9hr Lemons endurance race in sub 55k cars - Killarney Raceway Cape Town

In this video I go support friends and spectate at the first lemons 9hr enduro in Cape Town. It's definitely a vibe. Racing for 9hrs in affordable cars is a lot of fun.
Hope you enjoy the video!
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[@leepeyper]

R55k in Cape town clearly goes way further than the other provinces - I was expecting old ford`s and opel`s when I heard lemons race LOL

[@YusufPetersenCPT]

Yep its not really a lemons race I was also hoping to see some absolute nuggets

[@lowdl]

@@leepeyper It's not only Cape Town, quite a few out of towners as well. But yes, expectation vs reality is not aligned on this one. Lol.

[@JarrydJunkin]

roll cages, brakes and other safety equipment are not considered in the 55k build though if you go over the budget you get handicapped with laps

[@lowdl]

@@JarrydJunkin Safety equipment I understand. Expensive brakes, Ecu's & engines, I struggle with.

[@YusufPetersenCPT]

@@lowdl exactly when the base car is a polo vivo then im already having my sus face on. I was hoping for some beat up old tazz's rust bucket mercs that sort of thing but hey it's still fun to watch and all.

[@SnapShiftMedia]

Awesome video bud! So just to clarify some of the rules there. The purchase price of the car must not exceed R55k... Body and motor.. However your spending on the brakes, suspension and overall safety of the car is uncapped.... That being said, there are still many cars and guys that enter cars above that R55k budget price, however they do get penalized by getting laps deducted for breaking the rules... Its a great event and a fun one. The 24hour is hectic as well but something that has to be attended to say you've done it. But jeez the toll it takes on the body is rough. But a memory to last for a lifetime. However it will be nice if people stuck to the 55k car rule, because it's demotivating to put your all into a 55k lemon, and then see something way more expensive pass you because the rules weren't adhered to. Then you might as well just enter an expensive car just because you can. What keeps it interesting is your power and ability to keep a budget car running and fix it when it breaks.

[@lowdl]

I hear you and agree, it would be great if they kept it grassroots and affordable. But it's racing and that never really works out. But it's something new in CPT and I look forward to seeing it progress.

[@bianco2012]

Let’s not call it 55k lemons, let’s call it the Durban Stock Cup

[@lowdl]

@@bianco2012 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@c4t4ly5t]

As a huge fan of endurance racing, I'm so bummed that I didn't know about this!

[@lowdl]

@@c4t4ly5t Ah that's a pity. You should give them a follow on socials so you can keep up with the action. The next one is at Red Star late this year. It will be a 24 hour event.

[@c4t4ly5t]

@@lowdl Dammit! 24h and here I am stuck in Cpt. Will it be streamed, by chance?

[@chadbenjamin8118]

Looks like great fun. Thanks Lerenzo.

[@lowdl]

It was a lot of fun. As a general spectator, maybe not that much but once you know people in the teams, it's nice.

[@harlfonzogoodman187]

These guys must show us where they getting 350z and celicas for 55k😢

[@harlfonzogoodman187]

Fun event though hey?

[@ThatIndigoStoner]

😂😂😂

[@lowdl]

@@harlfonzogoodman187 🤣 I have no idea where they find these bargains.

[@lowdl]

@@harlfonzogoodman187 it was good fun. And the format works, everyone has a shot at winning. Even the mighty 8v mk1 was up there in the top 3.

[@Boostsa]

How did I miss this video. I need to spend more time on KZbin and off FB. Awesome vid broski.

[@lowdl]

@@Boostsa Haha. You're ACTIVE on FB. Glad you enjoyed it. 🙌🏽

[@Boostsa]

@@lowdl Many of the cars there were not eligible to win anything because of the price cap. They just came through for the gees.

[@lowdl]

@@Boostsa 🤣 exactly. It was a good seat time event.

[@xaviersandrinedemay6396]

Super vid, thx for sharing 🎉

[@lowdl]

@@xaviersandrinedemay6396 glad you enjoyed it. 💪🏽

[@capturehorizon1]

Solid video as per uuush

[@lowdl]

@@capturehorizon1 Glad you enjoyed it 🙌🏽

[@mpe6678]

Great Video, good entertainment value and some dedication from yourside to stick it out all day 👏. Me, i would have left long time. (lol) As you said and threads that i followed, talking about the 55K factor, rather suspect there as in my opinion, what i could gather and your pointers mentioned, at least 80% of the entrants probably exceeded that bench mark. It kind of decieves the purpose. Anyways, Thank you for showing us and take care. 👍

[@lowdl]

@@mpe6678 If this was just an affordable budget endurance event I would have no issue with it. But putting that 55k budget out there really throws me. Lol. Especially after I just built a track day car, I know how expensive it is. I'm all for promotimg budget racing, but it seems like even budget racing is out of reach for most.

[@mpe6678]

@@lowdl For sure boet. By the way, your track car goes very well. Shot.👍

[@lowdl]

@@mpe6678 Thank you very much 🙏🏽

[@simey001]

What'd you think of our car? Would've loved to see more of it on your vid, but good video and good footage man.

[@lowdl]

@@simey001 The Audi was cool. Well done on finishing. I'd love to know how much it costs you guys in total for interest sake. If you don't want to share it here, pm me 💪🏽 And yes, for some reason I didn't get much of the Audi in the video. Whenever I was recording it wasn't really around or my timing was just off.

[@JA_S_ON]

Here for the Algorithm 🙏

[@lowdl]

Nothing can help this video at this point 😂 But I really do appreciate the help.

[@nico-benkellerman977]

event looks like a lekker jol

[@YusufPetersenCPT]

Yoh participants playing very fast and loose with that R55k rules lol.😅😅

[@lowdl]

@@YusufPetersenCPT I'm not too sure how this gets verified but I guess they would rather have more people race than anything else. The most expensive car didn't win. I still don't know what car won 🤣

[@Alex-B-Media]

Some ouens selling builds to each other for R55k awe

[@lowdl]

@@Alex-B-Media 45k so that there's a little wiggle room for upgrades 😂

[@simey001]

If your car is worth more than 55k, then you get a 25lap penalty. And because of the time bar, it'll be very difficult to make up the 25.

[@lowdl]

@@simey001 I didn't know that. 25 laps is very high. You're not going to make up for that because you can't go faster than a 1:35. As spectators, we had no idea what was actually going on. There was no communication on the day talking about the cars and the drivers. There was no info telling us how to follow along to see who's winning. This was not a spectator event. But it's still pretty new and hopefully it grows and becomes something we see more of. 🙏🏽

[@simey001]

@@lowdl agreed, I also got a lot of feedback saying the event wasn't spectator friendly. I had to give info about the event to almost everyone I spoke to. But yes, it was the first one. Hopefully it gets better next year, especially in terms of spectators. There was actually loads of bonus points and penalty points. Would've been cool to get the spectators involved in this. Like best teem gees, best looking lemon. Car that did the least laps in 9hours, lol. Etc. all this info was available to the teams, but not spectators it seems.

[@tazwillovermeyer7827]

The tazz is a 20v rally car yes

[@lowdl]

It was awesome to see lapping. The drivers were going hard.

[@R1DAA-d9m]

First🤗🤣🙌🏼

[@lowdl]

@@R1DAA-d9m love it 🙌🏽

[@capturehorizon1]

Do you use a gimbal?

[@jschreuder81]

Cellphone 😊

[@lowdl]

@@capturehorizon1 I just use my phone. It's quick and easy. Makes vlogging much easier and easier is better. 😅

[@gino4tune]

R55k and Cape Town "stock", seems to be the same thing. LOL

[@lowdl]

@@gino4tune 🤣🤣🤣 It really does seem like it.

[@nico-benkellerman977]

not one 55k car.. awesome video tho!

[@lowdl]

🤣 There might be one. Very unlikely but hey. Haha.

[@kingjoe496]

Second 👀😂😂

[@lowdl]

@@kingjoe496 If you're not first you're last 👀 🤣 Appreciate the support. 🙌🏽

[@harlfonzogoodman187]

3rd

[@lowdl]

@@harlfonzogoodman187 🤣🤣🤣

[@simey001]

Some guys just brought their existing playtoys, the 350z for example. Its is trackday/drifting car. Makes no sense going to buy another cheap car just for this one race.

[@lowdl]

@@simey001 I totally get that. I don't see the point in having an endurance car that you use for one a year. But with having expensive cars around, it does make it seem as if it's not really a lemons event. The Harp Motorsport Clubmans race car could have won and that's no lemon.

[@simey001]

@@lowdl yeah for sure, that car was going. And for sure no lemon, yup I agree that it dilutes the lemon aspect a bit. Perhaps they should consider harsher penalties for non lemons. Saying this, the next event, the 24hr in November, they are introducing 2 classes, OG Lemon, and Suspect Lemon. So it's clear that this is not a new problem.

[@lowdl]

@@simey001 You're on the money there. It's racing so there will always be guys trying to find loopholes but the spirit of the event is affordable racing and it's far too early for it to be this diluted. Two classes would be great. With more focus being on the actual lemons but maybe there's not enough of an incentive. Is there prize money?

[@simey001]

@@lowdl as far as I know, nope no prize money. Will forward you the info I have for the 24hr at redstar raceway

[@J.H.S.H]

@@lowdl What I've been saying boet.

[@xaviersandrinedemay6396]

No penalties...55k max is 55k max. Pity.

[@lowdl]

@@xaviersandrinedemay6396 I'm not sure if anyone got penalized but I hope they enforce it more next time. 💪🏽

[@J.H.S.H]

This is some bullshit excuse the language. 30k for your team to enter with a "55k" lemon. Killarney just found a new way to make money.

[@lowdl]

@@J.H.S.H It's not a Killarney event but yes, this is not a cheap form of motorsport. But the teams that could justify the costs seemed to have a great time. 😅

[@J.H.S.H]

@@lowdl Yeah bud but anything affiliated with Killarney is less about the people and more about the bottom line. It unfortunately looks like another form of racing for the elite.

[@simey001]

​@@J.H.S.H it'll be difficult to find a cheaper form of main circuit racing than this event. The costs are justified, hiring the track complete with marshals and safety crew etc gets expensive. Remember this event was not organised by Killarney or wpmc, they used Killarney as their hosting location. Motorsport is expensive, we can't get away from that. Stock car racing and drag racing might be slightly cheaper to get into, but can also get expensive quickly

[@J.H.S.H]

@@simey001 Lets agree to disagree bud. The whole concept of lemon racing is for you to drive your budget build. The one car Lorenzo showed had a ECU master management with screen. My thing is don't hide behind a name. Call it for what it is.