PEER 1's 1981 Turbo Mercedes Diesel Race Car

If you’re following us on Twitter, you’ll know that some of our staff from our Atlanta and San Antonio offices hit the road this past Friday for the 24 Hours of Lemons.

I flew in from San Antonio to Atlanta the night before to cover the event and to join our Atlanta racers on their RV ride pulling the PEER 1 race car from the rear. We left early morning to start our long journey, take pictures, call one other for location updates, and post it all on my personal Twitter account. Members from both offices traveled to meet in the middle at the No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, Louisiana.

The road trip for our racers traveling from Atlanta wasn’t an easy one. The plan was to leave Atlanta at 7 AM in order to make it to the event in time for tech which closed at 5:00pm. Due to an incompatible trailer wire harness, the trailer was coming off the RV’s hitch, so we weren’t able to leave Atlanta until 9 AM. Our racers were worried that they wouldn’t make it to the track on time to check in for tech and would get disqualified. This would mean turning right around and heading back to Atlanta.

Our San Antonio racers made it to the track with a couple of hours to spare, and let the 24 Hours of Lemons staff know the rest of the PEER 1 racers and car were on their way. At 4:55 PM, our RV pulling the PEER 1 race car made it… with five minutes to spare! We had just enough time to get through the gate of the event and hit tech. Now the problem was tech didn’t go so well. Our PEER 1 car made it halfway through tech, before we learned that there were a lot of things that needed to be done to the car before they would let our crew drive it in the race. Our racers spent most of the night wrenching and welding the PEER 1 car. On Saturday morning at 8:30 AM, I’m happy to say we passed tech and were given permission to race! Stay tuned for an update on our first day of racing at the 24 Hours of Lemons in Belle Rose, Louisiana.