The 24 Hours of LeMons
LAISSEZ LES CRAPHEAPS ROULEZ NEW ORLEANS 2009
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GENERAL
Race Weekend: 6-7 June 2009
Entry Deadline: 28 March 2009
Late Entries: Considered case-by-case, space permitting
Track: No Problem Raceway, Belle Rose LA; 1.8-mile road course
Track Map: It'll be something like this
Schedule:
Friday 5 June '09
7am: Gates Open
9am-4pm: No Problem Organized Track Testing (details below)
noon-5pm: Mandatory Friday Tech Inspection (Every car and at least one driver per team MUST be present for Tech Inspection on Friday--no Saturday Tech will be offered!)
Saturday, 6 June '09
8am: Gates Open
10am: Drivers' Meeting (Mandatory)
11am-6:30pm: Race Session I
7pm -?: No Problem's Run-Whatcha-Brung Drag Night (giving LeMons entrants the unique chance to screw up in two different motorsports during a single weekend)
Sunday, 7 June '09
9:30am: Drivers' Meeting (Mandatory)
10am-4pm: Race Session II
12:00pm: People's Curse
4:30pm: Awards Ceremony
7pm: Gates Close
Pre-Race Track Testing
NPR's open-track test day (no, not that NPR) includes an 8:30am drivers' meeting and runs from 9am-4pm with a lunch break from noon-1pm. They'll charge you $150/car, with no extra charge for additional drivers. Sign up at www.clubregistration.net. For more info contact Chris Wilken at 504-616-3064 or chris@buckeyecontractors.com.
THE CARS
Lights: Headlights, taillights, and sidemarkers removed or fully taped.
Side and Rear Glass: No restrictions.
Noise Limit: 92dB @ 50 feet.
PITS & PADDOCK
Overnight Camping: Unpowered paddock camping is fine. For fancy-schmancy types, a handful of privately-owned RV hookup spaces may be available by special sub-lease arrangement through No Problem Raceway. Call NPR's Linda or Pat Joffrion from Wednesday-Friday (at 985-665-7145) for details, pricing, and potential availability. If you score one of the private spaces, don't pay LeMons' usual $50 camping fee--you're gonna get boned hard enough by the locals.
Vehicle Restrictions: None.
Pit Assignments: Pick a spot and plunk down, already.
Barbecues Allowed: Well contained and monitored grilles only, propane preferred.
Running Water: Yes. Showers, even.
Bathrooms: Multiple permanent + assorted Porta-Stankys.
Electrical Hookups: See the note above.
Pit Hours: Just be polite to the neighbors.
Fuel Sold On-Site: Yes: 93 Octane available
Dead Cars: Be prepared to bring them home.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Closest Airports: Louis Armstrong New Orleans Intl. MSY and Baton Rouge Metro
Weather: Clear and mild, or muggy, hot and miserable, or rain alternating with heatstroke...who the hell knows? It's the Gulf Coast in June. Watch for snapping turtles on site.
Lodging:
Holiday Inn Gonzales, 1500 Hwy 30, Gonzales, LA, 70737: 225.647.8000 (Preferred hotel of No Problem Raceway)Best Western Plantation Inn, 2179 Highway 70, Donaldsonville, LA, 70346-8860: 225.746.9050 (10 miles from the track)
Best Western Inn, 1918 W Highway 30, Gonzales, LA, 70737-5111: 225.647.2001 (14 miles from the track)
Hampton Inn & Suites Baton Rouge I-10 East, 11271 Reiger Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70809: 225.751.4600
More Hotels on No Problem Raceway's Hotel link.
Fuel and Parts
Belle Rose Shell, 7080 Highway 1, Belle Rose, LA (7 minutes from the track)
Car Quest, 6398 Highway 70 North, Belle Rose, LA: 225.473.9556
Midway Auto Parts, Highway 1,Paincourtville, LA 70391: 985.369.6704
Till's Tire Shop, 714 1st Street, Donaldsonville, LA: 225.473.0016
Griffin's Muffler and Radiator, 103 3rd Street, Donaldsonville, LA: 225.473.3222
Food and Supplies
Big B's Supermarket, 7107 Highway 1, Belle Rose, LA: 225.473.3724
Payless Supermarket, 3439 Highway 1 South, Donaldsonville, LA: 225.473.4844
Wal-Mart, 37000 Highway 3089, Donaldsonville, LA: 225.473.6033
First Aid
Prevost Memorial Hospital, 301 Memorial Dr., Donaldsonville, LA 70346: 225.473.7931
www.prevosthospital.com
DIRECTIONS
No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, LA is about 55 miles southwest of New Orleans, LA. Click here for a map.
FROM LAFAYETTE, LA AREA: Exit 1-10 at Baton Rouge Bridge. Take Hwy 1 South towards Plaquemine. Go 22 miles to a town called White Castle. Turn right at the red light in White Castle onto Hwy 69. Follow 69 (10 miles) until it dead ends into Hwy. 70. Turn left on Hwy 70 East. Go approximately 1 1/2 miles Turn left onto Hwy 996. Track is one mile on right.
FROM BATON ROUGE - HAMMOND, LA AREA : Exit 1-10 at Sorrento Exit 182 Follow exit to Hwy 70 (Sunshine Bridge -Donaldsonville). Cross Sunshine Bridge - STAY IN YOUR LEFT LANE. Follow Hwy. 70 (12 miles) towards Morgan City ( 3 miles past red light @ Hwy 70 & 1) TURN RIGHT ONTO HWY 996 Track is one mile on the right.
FROM NEW ORLEANS, LA AREA: From 1-10 West, Exit onto I-310 - Cross Luling Bridge Exit Right @ exit 10 onto Hwy 3127 towards Donaldsonville. Follow Hwy 3127 (40 miles) until it dead ends into Hwy. 70. Turn left onto Hwy 70 - Travel 10 miles towards Morgan City Turn Right onto Hwy 996 (near the chemical plants) Track is 1 mile on the right
FROM MORGAN CITY, LA AREA: Take Hwy 70 to Belle River - Pierre Part. Proceed thru Pierre Part (about 5 miles) Go 1 1/2 miles past Hwy 69 turnoff. Turn left onto Hwy 996. Track is 1 mile on the right.