tonybolton
Bypass Crawler
...should be down that way ta'morry
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zukimaster
Hold my beer and watch this!
What for? That's about 30 miles up the interstate from me and Josh
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tonybolton
Bypass Crawler
Thinkin bout running the Slowstang through the autocross at Dade County high school.
zukimaster
Hold my beer and watch this!
Hard to believe Trenton would have anything like that, it's a small place full of backwoods people, they even separated themselves from the state of Georgia at one time, read up on the independent state of Dade.
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tonybolton
Bypass Crawler
I'll try to keep being terrible to a minimum...
ridered3
Not Rigless
How was your High Performance Driving Experience in the Slowstang?
tonybolton
Bypass Crawler
I did ok...
tonybolton
Bypass Crawler
Course had a couple really tight 180s and surface was kinda gravely.
No excuses...we all drove on the same surface and course.
I did learn that the sport mode traction control is a lot more aggressive than I thought it was.
What I thought was no torque or power low in the RPMs was really just a computer pulling away throttle.
But then once I turned everything off I actually had to have some talent and drive the damn thing.
I picked up a second and a half with no traction control on...but man it felt sloppy as ****.
The auto trans didn't really hurt me. Start in 2nd and left it.
No excuses...we all drove on the same surface and course.
I did learn that the sport mode traction control is a lot more aggressive than I thought it was.
What I thought was no torque or power low in the RPMs was really just a computer pulling away throttle.
But then once I turned everything off I actually had to have some talent and drive the damn thing.
I picked up a second and a half with no traction control on...but man it felt sloppy as ****.
The auto trans didn't really hurt me. Start in 2nd and left it.
tonybolton
Bypass Crawler
Jus an ol daily driver on 20s....but I keepem clean. 
ridered3
Not Rigless
Well done on the Top 3.
What is the format for these events? Meaning how many laps do you get in order to lay down your best time etc?
What is the format for these events? Meaning how many laps do you get in order to lay down your best time etc?
tonybolton
Bypass Crawler
Depends on course and entries. Sometimes 3 sometimes 8.
Small groups get more runs. Usually I get my fastest runs on 3rd or 4th try. Anything over I get sloppy....usually.
Fastest run came on my 6th/last.
Small groups get more runs. Usually I get my fastest runs on 3rd or 4th try. Anything over I get sloppy....usually.
Fastest run came on my 6th/last.
tonybolton
Bypass Crawler
....the hardest part is knowing you have 600hp on tap....and a stock Miata is either ahead of you or a few tenths behind you.
The s2000s and miatas are always sneaky. The c5 and c6 vettes are always tough. Best bang for your buck /fun in my opinion.
I just like mustang's. You can daily drive corvettes but it gets old quick.
The s2000s and miatas are always sneaky. The c5 and c6 vettes are always tough. Best bang for your buck /fun in my opinion.
I just like mustang's. You can daily drive corvettes but it gets old quick.
ridered3
Not Rigless
tonybolton said:
Thanks for the info. Was just curious on the setup for the events.
Were there 18 entries in your class or total entries for the event? Also how do they determine classes?
While I have nothing worthy of autocrossing, the event as a whole seems neat to me, hence all the questions.
tonybolton
Bypass Crawler
It's fun as long as it stays grassroots....keep the sponsors...money grabbers and "pros" out of it.
Some take it to the nth level. Most events around Knoxville have gotten up in the 80-100+ entries. While this does generate lots of money for the organization I think it makes it kind of terrible for the participants.
There's tons of nit picky classes to choose from on www.scca.com
Some rules make sense...most dont in my opinion.
It can sometimes just cater to "clique" cars. Lots of folks will choose a lesser fun vehicle jus due to competitiveness.
Different strokes different folks...
Like most Automotive Sports it can be as cheap or is expensive as you want it to be.
I remember when I first started there was a father and son that just went and bought some wheels and some race tires and would rent a Dodge Neon for the weekends and autocross the **** out of it and then turn it back in on Sunday or Monday. 15 dollar entry fee...500 bucks for wheels/tires that'd last a year.
I thought it was very cool because the father would teach his son car control and reasons why the car would do what it did.
Things like disconnecting a front or rear sway bar or just putting the race tires on the front or the back.
Some take it to the nth level. Most events around Knoxville have gotten up in the 80-100+ entries. While this does generate lots of money for the organization I think it makes it kind of terrible for the participants.
There's tons of nit picky classes to choose from on www.scca.com
Some rules make sense...most dont in my opinion.
It can sometimes just cater to "clique" cars. Lots of folks will choose a lesser fun vehicle jus due to competitiveness.
Different strokes different folks...
Like most Automotive Sports it can be as cheap or is expensive as you want it to be.
I remember when I first started there was a father and son that just went and bought some wheels and some race tires and would rent a Dodge Neon for the weekends and autocross the **** out of it and then turn it back in on Sunday or Monday. 15 dollar entry fee...500 bucks for wheels/tires that'd last a year.
I thought it was very cool because the father would teach his son car control and reasons why the car would do what it did.
Things like disconnecting a front or rear sway bar or just putting the race tires on the front or the back.
ridered3
Not Rigless
tonybolton said:
Thanks again for all the info and that's a cool story on the Neon rental program.
jeeptj99
Well-Known Member
tonybolton said:
Buddy of a friend had a S2000 and we made a beer run one day. Once i was finally able to get my big ass in the thing it was a blast. Felt like it was on rails, and holy fawk was it quick. I was going to autocross my mustang when i had it but the morning I was going to go i woke up very hungover and didnt make it.
tonybolton
Bypass Crawler
I think the S2000 or miata are 2 of the better cars to learn autocrossing with. They both have no balls down low / no torque so it forces you to be a smooth driver and will punish you if you **** up.
