Ill be damned if Road racing doesnt help immensely in AutoX!!!
While a Solo Trials event is NOT all out raod racing it is so damn similar that its not funny. In Road racing you have moretime to set-up for a turn... in AutoX you have to find the line and hold it or be done. AutoX is alot faster paced even the REAL road racers say so.

None the less the same skills are utilized. Threshold braking threshold turning threshold acceleration. If you dont brake at the right time (in both sports) youre either too slow or youve passed the apex. If you turn too early or JERK THE FREAKING WHEEL because youre late you may as well give it your all because that run is shot. Hope you have another.
The car setups are different... in road racing you are sustaining a max G in a corner and in autoX you are smoothly transitioning under insane conditions on a crappy driving surface. There are car setup differences but if youre good at one youre inherently good at another.

Thats ALL beside the point though. If you have not driven in an autoX before you have the option of driving in the Novice class. If Juan Pablo Montoya wants to drive in novice class Id have issues because hes a professional driver but I do not think any of our guests at the last autoX got paid to drive ever.

-Shawn the Po Stwho Re

 

That would be me!!!!!!! R compound rocks and throwing a 3600lb car around is fun. Hey... I wonder what it would be like to throw a crown vic around on R compund...... hrm....

Shawn how about a demonstration....

 

So you do agree that roadracing does help to make a difference at the autocross.
But I really doubt that drag racing exp is going to help you AS much as roadracing exp at your local autocross. I guess it certainly couldnt hurt though.
But hey Im no expert.

 

No youre all wrong! Slot car experience would be the best advantage on an autocross course.

 

Shawn: You COULD say a lot of the same things are used in street driving.. at least I use some of them on the street.. sigh. An example a certain friend of mine that has autoxd for YEARS and won 1st place in his class at FSF.. has only placed better than 5th once so far in his SCCA club racing career.. why? becuase autox experience doesnt mean a damned thing.. sorry but in my opinion (from a very very very non hardcore autocrosser who autocrosses only because friends do.. otherwise finds it pretty boring) they are too different.. and the driving STYLE is not the same methods of braking and turning are but there are very few ways to turn a car so I in my mind that alone does not make them similiar. The only thing about the styles that are the same is that you have to be smooth and consistant and that goes for drag racing as well. I would venture to say the most autox similiar would be karting on small tracks.. lots of transitions.. but even then I wouldnt compare the two or just assume a good karter would be a good autocrosser (maybe because I have met some good karters who were not good autocrossers.. hehe)

FastForward: Can you repost pic(s) of the red Golf?

-Dave who finds autocross horribly easy to drive compared to a bouncy ass low traction lap around sebring

edit: oh yeah im pretty much done with this discussion you have my opinion no reason to post whore and post it over and over

 

Dave-ROR I will post the Golf again if I kept the pic (digital) on my computer at home.

I thought the pictures would still be here on this forum but they are gone??!! The FSF event wasnt that long ago.
VortecFL or WRX did you guys delete that post already or something? I searched my user name to find the old post and the original FSF pics post that I started was missing entirely?

Actually...that seems to happen quite a bit. Why do the threads in this forum have such a short shelf life? while other forums are several pages long. This one seems to be less than a page in length at any given time.

 

there was an accident w/ the forums database last week and they had to revert to a 2 week old backup.

 

Ah...I see. That sucks. I spent a considerable amount of time uploading those damn pics. Crap. Oh well. I did manage to keep a few. Dave-ROr...didnt see any Golfs though. Cant remember taking a shot of one either. Did you mean the Project cone killer VW Rabbit?

 

errr rabbit.. golf rabbit whatever thanks man.

 

THIS IS A SHOUT OUT TO ERIC.

I got third place at the FSF auto-x in my 200sx and was happy that the guy who got first was a national run-off road race....etc. and what have you!

Too bad were all out of novice but your right at least it gives us a chance to do some hop ups on the cars....and the drivers of course...

more experience and i expect everyone to do very very well...very soon!

justin you too!

I really hope that everyone will make it out to the ft. meyers event. Like i said in my seperate post lets all drive down and get there before 9:00am so we can participate in the novice program. here will get first hand instruction from national competitors for hours on end as much as you want. If there is any reason i even place at FSF its because of their program.

Thanx
peace!

[p.s. on a personal note TOM KRUETZER IS A PUSSY!] everyone tell that fuck to show up!