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pearlcheeta
10-25-2006, 10:43 PM
i was told there is autocross races at macdill afb. does anyone know about this? i couldnt find anything online. thanks for any info.
mofugga
10-25-2006, 10:51 PM
they haven't had any in like 5 years or something... brooksville is where you want to look for & speaking of looking check out the stickies up top;)
pearlcheeta
10-26-2006, 10:32 AM
yeah, i know about the stickies up top and thats why i was wondering why macdill afb was not listed. i talked to a guy yesterday and said it is not sactioned but you can bring a helmet and only pay ten bucks. ummm...odd. well thanks.
Wukindada
10-26-2006, 10:34 AM
Need to know more about this @ Macdill......VERY interested
WTFchuck
10-26-2006, 11:02 AM
<work at macdill.... due to high security areas there won't be anythere anymore... i could try to find someone to talk to though about possibly tryin to start it up again
Jordan Y.
10-26-2006, 07:17 PM
National Security>Auto-X. :( Just what the sport needs, "Terrorists Go Off-Course and Right into Central Command with Car Bomb".
Loren
10-26-2006, 07:45 PM
yeah, i know about the stickies up top and thats why i was wondering why macdill afb was not listed. i talked to a guy yesterday and said it is not sactioned but you can bring a helmet and only pay ten bucks. ummm...odd. well thanks.

Somebody is yanking your chain.
pearlcheeta
10-26-2006, 10:46 PM
i was told about it by a local doctor who drives a subaru. if i heard it from a random kid i was just assume they were full of it.
robofunc
10-26-2006, 11:02 PM
i was told about it by a local doctor who drives a subaru. if i heard it from a random kid i was just assume they were full of it.

The doctor could be full of it, too. Is he a proctologist?
Corner Worker
10-26-2006, 11:07 PM
i did an autocross there back in 99....I think it was one of the last ones ever. 9-11 put a stop to that. It was badass though. the track was over 1.5min laps!
pullg
10-27-2006, 12:07 AM
I'm down there in one of the joint command HQs. There are certainly no autocrosses happening there now. Frankly, with Brooksville available it's more trouble than it's worth. SCCA Las Vegas Region and a couple of area Corvette clubs recently managed to convince Nellis AFB to let them run one event there, but the hoops they're having to jump through to satisfy security and safety make Brooksville look easy. If we lost Brooksville, it might be worth looking into -- wouldn't call it impossible, just very, very difficult.
Muddy
10-27-2006, 08:33 AM
Delta Region SCCA in New Orleans runs events at a Reserve Naval Air Station. They have had a long relationship with the base, though. They have the same preregistration rules we do.
Wukindada
10-27-2006, 08:37 AM
i did an autocross there back in 99....I think it was one of the last ones ever. 9-11 put a stop to that. It was badass though. the track was over 1.5min laps!


See now that is a nice AutoX track 1.5min laps....what is Brooksville?
330SMG
10-27-2006, 10:17 AM
See now that is a nice AutoX track 1.5min laps....what is Brooksville?

A small regional airport with a concrete runway about a mile long and 150-200 feet wide. Not a bad track, but the concrete is breaking at the seams.
Wukindada
10-27-2006, 10:45 AM
So a stiff setup will be quite jarring.......
Lola56
10-27-2006, 10:25 PM
Back in the day, CFR had a relationship with the MRW folks at MacDill. MRW would set up a concession food stand which the proceeds went to MRW. Also, military personnel's entry fee was the same as SCCA members.

Before the Back in the Day (in 1980), before the current CFR SOLO program was started by Howard Duncan, there was a club called MacDill Sports Car Club. You can guess where they ran at.
jlude90
10-27-2006, 10:38 PM
So a stiff setup will be quite jarring.......

i wouldn't worry about that so much as the lack of traction on the left side

and damn^^^lurker:lol:
w0rd
10-27-2006, 10:55 PM
i wouldn't worry about that so much as the lack of traction on the left side
??? Are you confusing Z-hills with Brooksville? And I have never really noticed the cracks in the surface and my car is pretty stiff. It's not even close to the condition of 90% of the roads around here. That's jarring.

and damn^^^lurker:lol:
Everyone who is not a noob :stickpke:, has had their post count reset a couple times. Try searching for other posts by to see the real counts. :D
jlude90
10-29-2006, 10:04 PM
yeah, i am confusing them, i did the same thing yesterday too, but no, its not too bumpy, from what i remember

o yeah, and me=noob compared to you guys :p