Oh no, what have i started.
I had a blast. i thought going in a straight line was fun...
this was great. i got out of the car after my first run and well, i felt the adrenaline still pumping through me. i shaved 2 seconds off each run (only gave us 3 runs )
other comparable cars were running a little slower than i was (except my friends gsr, beat me by 2 10th's.)
well ive now popped my cherry. im in trouble. i dont have money for another addiction.
anyone know when the next HPDE event at firebird (phoenix az) is? they just list the 22nd as the last one.

 

Welcome to the club. Now plan on spending at least another $1000 to $2000 over the next year buying stuff for your weekend Auto-Xing!!! Your going to need a Tent, camp chairs, helmet (M2000), camp table, cooler, magnetic numbers, 2nd set of rims with Azenis or V700s, 2ton floor jack, torque wrench,dail tire psi guage, tire trailer, golf siza umbrella, 3 point harness, racing seat, upgraded brake bads, better shocks and springs and pair of wrestling shoes. So start saving now.

 

Not to jack your thread, but I drove my first 2 autoxs this past month. At the second I had the fastest raw novice time and there was much rejoycing. Autox is fun, but HPDEs are a lot more fun IMO.

 

which car were you in? I was in the PY ITR. There were 3 that I noticed in the B run group- any of them you by chance?

 

yea i know, i have the second set of rim (need tires), good pads, and a bunch of other stuff mentioned. im more afraid of whats gonna happen after i run on a REAL track

and the py itr, the guy who hit the trash can?
i was in the red civic with steelies, and my buddy was in the white GSR.

BTW what times did you run?

 

yep, that was me I'm such a dolt sometimes but they had those damn things all over the place
I think my best "for real" time was a 46.2xx and best "time only" was a 45.6xx. How did you do?

 

You could just buy the things you NEED and worry about improving the driver before throwing car improvements into the mix... you get better faster that way.

 

lol its all good dude, like we said, weve both done it
godforbid they put rubber/plastic trash barrels in the pits tho
unforutionatley i had to leave for hockey so i didnt get to stay and see how i placed, my best run was a 51.3
pretty good for stock suspension and crappy tires.
im angry i only got a few runs in tho. i wanted more damn addiction.

about how many "time only" runs did you get in? and how much were they?

 

I got 3 time only runs. It's just another group you get to run in-- don't count for anything but seat time is priceless (or $10 if you're counting )
I dropped almost a second from my timed runs to my TO's If I could only figure everything out sooner

 

yea i wish i could have stayed for the timed runs. i KNOW my car had a sub 50 time in it. i kepy fishtailing comming off that huge corner in the rear slamming onto the brakes before the slalom

howd you place?


[Modified by KAMiN, 11:53 AM 7/1/2002]

 

i went to my first autocross in atl yesterday, man was it fun, and i realized i suck. i was scared to go fast cuz on my first run i went fast and was skidding all the place
cant wait to go again
and ive already got plans to buy new tires, and other autocrossing stuff

 

[QUOTE]
yea i wish i could have stayed for the timed runs. i KNOW my car had a sub 50 time in it. i kepy fishtailing comming off that huge corner in the rear slamming onto the brakes before the slalom

howd you place?
QUOTE]

Not exactly sure how I placed, but if it's anything like the rest of the season it'll be 1st. Noone else runs STX in Tucson The fact that I have competition in Pheonix is what makes it more fun IMHO.

I'll bet you were pushing wide in that back sweeper and found all the slippery chit toward the outside. You have to stay really close to the inside cones on those.

If you can make it up to Phx on 7/13, there's another night autox at Firebird. Still hot as ***** but at least the sun only beats down for the first hour or so Mucho fun.

 

hey i know someone with a eg hatch, in the condition you're asking. the car is in southcal. if you're serious, let me know.

 

hey badnan, i live in Dahlonega Ga. about an hour give or take north of the big atl where was an auto-x held at? i wanna get involved in either auto-xing or road racing. i prefer it over goin in a straight line. whats the best class for someone(newbie) to get into w/o havin to run against FI'ed cars. thanx for all the info.


[Modified by iwannahybrid88, 5:21 AM 7/2/2002]

 

yea my last run i was drifting a little too far to the outside and fished it a couple times.

ill try to get up there for the 13th. i would LOVE to do it at night
and crap. the addiction begins.

 

frank you have IM
and so it begins...maybe.

 

Check out http://www.azsolo2.com/ for all the info on the Phx events. Hope to see you there. Look for a yellow type r with a nice garbage can scratch on the back bumper .

 

Well road racing you can go over to road atlanta, I am not sure what is involved or when they run though.

As for autocrossing you can go to http://www.scco.org and find info on the atlanta scca group. or do a search on google for atl scca. They run down at turner field in the parking lots around there.

 

 

yeah its http://www.atl.scca.org read up on the soloII stuff they have their
i ran in the novice class, wasnt the only newbie
didnt see a lot of people with FI, there was one dude in an integra with a zex kit but i dont think he used it, the autocross is mad turns, theres no real straight area to use the nitrous, hanldin upgrades are what count.
come out and race, next event is july 14th its really a lot of fun. if you have any more questions let me know. im not an expert but i had a lto of questions before i went and now they are mostly answered