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  • Motorsports Weekend Guide: September 5 to September 7

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    Welcome to Hooniverse’s weekly look ahead to who’s racing what and where this weekend. Last weekend, Will Power claimed his first IndyCar championship and while this coming weekend won’t crown any champions, it will see a number of quality racing series visiting southern and western Europe. Stateside, race fans will be off to see stock…

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  • 24 Hours of LeMons: 'Sears Pointless' race recap

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    The 24 Hours of LeMons trekked to Sonoma Raceway last weekend to open its West Coast season with the annual “Sears Pointless” race. California’s colorful competitors placed their craziness on full display while Hooniverse’s own Tim Odell served on the LeMons Supreme Court, doling out a couple of creative penalties for miscreant drivers. Of note, the…

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  • Motorsports Weekend Guide: May 23 to May 25

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    Welcome to Hooniverse’s weekly look ahead to who’s racing what and where this weekend. This holiday weekend (in the U.S. at least) is annually one of the high points of worldwide motorsport with the world’s biggest race, the world’s swankiest race, the world’s most dangerous race, and the world’s fastest crapcan race (among a few other superlatives,…

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  • Motorsports Weekend Guide: August 1 to August 3

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      Welcome to Hooniverse’s weekly look ahead to who’s racing what and where this weekend. The world of motorsports has a relatively light weekend on tap for the race fan, but there will still be plenty to watch for the conneisseur. If you want some playing in the dirt, there’s plenty of that. If you…

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  • 24 Hours of LeMons: 'NASA, We Have a Problem' sprint preview

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    The 24 Hours of LeMons will jump to a new format this weekend, offering a two-hour sprint race at Sonoma Raceway as part of the National Auto Sport Association (NASA)’s NorCal Region weekend there. The short race will factor as only a small part of the weekend, so technical inspections don’t begin until 10:00 a.m.…

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  • Hoonivercinema: An evening with Vannin', a film about van culture

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    More than 1-1/2 years ago, Hooniverse’s Kamil Kaluski posted on this very site the trailer for Vannin‘, a Little Cabin Films documentary about van culture. Late last week, I stumbled upon a show listing for renowned Chicago indie rock club The Empty Bottle that included a screening of the film, a small van show outside the…

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  • Motorsports Weekend Guide: June 6 to June 8

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    Welcome to Hooniverse’s weekly look ahead to who’s racing what and where this weekend. This is a big weekend if you like playing in the dirt, if you like racing in Canada, if you like IndyCar and NASCAR playing nicely together, if you like touring cars, and even if you like some sportscar racing. Here’s…

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  • 24 Hours of LeMons: 'Arse-Freeze-Apalooza' preview at Sonoma Raceway

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    California’s Sonoma region is renowned for its micro-climate producing some remarkable grapes for wine production and the region thereby being known as a Classy Place. Having once visited there, I mostly think it’s a place where well-to-do people (or well-to-do hangers-on) find it socially acceptable to get snockered on scads of wine, which they can then discuss…

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  • eBay: LeMons Would You Rather – Juggalo Neon or Renault R10?

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    People race in the 24 Hours of LeMons for many different reasons. It’s cheap, you get lots of seat time, and they actively encourage bizarre and strange vehicles (so long as they’re safe). Today, I present two bizarre LeMons up for sale on eBay that represent opposing ends of the LeMons spectrum: Skid Marks Racing’s…

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  • Hoonivercinema Bonus Music Video: 'I'll Be Your Mechanic'

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    At a time when it wasn’t cool to do so, Adam Franklin wrote rock songs for petrolheads, but not in the traditional style of “the rock ‘n’ roll car song.” Franklin’s band, Swervedriver, hardly resembled Jan & Dean or even The Reverend Horton Heat. Instead, the British quartet was influenced by the their British shoegazer predecessors,…

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