RE: First Autocross! Woohoo!

["Neal Tovsen" <ntovsen@piper.hamline.edu>]

Just got back from my 2nd AutoX, myself! I think I'll be purchasing a helmet
for myself soon, which I guess means I'm addicted. I saw a few rather nice
cars today, including very nice old and new RX7's (both were faster than me,
but in different classes, thankfully), a Carerra 4s, a Maserati Biturbo, a
Lotus Esprit Turbo, and...get this...an honest-to-goodness Ford GT40. Holy
s**t, that was a WICKED car!

No other Sciroccos to compare with, but my times were right with the other
VW's in CSP-T. Considering it's only my second run, I'm very happy! In my
first race, I was about 2 or 3 seconds behind most of those guys, so it was
a major improvement. There was a Honda Civic Si and a CRX that were beating
the piss out of us by a good second or two tho...grrr. They had good setups
and really knew how to drive!

AutoX is one of those sports where the world would be a better place if
everyone did it. Can you imagine if everyone on the road had driving
experience like that and knew their cars that well? Even the SUV's might
learn a thing or two...

Neal



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Majordomo [mailto:majord@neubayern.net]On Behalf Of Greg - German
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> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 2:21 PM
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> Subject: First Autocross! Woohoo!
>
>
> I experienced my first autocross today and it was awesome! I can
> see another
> addiction coming.  I was nervous because I hadn't driven the car for a
> month, and just finished putting it back together last night.   Shawn has
> some geat  links on his page that gave me an idea what to expect.
>
> It was put on by the local British Car Club and Austin Healey
> club, so there
> was a nice mix of cars. A Healey with a Vette engine, a 944 that was just
> incredible,an RX7 that just kicked everyones ass.  The nice suprise was
> another Scirocco was there too!
>
> The two main problems I had were my hands tripping over eachother, and
> braking too early.  This got better after the second run, and on
> the last I
> beat the above mentioned (experienced) Scirocco.  Sure the RX7
> was still 16
> seconds ahead but..... Not too shabby for my first time.
>
> It was a blast!  If you haven't tried autocrossing, and get a
> chance, don't
> pass it up!  I have been enlightened!
>
> Greg :)
>
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