Mongo

Z-man

OK, who lent Stig the roll of painter's tape?

Don't even want to know the explanation of "Mongo Wee"

Just kiddin,
-Z.

Rod.

OK, this is my 1st season and things aren't progressing as well as I'd like. I usually get better by a few seconds from start to end runs but I'm still in the bottom 25% of the pack overall. I think that I've figured out that brute force isn't the way to get low times. Any suggestions what to try?

Thanks,
Rod.
'77 911S

Lawn Gnome

Practice, practice, practice. I've been told that if you don't hit cones or spin out then you may not be pushing your car hard enough.

Z-man

Slow in, fast out.

If your car feels like it handles like it's on rails, you're driving too slow.

Seat time.

Be consitently tight on your turn in, apex, and track out points. IE: You should be nearly hitting your apex cone. You know, you don't get points off for hitting them IF they don't move.

And use the middle pedal less.

-Z.

Mongo

I got really drunk playing pool the night before that's all you need to know

Rotten Robby

JP, I have been autocrossing since the about 1980. I used to collect a trophy every time I went out. Now days, either the other guys got better or I got worse.

mickf

Like someone told me recently: "The older I get, the faster I was!"

M758

My stock 83...


Look at that body roll baby

My 944-spec race car...

Lawn Gnome

Who do you guys autox with? I normally go with PCA but I have been to a few SCCA events. SCCA is much more competive than PCA imo.

Z-man

While I agree, and it's nice to run with other cars besides Porsches, in my area (North NJ), it is hard to justify NOT running with NNJR-PCA. The biggest reason is the number of runs, and how smoothly our events run. With an SCCA event, you'll get 4 to 6 runs MAX. With NNJR-PCA, you'll get 8 to 10 runs, and be done earlier than an SCCA event! (We're typically done by 3:00 - 3:30 ish)

NASA & M-Club are other clubs that run AX in my area, and sometimes they have more runs (6-8) but sometimes they have less, and still take longer.

PCA was one of the first clubs to develop a solid AX program in our area, and as such, it is the best organized and the bottom line is: you get the most bang for the buck. There are several national level SCCA drivers who come out to play with us! While cars running in the Porsche classes earn championship points throughout the season, "X-class" (Non-Porsche) cars do not earn any such points. Thus, these national level SCCA drivers must really like the way we run our events...

Just my $0.42,
-Z.

mickf

Anthony,

In the DC/Baltimore area you can also check out BMWCCA at http://www.nccbmwcca.org/index.php?calendar_of_events. They do a lot of AutoX at Baysox Stadium in Bowie. They run good events.

When you pre-register they'll usually tell you you're on their wait list and then that they're full. But I've never been turned away by just showing up and getting on the "on-site" wait list.

Z-man

Hmmm - I'll be in the Baltimore area for vacation Aug 1st through the 12th. I wonder if there's anything going on then....and I wonder if my wife you mind if I took a day out of our vacation to flog her New Beetle turbo around some cones....

-Z.

Manny Alban

Chesapeake Region PCA is having an autocross on Aug. 7 at Ripken Stadium. Very very sweet lot. They get about 60 cars on a good day and are done early too. Mostly Porsche, but they accept non Porsches too. Their webpage is www.pcachs.org Ripken Stadium is right off of I-95 (you can see the lot going south on 95 on the right). From Baltimore, it's about a 30 minute drive.

Z-man

Sounds like a plan... gotta convince the wifey....

I failed to mention -- I'll be in Ocean City, MD from the 7th through the 12th. (Baltimore until the 6th). But it's probably around a 1 hour drive from Ocean City, no?