Conor-

Geeze, miss out by one day!! Might want to drop the AX chair an email and ask if you can attend the novice school, can't hurt.

2003 PCA/NER Autocross Chair is Rich Towle Towle1@charter.net

I am going to go even though I am not a novice. Hopefully I can get some runs in and start to shake off the rust.

Cheers,

 

Yea, I was planning on emailng someone as it got closer to the event. Thanks for the address

Conor

 

This is great! I just dumped 250 US dollars on a nice Buell Snell 2000 helmet that I guess I cannot use!!!!

Christian

 

I autocross with a snell M rated helmet in metro ny pca

 

Here is what I gathered from my helmet hunt last year (Snell Ratings):

M2000(cheaper and made for lower duty applications)
-Ususally a bit lighter
-Designed for single impact
-Doesn't usually have the level of fireproofing
-Padding seems to be a bit less...but that might just be me.

SA2000 (More expensive and heavy duty; sometimes higher quality)
-Heavy Duty
-Designed for multiple impact
-Usually made to be fireproof
-Good deal of padding

For autocross you might want to check out the helmets in person. If your local club allows M2000 helmets (most do) then you may find one of those to be not only cheaper but more comfortable too. If ever plan to do D.E. down the road, spring for the SA2000 helmet.

Try this website for some cheap helmets.

<a href="http://www.racerwholesale.com" target="_blank">Racer Wholesale</a>

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Porsche85944na:
<strong>anyone use a Bell M2? I'm getting a helmet this summer to start auto-xing and that's the one I'm planning on.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Nice helmet. I got an M2 Pro last year for BMW CCA DE events. It's SA2000, light, comfy, and my glasses fit well in the eyeport. The Pro version is Kevlar composite, I believe, versus fiberglass for the non-Pro.

That said, if i had it to do again (or could afford 2 helmets), I'd get an open-face for DE. Cheaper, more comfortable, and easier to communicate with instructors/staff. YMMV, but full-face may be overly conservative for DE and auto-x events.

(PS: I'm new here, but have been lurking a while. Lots of great info here. Can't say that for most of the bimmer boards...)