And the Winner Is…

by Murilee Martin

Published: August 7th, 2011

While today’s Arse Sweat-a-Palooza winner on laps is indeed the same Honda-motorcycle-engined Geo Metro that won the 2008 Arse Freeze-a-Palooza, it’s really a much different car now. In ’08, the Geo Player Special (then known as the Metro Gnome) had the CBR900RR engine driving the front wheels, via an ingenious chain drive that used a toilet plunger as a grease seal. Since that time, the engine— now a CBR1000— has been moved back and now drives the rear wheels.

This car has been running the rear-engine/rear-drive configuration for a couple of years now and had been quite close to an overall win on several occasions. Today, it all came together for the Metro. Congratulations, Geo Player Special!

#24HoursOfLeMons #24HoursOfLeMonsThunderhill #ArseSweat-a-Palooza #EngineSwap #Geo #GeoMetro #Metro #Racing #Suzuki #SuzukiSwift #Swift

Murilee Martin

Murilee Martin is the pen name of Phil Greden, a writer who has lived in Minnesota, California, Georgia and (now) Colorado. He has toiled at copywriting, technical writing, junkmail writing, fiction writing and now automotive writing. He has owned many terrible vehicles and some good ones. He spends a great deal of time in self-service junkyards. These days, he writes for publications including Autoweek, Autoblog, Hagerty, The Truth About Cars and Capital One.

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PrincipalDan on Aug 07, 2011

Don't hate the player, hate the game. - Ice T

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SCE to AUX on Aug 07, 2011

"Impressive" - Darth Vader

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