Just curious if anybody here has ever attended one of these programs. I'm interested in doing the one at Cayuga with my Rx-7 obviously

 

I figure winter autocross, and 25 years of playing in the snow have schooled me plenty

 

Ahh ... I totally forgot they run autocrosses in the winter, thats alot cheaper. I don't have as many years of experience as you do, but I consider myself a fair driver in the snow. I just thought maybe I could pick up a few tips and tricks along the way though.

 

Winter autocross.. now that would be fun

 

I'd do that in a heartbeat

 

Check out the Four Star series offered by the Maple Leaf Rally Club.
http://www.mlrc.ca/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1261936925

 

Thanks, that looks pretty cool

 

Calgary Sports Car Club has run a winter autocross series for 6-7 years now. It was first run at the town maintenance yard in a nearby town, and since has mostly been run on the large unpaved parking lot at Race City, the local track/dragstrip/oval. Depending on the weather, ice, snow, mud, or just bare, frozen dirt and gravel can be on the menu - quite different than running r-comps on good pavement. Some clubs also call it rallycross or loose-surface autocross.
It's pretty damn fun, although I'd never run my 7 there - hitting frozen cones is hard on facias and undertrays (have cracked both on the wife's SL2, my weapon of choice there, although I've also run a Jetta GLI, and a Firefly years ago, as well as a Contour Sport as a shared ride). I've never winter driven the 7, so I've never had snows, or even all-seasons for it. Plus, extra stiff springs and shocks, and low clearance are not a recipe for grip or fun on loose surface.

 

I'd enter my F150 in that! 4wd with a 4.6 V8 and a 5 speed behind it. I can do some fun driving with it in conditions like that. Might not handle the best but those cones would die!