[TPR] Autocross may not be the easiest

[Asa Jay Laughton]

No it may not be the easiest, I don't know.  But I can also see it being 
difficult running a road course lap after lap.  The only thing better 
about that is constantly doing it again and again without stopping, 
getting better each time you go around until you get it figured out.

With Autocross, you have to stop and wait your turn again.  Then you 
have to try and remember how the last run went, and what you could do 
better.  Even so.....

This weekend was a lot of fun.  Instead of the old unused runway at Deer 
Park Airport, we were able to setup the course on a large portion of the 
actual road course at Spokane County Raceway.  This put us on some of 
the same track space that SOVREN will be using next weekend.  The only 
difference?  A sea of orange cones.

This made the course very much one-way, and very fast.  For the most 
part, the Autocross course used the basic elements of the road course, 
but made things tighter.  In other words, a corner in the road coarse 
might be good for 40 MPH, but with some autocross elements set up, you 
may have to keep it within 30 so you don't miss the exit point -and- set 
yourself up properly for the slalom before the entry to the next 
corner.  It made for a challenging, but extremely fun course.

In all, we got six runs yesterday and six today.  The Pantera performed 
well, within the constraints of my present equipment and driver skills.  
I'm PAX'd really badly, in BSP due to the Fluidyne radiator and the 
larger rear sway bar.  The K&N air filter puts me out of stock as well, 
and some might argue the Holley does too.  ;)

Even so, I managed to pull out a second place each day, lucky for me 
there wasn't too much competition in my class.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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