice work

TomFreeman · **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:00 am

Freakin fantastic effort gentlemen. Very well done.

clinehall · **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:53 am

I know them, I know them!!

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

This sounds damn near like praise coming from Lemons. It's not the same organization that it was like 2 years ago. Almost seems to be becoming racer-friendly, or at least tolerant.

By the way, we've been posting a ton of pictures on our FB page, including scantily clad woman, boozing, guiness world records for number of people on a 1975 Ford LTD, oh and race pics too. Please go over an LIKE our page for updates!

http://www.facebook.com/simonsaysracing

Quote:

"Class A “The Good” Winner: Simon Says

This Integra was nearly invisible all weekend, which is one of the signs of a top contender (provided, of course, that the car isn’t invisible due to connecting rods flying out of the block on the third lap of the race). I recall seeing it just once in the Penalty Box, and it stayed within reach of Hong Norrth’s MX-3 both days. In the end, Simon Says finished second overall and 11 laps back of four-time-winners Hong Norrth. I suspect that Simon Says will be a threat to win its next race."

from http://murileemartin.com/wordpress/?p=1580

steve remchak · **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:17 pm

MikeWhitney wrote:

This sounds damn near like praise coming from Lemons. It's not the same organization that it was like 2 years ago. Almost seems to be becoming racer-friendly, or at least tolerant.

By the way, we've been posting a ton of pictures on our FB page, including scantily clad woman, boozing, guiness world records for number of people on a 1975 Ford LTD, oh and race pics too. Please go over an LIKE our page for updates!

http://www.facebook.com/simonsaysracing

Quote:

"Class A “The Good” Winner: Simon Says

This Integra was nearly invisible all weekend, which is one of the signs of a top contender (provided, of course, that the car isn’t invisible due to connecting rods flying out of the block on the third lap of the race). I recall seeing it just once in the Penalty Box, and it stayed within reach of Hong Norrth’s MX-3 both days. In the end, Simon Says finished second overall and 11 laps back of four-time-winners Hong Norrth. I suspect that Simon Says will be a threat to win its next race."

from http://murileemartin.com/wordpress/?p=1580

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