[TPR] Autocross may not be the easiest

[David in Durango]

hahaha, didn't say it wasn't fun.

I learn better w/ repitition (road course).  Autox packs one lap into a 
minute or so - then the driver waits for another turn.

Also, track days give more seat time/time invested.  If I never spend 
another 1/2 day shagging cones it would be fine.

One other thing - to be competitive in autox one needs to be willing to zing 
the crap out of the motor - I'm not and wasn't.

Hmmmm, maybe I should give it a try again?

cheers,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com>
To: <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 9:18 PM
Subject: [TPR] Autocross may not be the easiest


> 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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