Jeff Glenn is not just high-ranking member of the LeMons ruling cabal, he’s also responsible for some of the best trophies in the Hooniverse. Honestly, it’s worth making the trip out to a LeMons race just to check these things out in person. The level of detail and absurdity of the parts involved surely merits a NEA grant for further study.
Check out the gallery below that’s really only a small sub-set of what he’s got on his site. While you’re over there, be sure to check out some of the features from his other site, HardTuned including the Lo’ed System and LAMOdoors. It’s as if The Onion had an automotive section.
The coolest part about the "I got screwed" trophy we received was that it was based on a trophy so old that the phone number for the trophy shop that made it was alphanumeric, i.e. KL5-3456. Old school.
It's currently on display in the garage along with my real racing trophies.
Jeff's quote about the LeMons trophies says it all: "Putting trash on the mantelpieces of idiots."
I love Hardtuned.com… when I first met Jeff, on last year's California Melee, I think he was a little creeped out that I had read the entire website and could remember what he had driven on previous Melees.
This is only a small fraction of what makes LeMons so fun to be a part of. If you have been to a race then you understand the determination that some people have to make it the most interesting weekend of your life. As most of you may know, my mind has come up with some <i?interesting</i> things (while drunk). But yet, every time I attend a LeMons race I am amazed by the idiocy, determination, and sheer genius that some of he event coordinators share. Not to mention, if you haven't heard Jay Lamm speak in public, you haven't lived. The man can move a crowd.
Most of the interesting things usually seem to usually happen when drunk. Especially for me.
Torn from the pages of Rube Goldberg's playbook. What's not to love about these for any gearhead…?
Lots of parts from Jeff and other LeMons staffers' (mine) cars in those trophies. Turns out it's a great way to get rid of fried old car parts!
That's some really neat stuff! Have to check out what comes to Omaha!
Sculpture, man. Freakin' scupture.
This is the sort of thing I'd want to do if I had a welder.
There's a good reason I don't have a welder. Actually, there're quite a few, and that's one of 'em.
What about the trophies I made? Actually, just one serious one: the Most Likely To Get All Their Fingers Broken By The Pit Boss trophy from Goin' For Broken.
Thing is, Jeff can knock out LeMons trophies in about 10 minutes apiece, and it takes me a couple hours.
You're nothing if not fastidious.
So Ms. Martin finally fell off the wagon huh?
I love this quote from his site, describing his site's section for said trophies from the 2009 season: "Putting trash on the mantlepieces of idiots"
Am I allowed to post images here? If so, I'll do a "How You Can Make Your Own Pliers-On-Fingers Motorsports Trophy" thing.
You have Author access. You can go post an article if you like! Did they give you the login info?
Yeah, I think so- got to go check my travel laptop. Emails tend to pile up unread while I'm at a LeMons race, and it takes a couple days after I get back to resume quasi-normal function.
[...] It turned out that the young Jeff had quite a gift for driving. Little did he know that this gift would ultimately lead to years and years of life on the road as a pro racer, followed by a brilliant career as a sculptor. [...]
[...] It turned out that the young Jeff had quite a gift for driving. Little did he know that this gift would ultimately lead to years and years of life on the road as a pro racer, followed by a brilliant career as a sculptor. [...]
[...] follower of the 24 Hours Of LeMons knows, the racers will do just about anything to get one of Jeff Glenn’s trophies to display in their Pabst-and-90-weight-reeking garages. When Jeff gets the LeMons Trophy Assembly [...]