Autocross

[tbot]

What she said ^^

And I started at 73 something and ended at 72. My best run was 71, but I hit a cone.

[Huzer]

Congrats on the great run! I think it'd be hilarious to toss the big old white Volvo around a course. Haha!

[jamiel]

Glad you had a good time! Got to say hi to Tbot. Too bad I missed meeting you Savoelh. You (hopefully) saw me though- I gave the safety talk at the drivers meeting.

Scoreboard is here: http://rmsolo.org/results/10/10-17indexed.txt

Me > Tbot > Savoelh

[jamiel]

OHHH nice!! xD my final time was 74.15 ... my 1st time was like 78.something I gotta say i'm really disappointed in myself though - During my 74 sec run I was in between 4-7k RPMs When I should be in between 6-10k RPMs.

That was my 1st time racing the car though - So next time i wana be in the 60s

What about you?

Once you upshift to 2nd after the start, leave it in second for the whole course. Even though it's no fun to bog down in slow corners, distracting your focus from the course to shift gears will cost you more time than being in the wrong gear.

[tbot]

u just had to rub it in huh jamie haha...i wanna get some track tires for the next relatively warm autox instead of my street tires...so we'll see what happens. granted either way i'm still impressed what my car did.

i think suspension mods should be next since i'm bone stock in that catagory

[Dange]

i may have to make the next one, my last miata was a track whore this one still needs a chance

i dunno what class ill be in though

[Savoelh]

Once you upshift to 2nd after the start, leave it in second for the whole course. Even though it's no fun to bog down in slow corners, distracting your focus from the course to shift gears will cost you more time than being in the wrong gear.

Yea I was thinking the only time to down shift would have been at that sharp left turn at the beginning of the final corner.

But my car lacks in torque so much that it feels like i'm in a Volvo once i'm below 6k rpm haha - thanks for the advice though

[jamiel]

u just had to rub it in huh jamie haha...i wanna get some track tires for the next relatively warm autox instead of my street tires...so we'll see what happens. granted either way i'm still impressed what my car did.

i think suspension mods should be next since i'm bone stock in that catagory

As they say "work on the nut behind the wheel"
Spend money on seat time- go to lots of events, much better speed improvements for your dollar.
Tires are a great upgrade, but maybe try driving some events on your streets first, no sense using up a set of great tires while you're learning.

[tbot]

lol thats what i'm doin, street tires for now. we'll see if i can make it to more events for the winter series...i'm hoping the dicks sporting goods events go thru as they're MUCH closer to home.

[slashsnake]

Well with HPR in Byers so close, and basically able to run all day long there without any real waiting.. I don't know if I would give it a shot out here. I did it in my cousins MS3 in Florida, and from his point of view, nothing eats tires up more than autocross. But it was definitely a blast.

[bellalyssa]

I'm so mad I couldn't make it!!!

November 14th, I will be there. Even if my car isn't running, I will be there. I bought a dedicated set of autocross tires for this season too Hopefully I'll get to use them!

[tbot]

^^lemme use them if you can't!!! lol...and now I might just have to go to the 14th one too...ur getting to be expensive Lyssa hehe

[bellalyssa]

Me? Expensive? Nahhh... Just high maintenance. But the tires are 235/45/17s so they wouldn't work for your 18s.

[tbot]

I'll find some 17" rims then!!! I wanna go 255's which can be done on my car w/ 17x9

[bellalyssa]

There is such a thing as too much tire Trust me, I ran 255s on STOCK rims (6.5" wide)... tooooooo much tire.