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Originally Posted by kittay
I'd like to grow some balls and give a try at autocrossing.
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I cannot help you there. In my few experiences at it, I found it to be an extremely violent activity, with the car being thrown this way and that, lots of 1st gear running (yuk), being forced to run a meaningless "slalom" through a series of cones, and trying to get a good time on cold tires and cold brakes. Also, you waste a huge amount of time waiting for the 5,000 other cars to make their runs. Essentially, in autocrossing you spend all fooking day waiting to get three 30 second runs.
I did learn that you want to run with the local Corvette club, because they do not stage events on postage-stamp parking lots, and they design their courses for real cars, not Hondashitboxes. On a Corvette Club autocross, you might actually get out of 1st gear once in a while.
Finally, when you get experienced at it, you discover that there is always some SERIOUS DUDE in your class who has spent a fortune on mods and tires, and is impossible to beat.
Some of the folks on this list take autocrossing seriously, and are very good at it. I am not one of those people, but I salute anyone who is good at what they do behind the wheel.
I would much rather take a cornr at 100+ than 10+, but different strokes for different folks.