We of LeMons HQ have started (or, rather, resumed the tradition of) issuing a region-specific trophy for each race, which means in practice that we bring a trophy with a blank nameplate and realize that we haven’t thought of what we’re going to call it until about 19 minutes before the checkered flag on Sunday. […]

Unununium Legend of LeMons honoree Spank probably needs no introduction, not after his crazed Citroën road trip and other exploits, so when you see a Simca 1204 at a California LeMons race… well, you know who’s probably responsible.  

Looks like Spank’s 48-straight-hour El Paso-to-Kissimmee run is over and the Citroën still runs. We’ll see him at the track tomorrow. Congratulations, Spank!

Citroën Hell Road Trip update: After spending much of yesterday morning futzing with his leaky water pump, Spank decided to push straight through Texas and just keep going.

As we saw in my TTAC post earlier, LeMons Legend Spank set out on his 2,800-mile San Diego-to-Miami Citroën DS road trip this morning. In the meantime, he’s been sending me regular updates via text message. Right now he’s about 100 miles out from Texas, where he plans to spend the night… if the water […]