Wow, that was exciting!

 

Nice driving! But why do you have it set up so loose? You'd be so much faster if you weren't always having to catch the rear end.

 

I'm just getting started in autocross. Here's one from this weekend. Need to work (among other things!) on looking ahead in the corners more - definitely came into a couple of them on a less than ideal line. Had fun though!

 

It's not really loose at all, just a dumpster fire in transitions. I just threw all the parts back on that I pulled off, didn't set anything up.

 

I didn't see excessive oversteer.. looks like how you're supposed to drive a 911, to me.

Watching it again, the "ragged" spots at 32s & 37s seem precipitated by initial understeer, causing the car to go outside of the intended line.

 

32 & 37 don't look like understeer, they look like trailbraking oversteer. Watch the wheels- that's not push, he's countersteering. Very good job of countersteering, too. Fast hands!
Is it not loose in those transitions, though? Seemed to be an awful lot of countersteering going on around 17, 27, 32, 37-30. Also, at 7, 10 & 13, you're yanking the wheel very hard and then right back in what appears to otherwise be a steady-state part of the course; what's going on there? Any time you're yanking the front wheels back neutral, they're not giving you much lateral grip, nor are the rear wheels when they're sliding: you're losing time. There really wasn't anywhere on that course you'd want oversteer. Stable in transitions = fast transitions.

Dumpster fire or not, your car looks damned fun to drive!

 

You are definitely right about what happens at 32s.

As for the rest, I just think he's hustling the car very fast.

I remember a video of Heitkotter the year (2014) he foolishly decided to prepare a 1994 300ZX for STX. He took 2nd at Nats in a car everyone knew no one else could have trophied in. Most every corner the back end slid out and you could hear the rear tires screech in protest. Once person on the forum asked the same question: why is the car so loose?

It wasn't. He was just intentionally rotating the car into each turn.

 

Didn't expect such a breakdown, just liked that video because of my huge slide. I'm actually terrible at driving.

IMO, big mistakes are at:
0:17 - I tap the gas for no reason. Never a great idea, but that kind of thing gives a clutch-type diff fits.
0:25 - The car just doesn't slalom well. At all.
0:32 - I catch myself in no-man's land, in between conservative and aggressive. Setting up the turn and getting hard on the gas would squat and plant the car, charging in and hoping it sticks *might* have worked.
0:37 - Definitely NOT initiating a slide like that on purpose. Sounds like it's dumb right foot induced to me. Dumb luck I'm able to keep the car pointed in the right direction at all. The slide blows the line for the next two turns.
0:47 - I miss that SOB by four feet and ruin the accel zone to the finish.

 

My best run at the Porsche GGR on May 27, same event Kevin posted a video of.

 

Another autocross event this weekend, this time with the BMW club at Marina, CA. Yeah, I know, I'm addicted

 

Back at Pungo again, this time the circus is town, which always makes for interesting course layouts to avoid running into expensive things. I managed to pull down top PAX for the event which I'm happy about, but I'm still not happy with my fastest run as I about parked it in the first sweeper and think I could have had a shot at FTD, too, if I cleaned that up.

Here's my best run:

 

 

 

 

I managed to snag FTD at PCA Potomac's 2nd event on Sunday with my final run. 2nd and 4th place was a co-driven, stripped out Cayman on Hoosiers that was trailered in. That car generally sets FTD when it's there, so I feel pretty pleased about my time. I see places for improvement, but I'm just glad I was able to go out and execute after 2 consecutive runs where I went slower due to overdriving.