the very first thing they always say at our drivers meetings is, "no drifting, this isnt a drift course"....lol

 

sweet, two of my buddies are coming along as well now. One of them has a modified 87 3series, and the other has an ep3.

 

im goin to my first autocross event on april 15th in joliet (part of the chicagoland scca circuit) 35 bux for me. im soooooo stoked. let us know how you do mybrokenblinker. bring someone with a video camera n post a video. = D

by the way. does anybody know.. when you go to an autocross event, do they let you run the course before you actuallygo? and do you only get one run or is it like a best time of 2 or 3 kinda thing?

 

everyone walks thru the course before the heats. i highly suggest doing a novice walk thru where they have an instructor(s) walk u thru and tell u where u need to be careful and everything. when walking thru, pay attention, if u dont and this is ur first time out, chances are u'll get lost. i think most regions do atleast 4 runs per person. they'll post up all ur times and they take ur best time out of the 4 when ranking.

 

i didnt do a novice walk-thru my first time....instead i walked up to an experienced guy and was like, "so what does all of this mean?"

 

I think what ill do is just basicaly throw out my first run... if you think that ill get 4 runs. Ill take it slow and learn the course real well then. Then push it on the following runs.

The only thing I'm worried about is not spinning out trying to take a corner too fast.. But rolling over. How easy do you guys think it would be to roll a 4 gen gti with stock suspension?? Should I be really careful around the sharp turns or do you think I would just spin out?

One more thing. I'm in the chicago area.. So if anybody races around there we should meet up at one of the scca events. But are helmets required for racing? If they are required.. Is there a chance that I'd be able to rent one at the event? If I couldn't rent.. Where do you think I could find a good inexpensive helmet?

(Sorry for the thread jack and the noob questions. Haha)

 

give ur first run to an instructor. let them drive ur car and u ride passenger so u can see what he/she does and learn the course better. the instructor run will not count agenst ur 4 runs. u wont roll over, fastest u might get up to on a straight is about 60mph, but u wont be taking a turn that fast...i've seen heavier and a lil more top heavy cars run completely fine. u'll just spin out here and there lol. helmets are required and most regions(atleast around me) offer free loaner helmets. just pick one up before ur run and drop it off after ur run...

 

I have a helmet so that's cool. I'm so excited, and now it seems Ben might come down and go too which would be even sweeter.

 

this might not fly in your region, I know it wouldn't here. Our instructors are always competing too, that would be extra runs for them...

but you may be able to get someone else to drive your car at a school, or if you do "fun runs" at the end of the day.

 

id rather drive it anyway. instead of havin someone else do it. i just dont wanna go out and look like a total fool lol spinnin out on every corner. i think im just gunna pray that i have a late heat so i can watch everyone else n see how they do it. i really wanna take it seriously tho. because as fun as it is.. its somethin i want to get real good at. anybody in the chicagoland area that wants to take me under their wing? haha