Competed in my first SCCA Solo II event today at Birmingham race course. All I can say is that it was incredible. The track layout was alot bigger than I expected which made it even cooler and everyone I met was great. Met a Veteran racer as well (been racing since 1974) who walked the track with me a few times and gave me alot of pointers. Anyway with my rear strut tower bar and intake I was put into the STX class, but I really didn't care since I was there to have fun. Well out of about 4-5 cars in my class I placed second and was the fastest of 3 Type-R's and a WRX. The car that won was a Prelude running suspension and other goodies (I believe at least). I cannot believe how well our cars handle stock, it was almost scary that I was running close to some of the Veterans my first time out. In fact I was only one second slower than a experienced WRX driver running R compound tires. I learned to relax pretty quickly and started to get pretty smooth which makes all of the difference. The Veteran driver I met named Russ Ferrel, who won his class with his stock Miata, took me for a fun run. All I have to say is Miata's are handling beasts and are very nuetral feeling. He also showed me that being real smooth is way better. This guy was running only 3 seconds off a prepared M3 and S2000 with a bone stock Miata(except for different front sway bar) on street tires. I am now officially hooked and very excited that I did well. Drag racing completely blows when it comes to this and I doubt I will waste much money on it in the future.

Cliff notes:

Autocrossing is the coolest thing ever created. Met alot of cool people. Ran extremely well and placed 2nd in a class that allows cars with full coilovers and other goodies. Realized that the Integra Type-R is way faster than I ever thought and that the driver means everything.



[Modified by ActiveAero, 7:41 PM 3/17/2002]

 

 

that's what i said. now im excited for my first track school day... i'll prolly be saying the same thing about that

 

I can't wait to Auto-X

 

Welcome to the real world! No offense to any drag racers, but autox delivers a lot more adrenaline pumping car/driver interaction...

 

I just got my SCCA Card, went to the races today and hope to get out there next race. I forget whos sig it is but as it says "going straight sucks"

 

congradulations.........i can't wait till i get a chance to autox....and really know what this car is capable of.......

 

Apparently a whole lot. I can't imagine what a professional driver could have done in my car. You will love your car 10 times as much. Just make sure you have good tires.

 

i have yet to go to my first autox..hopefully soon

 

.....there's an autox this weekend at Turner Field in ATL.

Come East and meet some other itr owners!
http://www.atl-scca.org

 

more proof that autoX is far superior

 

I can't find it on the site. Where do I need to look to find information?

 

Please do come out to our event this weekend. All you need to know is that it's at Turner Field on 3/24/02 (Sunday). If you decide to crash a night earlier, we could hook you up with a place to stay.

 

Where do I pre-register? As far as I know you can count on me to be there. Looks like it might be time to purchase a set of extra rims.

 

AA - really no need to pre-register at our events. (i've never done it personally, but I'm still a rookie.) I just go in an hour before the scheduled class, pay and run. Let me or Black R know if you'll be stopping by. There should be at least a dozen H-T ers at the event... (Black R, Cosworth, Rated R, Trey, Neo, SPiFF, madhatter, catch22, etc., etc., etc.) Hope to see you this weekend.