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Alex Bishop, who researches fuels for rocket engines and hypersonic vehicles at ERG, drove his first Lemons in 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alex Bishop was just a kid when he first experienced the heart-pounding thrill of navigating a race car around a track through Gran Turismo, an auto racing video game.<\/p>\n

Now Bishop, associate staff engineer in the Whiting School\u2019s Energetics Research Group<\/a>, burns rubber at speeds of up to 115 miles per hour in real life from behind the wheel of a souped-up 1987 BMW E30. He\u2019s part of a team that competes in 24 Hours of Lemons, a road race held twice a year at the High Plains Raceway outside of Denver.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe event is themed after the famous French endurance race, though much less serious,\u201d he says. \u201cOnly cars that cost $500 or less can compete. My brother found ours on Craigslist, and we prepped it by cutting the roof off and adding a roll cage, electrical cutoff switch, and fire extinguishers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Members of team Panda Expresso also painted the vehicle dark brown and adorned it with decals designed by a Colorado artist and stickers from businesses. A week before the race, the team holds a fundraiser at a Fort Collins brewery, with a percentage of sales of Sad Panda stout beer benefiting the World Wildlife Fund.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole thing is a lot of fun. Winning was never the point of the event, though some people get very competitive,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Though the real LeMans is a 24-hour event, Lemons is split into two eight- to 10-hour days, with each team member driving for an hour or two at a time. The course is challenging, with numerous twists and turns and surprising elevation changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first time around, I was a passenger, and I didn\u2019t expect all the up and down G-forces,\u201d Bishop says. \u201cIt\u2019s nothing crazy, but it definitely makes it more interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though the pandemic prevented him from racing in 2020, Bishop hopes 2021 will find him back behind the wheel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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