Last weekend saw the coolest grass roots racing take place at Altamont Speedway. The 24 Hours of LeMons. Imagine, take a $500 beater and try to keep it running for a full day. This must be a howl, call it endurance racing at it’s worst. Maybe we can convince someone to organize a northern version up here in Ontario.

For links to tons of galleries, visit the 24 Hours of LeMons.

Via Axis of Oversteer

Following up on it’s groundbreaking Carbon Roadster, TC Kline Racing has shown it’s newest in house creation, the Carbon Coupe. While details on the Coupe are sparse to date, the real thing has been spotted on track by those guys over at Axis of Oversteer.

The incredible Carbon Roadster weighed in at only 2680 lbs, with 346 hp and was capable of generating 1.06 g of grip. Add the torsional strength and aerodynamics of the coupe body and this car may just prove to be unbeatable.

Read last year’s press release for the Carbon Roadster after the break.

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As regular readers of The Garage may have noticed, we are suckers for vintage racing of any sort. Phillip over at Classical Drive has posted about the wonders of visiting a vintage weekend. He sends us to Axis of Oversteer, a great blog for vintage racing enthusiasts, and anyone who’s really into BMW’s and the Lotus Elise. They have some fantastic in car video and a really nice slide show of images from this year’s Monaco Historics race.