This is a thread to post your autocross videos!

To get us started: NASA Mid Atlantic had their Chillycross a bit late this year, but was as chilly as ever with morning temps in the 20s and a high of just 44 in the afternoon. This was the first year my wife and I had tire blankets, and it made a huge difference. I wasn't happy with how I drove and I know I left a lot of time out there today, but it was still a ton of fun and great to be driving again after the winter break!


As an FYI to those new to this, you don't need a $500 GoPro for in-car video; you can literally rubber-band your cellphone to your rearview mirror and get great data you can analyze during and after the event. (And share with your friends online. ) I usually use an inexpensive cellphone app for data with a cheap bluetooth OBDII reader and a 10Hz bluetooth GPS reciever (QStarz 818XT) and review it in between runs to see where I can find more speed. I like aLapRecorderHD on my android, but there are a number of apps out there like Solostorm ($$$ but good), Harry's Lap Timer (iphone & android), and TrackAddict. Phone mounts tend to vibrate a lot, so I normally overlay the data onto my gopro video with RaceRender which is pretty straightforward and free for autocross-length videos.

 

Here's my first event of the year with CCR SCCA at zMAX Dragway. Somehow managed to get first in AS in the sea of vettes.

 

Here's my first event of the year with CCR SCCA at zMAX Dragway. Somehow managed to get first in AS in the sea of vettes.

 

Both of those lots look great, especially the CCR SCCA. Bummed I missed that 3/5 event at VMP, not too far of a drive from DC.

This is the last round of the Refrigerator Bowl out at Summit Point. It's almost autocross, more of trackcross... It's the only autocross-ish series I know that runs through the winter here. This was the Feb 5 afternoon heat when the temp finally hit the 40s. It's a fun way to scratch the itch during the offseason... While exercising reasonable caution on last season's tires, in the cold, surrounded by concrete walls

 

[QUOTE=Matt Harrington;14012023]Here's my first event of the year with CCR SCCA at zMAX Dragway. Somehow managed to get first in AS in the sea of vettes.

Interesting start configuration.

217 racers!

 

first event in my new to me 2011 Turbo S. It's a bit different than my old 2003 4S ;-)

 

Fort Myers Pro Solo. Only Sat videos as Sunday was a thrash to replace a broken axle.
Sunday started like this Got is swapped in about an hour, in time to make my final runs.

 

 

Managed to stave off a number of really quick drivers to take FTD and top pax at ODR-SCCA today.

 

 

Videos of my best runs from this past weekend's autocross with the Golden Gate Lotus Club at Marina, CA. The event was split in two sessions, one for the morning and one for the afternoon. In the afternoon session we drove the same course in reverse, with some minor modifications for safety reasons.

This was the first event I ran my GT4 on Bridgestone RE-71R tires, so I experimented quite a bit with tire pressures. See the description of each videos for more information.

Morning run:
Afternoon run:

 

Had a chance to run at FexExField with the NCC BMW club last Saturday, except it rained all day. I was pretty challenged by the conditions. Some parts of the lot had way more grip than I'd think, others way less. Somehow didn't record my fastest run, but this gives an idea of the conditions in spite of being 1 sec slower and really tiptoeing through the first section.

I think I learned a lot in just 4 runs, wish I had signed up for the afternoon session too.

 

We had our autocross on a local track today and took full advantage of the space for a fast course, and so much fun! I had cone problems, but managed to get in a fast clean run to take top PAX for the day, even managed to put .6 pax on a fast driver from a bordering region who narrowly beat me for top overall index at the state championship two years ago which felt redeeming, hah.

 

Ran different compounds front and rear and chose a too high tire pressure in the rear tires resulting in a drift session instead of a fast autox run.

 

Steven, I think you are getting faster!

But, if you don't mind me saying: There's still a bit of choppiness in the driving. Now, I'm as digital a driver as they come, so I understand it completely and am working hard to overcome it. But the residual choppiness I think I see in the video (and I see it in my videos, too) tells me that speed is being left on the table.

If we were going faster and riding the limit closer we couldn't jerk the wheel so fast and still maintain control.