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Click the Link below to View the Official Acceptance Letter from Jay with the 24 hours of LeMons.

• Official Acceptance letter from Jay

Event Schedule for the July Race

GENERAL 

Race Weekend: 26-27 July 2008

Entry Deadline: 17 May 2008

Track: Carolina Motorsports Park, Kershaw SC; 1.1-mile road course (West Course)

Tentative Schedule:

Friday 25 July '08
Gates Open: 1:00 pm
Anal-Retentive-Early-Nutjob Check-In: 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Anal-Retentive-Early-Nutjob Tech Inspection: 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Saturday 26 July '08
Gates Open:  8:00 am
Check-In Continued: 8:00 am - 10:30 am (NO CHECK-INs PAST 10:30!)
Driver's Meeting (MANDATORY): 11:00 am
Drivers in Cars: 11:30 am
Race Start: noon
End of Session I: 7:30 pm
Beer, Beer, Beer: 7:30.01 pm

Sunday 27 July '08
Gates Open: 8:00 am
Driver's Meeting (MANDATORY): 8:30 am
Race Session II Start: 9:00 am
People's Curse Ceremony: noon
Checkered Flag: 4:00 pm
Cleanup, Band-Aids, More Beer: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Awards Ceremony: 4:30 pm
Gates Close: 7:00 pm

 

 

THE CARS 

Lights: Headlights, taillights, and sidemarkers removed or fully taped

Side and Rear Glass: Keep it or toss it, your choice

Noise Limit: 92dB @ 50 feet

PITS & PADDOCK 

Overnight Camping: OK, $50 per occupied RV (covers the whole weekend)

Vehicle Restrictions: None--plenty of grass parking

Pit Assignments: Pick a spot and plunk down, already

Barbecues Allowed: Yes, but well contained and monitored grilles only, propane fuel preferred. (Some areas of the facility have high fire danger in summer.)

Running Water: Yes. Showers, even

Bathrooms: Multiple permanent + assorted Porta-Stankys

Electrical Hookups: Yes

Pit Hours: Just be polite to the neighbors

Fuel Sold On-Site: 100-octane minimum

Dead Cars: Complete, rolling corpses can be left behind Sunday 

THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Closest Airports: Charlotte Douglas International (CLT) and Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE)

Weather: Clear and mild, or muggy and miserable, or rain alternating with shine...who the hell knows? It's the Carolinas in July.

Lodging: 

Colony Inn, 2020 W. DeKalb St., Camden SC 29020: 803.432.5508 (offers CMP discount)

Holiday Inn Express, 419 Sumter Hwy, Camden SC 29020: 803.424.5000

Fairfield Inn, 220 Wall Street, Camden SC 29020: 803.425.1010

 

Fuel and Parts

Scott's Solo Gas Station (right outside track gate)

Roberts Shell (fuel, diesel, 24-hour wrecker, & repairs), 215 South Hampton St., Kershaw SC 29067: 803.475.2175 

Napa Auto Parts, 136 N. Hampton St., Kershaw SC 29067: 803.475.6672

Advance Auto Parts, 817 DeKalb St., Camden SC 29020: 803.432.0319

Sutton's Tire Service, 423 S. Hampton St., Kershaw SC 29067: 803.475.1299

 

Food and Supplies

IGA Foodliner, 513 S. Hampton St., Kershaw SC 29067: 803.475.6888

Wal-Mart, 2240 W. DeKalb St., Camden SC 29020: 803.425.5746 

 

First Aid

Kershaw County Medical Center, 1315 Roberts St., Camden SC 29020: 803.432.4311

Springs Memorial Hospital, 800 W. Meeting St., Lancaster SC 29720: 803.286.1214 

 DIRECTIONS

Kershaw is about an hour south of Charlotte NC and 45 minutes north of Columbia SC. Check out CMP's online directions here.

Jay, Yea I took this from your Website. I copied and Pasted it so I wouldn't have to retype it. I'm the slacker of the group and was just wanting  everyone to know the Schedule.  If you would like me to take it down let me know.

- Team's Slacker