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  • Deep Dreamin' about the 24 Hours of LeMons at Autobahn Country Club

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    Look, I’m not going to pretend to understand what this whole Deep Dream interface thing is, but I know there are plenty of coding geeks who read Hooniverse who can explain it (and please feel free to do so in the comments; if you can’t geek out on Hooniverse, then you can’t geek out). From…

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  • Motorsports Weekend Guide: July 31 to August 2

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    Welcome to another weekly edition of Hooniverse’s examination of who is racing what and where and when they are racing it this weekend. Got it? This weekend features one of the best—if not the best—stage rallies in the world and stock car fans can rejoice with a plethora of options in all of the hemispheres, including…

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  • 24 Hours of LeMons: 'Doing Time in Joliet 24 Hours' liveblog

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    It’s a typically muggy Saturday in the Midwest and Hooniverse is live from Autobahn Country Club this weekend for the 24 Hours of LeMons’ race. While last year’s summer race at Autobahn was 14 straight hours (unlike the usual 14-1/2 hours over two days), this year’s is the series’ first true 24-hour race since September…

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  • Motorsports Weekend Guide: July 24 to July 26

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    It’s Thursday, which means another edition of Hooniverse’s weekly look at who’s racing what where in the next few days. This weekend finds stock cars on America’s most famed racetrack and sports cars new and old taking over two of the Northeast’s most famous tracks. Add to that a pair of very different 24-hour races…

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  • 24 Hours of LeMons: 'Doing Time in Joliet' preview

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    Despite its clever name, the 24 Hours of LeMons seldom holds actual 24-hour races, but this coming weekend brings out this rarest LeMons race configurations at Autobahn Country Club near Chicago. Indeed, “Doing Time in Joliet” will span 24 hours of racing, beginning Saturday at 10 a.m. on Autobahn’s South Course and ending Sunday at…

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  • Motorsports Weekend Guide: July 17 to July 19

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    Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse’s look ahead to the weekend for racing fans. This weekend is a bit lighter than usual for no particular reason, though like most weekends like this, the next weekend is packed full of good stuff. Nevertheless, maybe the best NASCAR race of the year comes after this weekend and you…

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  • 24 Hours of LeMons: 'Pacific Northworst' preview at The Ridge

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    The 24 Hours of LeMons creeps into Washington state this weekend for a blast around the pretty-dang-new and mostly-completed Ridge Motorsports Park for the series’ fifth annual “Pacific Northworst” (and fourth at The Ridge). As with  most regions that only get one race a year, this one seems to bring out a great field with at least…

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  • Swedish V8 ThunderCars Southern rock song out-Americas NASCAR

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    “That’s a hell of a nonsensical headline,” you might think. And you’re right, but NASCAR wishes someone like Swedish Southern rock outfit Psychosomatic Cowboys would write them a song like they did for the V8 ThunderCars series (which has a killer website). At this point, your head must be swimming with cognitive dissonance, so here are some answers: (1)…

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  • Motorsports Weekend Guide: July 10 to July 12

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    Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse’s look ahead to the weekend in racing. We’ve got a nice variety of racing, although it’s heavy on sports cars and silhouette racers. IndyCar races on the world’s oldest racetrack while American sports cars go north and those chaps Down Under will show the rest of the world again…

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  • Motorsports Weekend Guide: July 3 to July 5

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    This weekend finds the good ol’ U.S. of A. celebrating Independence Day on July 4, meaning that some race fans can get a big dose of Hell Yeah if they look in the right places. Rather than talk about current-event type things, let’s just take a look at what kind of kick-ass American (and American-style)…

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