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FOR MORE LEMONS RACER INFO @ INSIDELINE.COM: http://blogs.edmunds.com/straightline/2009/05/il-track-tested-93-94-mazda-miata-lemons-racer.html?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopanel..2.* What do you get when you cross 34 years of higher education, 10 college degrees and six serious car geeks with a $500 racecar? A pink Miata with Cadillac fins and a nasty turbocharged attitude, of course. This is Eyesore Racing's entry into this weekend's 24 Hours of LeMons event in Reno, Nevada. You might remember these guys and gals. Their pimp-themed Honda CRX handily won the People's Choice award at last year's LeMons event at Altamont Motorsports Park. This marks the second appearance for their new car, previously known as the FrankenMiata. Its first run, an impressive 4th overall at the Arse-Freeze-Apalooza last December at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, California, surprised everyone but Team Eyesore. Since then, the Miata (we use the term loosely) has seen a full, ahem, refresh. That is, the degree-laden fools who build and drive this flaming pink pile slathered it in the sissy hue and gussied it up with some Cadillac fins and taillights. Why? Because they can. And because they like to win. And a Pink Cadillac and Elvis theme seems almost as brilliant as pimps and hos throttling a beat CRX.