i know absolutly nothing about autocross....would anyone like to enlighten me....any info would be helpful....i already did a search but most threads were just people asking about the setup of their car not actual autocross.

 

it's setupp like a street corse. maybe turn and sharp bends. it's a test of handling rather than speed as opossed to other types of racing. on a good track you are luck to reach 65-70mph.

 

I hit 115 this past weekend... I also nailed 6 cones at 115.


The front fascia is FUBAR.

 

do most people go to offical tracks or do some set them up themselves?

 

here i good info for you:

http://scca.org/amateur/solo2/index.html

 

ok, that's not an autoX.. that a road course in a parking lot..

 

<~~ lunatic driver.


Redline? What's that? Oh, you mean after it goes past 8K in third gear, that's bad?


Yeah... I have what many autoX veterans call an "aggressive/psychotic driving style"

It's *****-out, the whole run.


Most people were hitting 95-100.


Somehow, I got going too fast, and couldn't slow down in time to turn... so, all I heard was bop-bop-bop-bop-bop-bop from the cones blistering my front fascia.

 

Another good piece of reading for you.

http://www.grassrootsmotorsports.com/flysolo.html

 

At the auto-xes around here you are damn lucky to hit 60. This is even the powerfull cars.
I really dont think I would run an auto-x corse thats that fast.
I really think thats missing the point of auto-x.

If you want a course that lets you go 115, than hit the track.
Thats just way to damn fast.

Micah

 

Yea its 2 different skill sets. Autox does help you learn the basic skills for road racing, but they are still 2 totally different sets of skills.

 

id like to learn the basics and try it out but there arent any tracks around where i live

 

Being able to hit triple digits on an autocross course is determined by the course design and layout...100+ sounds nutty.. my first time out ever I did around 65 max in a stock 7 with bald street tires. Autocrossing is a good way to learn car control...just get out there and have fun.

 

If you're hitting triple digits at an autocross, then the course is wrong. An autox course shouldn't let you get much faster than the top of second gear. Any faster, and you have more dangerous things to worry about. Runoff room, etc..... Where was this "Triple Digit" autocross held?

Dan

 

Rantoul, IL