Flying start 3 lap Autox..... crazy.
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Flying start 3 lap Autox..... crazy.
this wkd im invited to a Porsche PCA autox event. their format is a bit different. you get to do a 70% effort untimed 1st lap so you have a flying start when you get back to the start line and also allows you to warm up your tires, brakes, and brain. then you take 3 laps of the course with each lap being timed as an individual run.
pretty cool format, gonna feel a lil strange and take some getting used to.
any of you do a similar type autocross before?
pretty cool format, gonna feel a lil strange and take some getting used to.
any of you do a similar type autocross before?
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Yes, the PCA in the DFW area does the same thing out at a rural airport. Higher speed than an SCCA autocross, but considerably below DE speeds.
It's a blast!
Have fun, and have a good one today,
Mike
It's a blast!
Have fun, and have a good one today,
Mike
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Yes. One club around me has an event at a 3/8 mile oval with a 3 cone slalom on one straight. Its more fun than a parking lot event to me.
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being that its a porsche event, im at odds with myself. go on the hoosiers so I can keep up, or go out and just have fun on my firestones and save the rubber for my reg scca. either way should be a blast. smallish course tho so speeds still low. 55 maybe
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With this type of format, remember for compensate for tire pressure buildup. You may want to start your run a few PSI lower in pressure, as compared to a "traditional" one run at a time autocross format.
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yes, I really enjoy road courses. i never tried an autocross though so maybe it's easier in person to follow the cones. looks hard on these vids
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sounds like the format COMscc does for Solo1 (road course)
Need to walk the course at least twice in order not to get lost
On the 2 mile courses @ Devens it's goood exercise
Need to walk the course at least twice in order not to get lost
On the 2 mile courses @ Devens it's goood exercise
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The great thing about autocross is the competition; you're on the clock, and a well laid out course will allow you to truly run at 10/10ths without fearing for your or your car's safety.
Also, depending on the group you run with, you'll get 8 or more runs a day. This video counted as 3 runs (3 timed laps) and we ran 4 heats. Best of those laps count.
Other groups have so many cars they don't have as many runs. More reason to find a different group.
Here's a video from a shorter, but no less fun, event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71uikfN8oj8
Y'all have a good one!
Mike