An El Camino Through the Corkscrew At Laguna Seca

In this Olds 455 Episode: Mental can't drive a CRX Chris raw dogs the notes, Chrissy takes a stroll by the ocean And Tim learns how to use a trailer hitch.

Episode 455 is the hangover show from the 24 Hours of Lemons 20th Anniversary race at Laguna Seca; invitation only, one day, and the reason you didn't get an episode last week.

We took an El Camino through the Corkscrew. Theme was business up front, party in the back. Nine drivers, 40 minute shifts we somehow actually stuck to, 164 laps, 9th overall and 2nd in class, and it ran out of gas roughly five feet after the race, so we finished with a dance party on the roof of it.

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WHAT HAPPENED AT LAGUNA

• A 280,000-mile C5 got the blue flag shown to a brand new GT3 RS with paper plates

• Tim's Sunday student bought a 2015 911 with 1,600 miles on it five months ago, had never been on a track, and gathered up a full slide at the Andretti hairpin on command

• The paddock didn't open to Lemons until 6pm, there are no race motors after 5 at Laguna, so the kill switch test just... happened on raceday

• Our BS sheet got so soaked in beer the judge couldn't write on it with a Sharpie

• Italian Job came from Philadelphia and served 300 pounds of cheesesteaks

• If we missed you, we're sorry. We were drunk.

AND BEFORE ALL THAT

• The Solstice transmission went in after a fight, and then had to come straight back out

• A wheel bearing race against a UPS truck, lost at noon and won at 12:15

• Nine miles per gallon, four days, a dog, and allegedly 24 cases of wine

• Cracked sidewalls at 40,000 miles — and what the dealer quietly admitted about the compound they put on new trucks

LINKS Diecast endurance racing on a belt sander — Peter Vieira, The Autopian: https://www.theautopian.com/this-guy-is-endurance-racing-164-diecast-cars-on-a-belt-sander-and-the-cars-have-been-running-29-days-nonstop-watch-live/

Live timing: https://www.diecastendurance.com/

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bchFl18XY0o

Denver's robotaxis can't get tickets, but are getting egged — Elizabeth Pond, The Denver Gazette: https://www.denvergazette.com/2026/10/18/denver-waymos-are-being-egged/

Finnish tractor pull — Stephen Edelstein, The Drive: https://www.thedrive.com/news/finnish-farmers-make-tractor-pulls-more-exciting-by-adding-a-big-hill

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnwxVnR422M

"Death Wish" on Racing Junk: https://www.racingjunk.com/golf-carts/184831980/custom-quadricycle.html?category_id=1525&np_offset=2

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