Autocross, Collection of the 6gc Member's thought on AUTOX Options

[hitcachi]

damn, that looks like a fast course, and i see what your saying about the long stretch at the end. good video though.

[boosted_K2]

about 70% of the course was completed in 3rd gear... you run second gear out about midway through the first right hander and continue 3rd through the esses and over the crest, around the bowl (that was really cool running through the banking, which is a lot more severe than the video leads you to believe) and up over the crest into the right hander and down through the 5 cone slalom. I noticed I hit this section really well and staying early however i probably could have sped up the pace just a little bit through here. after the slalom is the only downshift point, which is the braking zone for the nasty off camber right hander over the crest... people go off course here often because if you are not turning before cresting the hill you wont have enough weight on the tires to get it to turn in and you are SOL. from the bottom of that hairpin is another flat out shift to 3rd through the 3 cone slalom and up the hill. If you have the stomach for it you SHOULD be WOT from the slalom to the finishline, i chickened out and lifted to 3/4 throttle in the blind section just before cresting the hill. once over the hill you are still WOT through the dicey lane change and out on the streight... into 4th gear and across the line.

[boosted_K2]

results are in for the event, 2nd of 9 in ES and 19 of 116 overall index

[hitcachi]

Well, i WAS going to make a road trip up to Council Bluffs this sunday to attend another auto x event but, my wonderful job has once again denied me of that. Im itching to get out on the track and see what i can do.
http://www.nrscca.com/autocross.html#next

[boosted_K2]

i have another one this saturday, dont expect any video though. small lot mainly just a test and tune. will probably bum a few runs off my buddys STX WRX. next regional event is a week from sunday.

[jdg371]

ACU-4 Event at Sep 17. Driving School Oct. 21 w00t! Time to be pwnd in my own car by a total stranger

Would the Mini drivers have the same "feel" in my car? I dont think we have an instructor that drives a huge underpowered car

This post has been edited by jdg371: Sep 8, 2006 - 6:45 PM

[boosted_K2]

umm.... the experience will not likely be the same... but a good driver is a good driver and within the first few sections they can figure out what a car can and cannot do. plus at driving schools instructors typically will not drive someone else's car over 70-75% of their ability... the difference for them may be 25-30% of their potential.... but to you it will be like 150% of what you thought the car could do.

what type of school is it? evolution?


I was at the A-section kettering firebirds event today.

details:
1. forcast showed thundershowers all day, it ended up basically misting the entire time so it was constantly damp with a few random puddles (or lakes) from the T-showers the night before.
2. i drove my buddy's STX WRX most of the day today as well as my mr2 on ****ty old AS04 hoosiers (basically dry rotted... imagine playing football or soccer at 7:30AM with dew all over the field in a pair of adidas sambas)
3. I need a new car... holy hell STX prepped WRXs are soooo fun to drive... even if his isnt quite dialed in enough yet.
4. I ended up 2nd fastest Raw... which is basically second fastest any way you look at it. i was slightly slower in the WRX than i was in my car... about 3 tenths, the owner of the WRX beat me in our friends super-prepped STS 2.5RS. the difference is the 2.5RS can turn, the wrx not so much
5. highlights of cars that brad and i beat RAW time were: 400 HP 1st gen DSM (he was third fastest and was running ****ty tires as well), highspeed kart (one of the laying down ones, it was geared all wrong for the event), the entire A-section Formula SAE team (lmfao... they suck at driving), and a turbo civic hatchback that looked pretty sorted for SM class.

no video or pictures, basically just a knock around event, i felt i needed to run a different vehicle than my own to get out of some bad habits i was getting into.