stroker
stroker SuperDork
10/4/16 7:08 p.m.

Has The Challenge always used the same autocross course so times can be compared year by year, or has it changed annually? I'm thinking the Pickup Truck class next year is going to post some new records...

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/4/16 7:19 p.m.

It has changed each year.

JG Pasterjak
JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
10/4/16 8:20 p.m.

We considered it for a while, but there's just too much potential for variance in the parking lot to begin with. On top of that, duplicating an autocross course take some seriously precise measurements, then you have to hope that whatever you're using as a reference stays put.

And you know we had a Jeep Cherokee win the autocross a coupe years ago. Maybe $2017 is the year the blue-collar crowd gets their revenge again.

singleslammer
singleslammer PowerDork
10/4/16 9:07 p.m.
JG Pasterjak wrote: Maybe $2017 is the year the blue-collar crowd gets their revenge again.

That is hilarious given what this race is all about.

Ovid_and_Flem
Ovid_and_Flem Reader
10/5/16 9:05 a.m.
singleslammer wrote:
JG Pasterjak wrote: Maybe $2017 is the year the blue-collar crowd gets their revenge again.
That is hilarious given what this race is all about.

I resemble that remark

John Brown
John Brown GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/5/16 12:17 p.m.
JG Pasterjak wrote: We considered it for a while, but there's just too much potential for variance in the parking lot to begin with. On top of that, duplicating an autocross course take some seriously precise measurements, then you have to hope that whatever you're using as a reference stays put. And you know we had a Jeep Cherokee win the autocross a coupe years ago. Maybe $2017 is the year the blue-collar crowd gets their revenge again.

A Mazda sedan will win the autocross in $2017.

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