{"id":3039,"date":"2014-01-30T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=3039"},"modified":"2015-11-11T11:06:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T19:06:14","slug":"when-life-gives-you-lemons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/when-life-gives-you-lemons\/","title":{"rendered":"When Life Gives You LeMons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3040\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/when-life-gives-you-lemons\/24-hours-of-lemons\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/24-hours-of-lemons.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,315\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Chen, Andrew&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1391015592&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"24 hours of lemons\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/24-hours-of-lemons-300x152.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/24-hours-of-lemons.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3040\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/24-hours-of-lemons.jpg\" alt=\"24 hours of lemons\" width=\"620\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/24-hours-of-lemons.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/24-hours-of-lemons-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/24-hours-of-lemons-600x304.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy 24 Hours of LeMons<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all heard the saying before: &#8220;When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade.&#8221; But here at <em>The Burnout<\/em>, we like to take our lemons to the race track!<\/p>\n<p>The 2014 season of the 24 Hours of LeMons is about to start and Racing Junk will be powering the LeMons classifieds to help get those $500 <del>hoopties<\/del> cars into racing condition.<\/p>\n<p>There are 18 full events throughout the United States with the first 24 hour race, the &#8216;Shine Country Classic, taking place on February 1, 2014 at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.24hoursoflemons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">official website<\/a> of the 24 Hours of LeMons to get the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.24hoursoflemons.com\/events-results\" target=\"_blank\">full season schedule<\/a> and find out how you can participate in the wackiest endurance race since&#8230; well, ever.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/when-life-gives-you-lemons\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3039 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/when-life-gives-you-lemons\/24-hours-of-lemons-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/24-Hours-of-LeMons-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"When Life Gives You LeMons\" data-attachment-id=\"3041\" 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