The secret to autocrossing is...

realizing its not real racing

don't start

I thought the secret was "Low expectations" and "Sunblock"

HiTempguy wrote: realizing its not real racing

Here we go again. Read Randy Pobst's article in the new SportsCar magazine.

In reply to HiTempguy:

GRM where the not so nice Canadians apparently spend their time online :/

In reply to jstein77:

He's a Canuckistanian and therefore not likely to read that mag.

jstein77 wrote:

HiTempguy wrote: realizing its not real racing

Here we go again. Read Randy Pobst's article in the new SportsCar magazine.

Nobody reads SportsCar magazine.

I should autocross the CR-V

My advice, start with a 2006 Audi TT with the DSG, better reaction time than manual and quicker shifts, plus the AWD makes you quicker out of turns. Then you can upgrade to best tires with the tallest sidewall, which won't be very much in the best tires, I find lower profiles break quicker and no need for bigger wheels. Beyond that you can build up to 400hp.

svxsti wrote: My advice, start with a 2006 Audi TT with the DSG, better reaction time than manual and quicker shifts, plus the AWD makes you quicker out of turns. Then you can upgrade to best tires with the tallest sidewall, which won't be very much in the best tires, I find lower profiles break quicker and no need for bigger wheels. Beyond that you can build up to 400hp.

thanks, you just gave ms service ammunition to buy an audi tt

Miata

Woody wrote:

jstein77 wrote:

HiTempguy wrote: realizing its not real racing

Here we go again. Read Randy Pobst's article in the new SportsCar magazine.

Nobody reads SportsCar magazine.

Randy's column is pretty much all I read …

Woody wrote:

jstein77 wrote:

HiTempguy wrote: realizing its not real racing

Here we go again. Read Randy Pobst's article in the new SportsCar magazine.

Nobody reads SportsCar magazine.

I like the pretty pictures.

jstein77 wrote: ...to look where you're going, not where your car is pointed.

Actually, the secret is to get past the "sea of cones" visual that eats up your time trying to find a course amidst the cones. I myself must suffer from cone dyslexia because I can't get past that point!

Woody wrote: Nobody reads SportsCar magazine.

I read SportsCar magazine.

I also read Sports Car, would read it more than once if they produced a real size copy and not the current 3/5 magazine.

The current issue has Randy Pobst reliving his roots, in the world of the "pylon". Bob Endicott is on the cover. His story of returning to the same world is worth reading. He is, that quick. I run in the same region, can attest to his helpfulness and have seen him school the kids. No, I do not run in STR.

If you find your self in SoCal, our events are listed on www.solo2.com

I'm the old guy in the floppy hat and the white long sleeved button down shirt. I know all that Cali sun is not my friend. But with a 12 month season who could complain.

NOHOME wrote: Actually, the secret is to get past the "sea of cones" visual that eats up your time trying to find a course amidst the cones. I myself must suffer from cone dyslexia because I can't get past that point!

Try drawing the course while you walk it, using 2 parts of you brain can help it feel like a road, not a parking lot. You could also try naming the corners. I did all that, and called out corners and 1st lap, second lap, and I didn't go off course. Now to get fast enough not to be last.

Ummm the secret is to look where you want to go; becuase where the car is pointed, where the car is currently going and where you want to go are all different right up until the very last thousandth of a second that you clear a gate/section and when that happens you're already planning 4 gates ahead. It's time travel, you execute a manuvour, then a second and a half later you find out if you got it right but you are a second and a half into the future and have no way to fix the past. You are but a passenger in the present moment. In the Formula 500 the advice I'm giving my brain is steer faster faster faster steer BRAAAAAKE gas steer faster faster faster.....whoa the run is done already. As for the agression level there is a huge difference between attacking and hacking; most of the newbies I've dealt with are aggressive but are completely unaware of coordinating the controls i.e. using the brake and steering in unison. That's the difference between full attack and total hack. As for road racers hmmm yeah from time to time I find myself trying to be silky smooth in places where it just doesn't matter. I stopped autocrossing while my son autocrossed a Kart as I wanted to focus on him. From 1989 to 2001 I was doing 7-10 events a year, from 2002 till 2012 I am not sure I drove more then 10 events. I started up again in October, the F500 was set up for road racing so I'm sorting the autocross set up but have still managed 3 events thus far and will probably do 7-8 events this year which is the other secret........practice practice practice. Oh and yes I am one of the guys who doesn't refer to it as racing becuase my brain needs to comparmentalize it, otherwise I throw away the first run on my "warm up" lap. I view autocross like motorcycle trails riding you'll never try so hard at low speed obstacles and fail so epically one second and look like a hero the next.

 Tom

Practice.

I need to find a good instructor/co driver. Can't seem to get a handle on the mix of smooth aggressiveness and course layout.

Any of y'all around the central Carolina region want to autocross someone else's pro-touring car and teach someone who is blind and stupid this season?

jstein77 wrote: ...to look where you're going, not where your car is pointed.

Rallycross too.

The butthurt is strong in this thread lol

My runs feel slow and smooth, turns out they're mostly just slow.. at least there aren't parking thingees any more.

HiTempguy wrote: The butthurt is strong in this thread lol

Whenever there's a discussion about autocross on this forum, there usually is...

Ian F wrote:

HiTempguy wrote: The butthurt is strong in this thread lol

Whenever there's a discussion about autocross on this forum, there usually is...

you're right .. but I hadn't gotten that vibe yet … HiTemp, to what are you referring ? what did I miss ?