Each September, more than 1200 of the best autocrossers in the country gather at a huge slab of WWII-era concrete in Lincoln, Nebraska, to test their skills against one another at the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships. It’s the largest participant motorsport event in the world, and we couldn’t help but to send in our registrations and join them. …
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Had to be fun. If you drove the VW to Lincoln how did it do as a long haul ride?
Yea! Somebody else who enjoys running autoX and 45 mpg. I often participate in the student-led autoX races at New Mexico Tech and also "... finish well out of last place against cars [I] had no business beating in such a scenario." While often teased about my finish or the audacity to run a TDI Beetle, I simply reply that I get to drive the 350 miles round trip to NMT, enjoy the day's runs, and still have almost 1/2 a tank of "gas" left!