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Five9Dak
04-26-2008, 05:53 PM
Tommorow I am about to autocross for the first time. I am currently leading Penn State's car club street car challenge after 3 of 4 events, the last is autox. Most of these other guys have done this before, and I need to do well to maintain my lead in the competition. Any and all tips welcome.

slvr03dakrt
04-26-2008, 06:29 PM
just be smooth and don't try to overpower the track. Spinning tires and getting sideways is cool and all but not to good for your time.

bad360rt
04-26-2008, 08:23 PM
I've heard that running more pressure in your tires will help too, like 40psi. Do you know how many runs you're going to get? Are they going to take just the best run, or an average of all your runs? If they're taking just the best one, then take your first run slow and get a feel for the course, then you can speed it up and go for a better time. Good luck bro!

Five9Dak
04-26-2008, 09:29 PM
They are just taking the best time, so I have that working to my advantage.

krusty_R/T
04-27-2008, 03:07 AM
The biggest thing is your entrance and exit points. Try and carry enough speed through entrance, but keep it smooth.

At times it may feel like you are going slower than you think you should be, but you'll probably end up finishing with a faster time. Atleast that's how I feel some times.

Here's one of my runs from last year. I haven't been out this year yet since my Eclipse isn't finished
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/atwaterc/Videos/th_Crown1.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/atwaterc/Videos/?action=view&current=Crown1.flv)

Five9Dak
04-28-2008, 04:03 PM
Thanks for the tips guys, they really helped. I still lost the autox amoung my club, but I did ok overall.

I won the competion though :rockwoot: -PSULPAC ultimate street car challenge winner 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvrVSnqrtXg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Ze2nggAUI

http://inlinethumb31.webshots.com/42590/2086016890084473780S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb40.webshots.com/41767/2677972380084473780S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/42774/2474142630084473780S600x600Q85.jpg

BryanRT360
04-28-2008, 04:13 PM
Thats awesome bro. Congrats:biggthumpup:

Five9Dak
04-28-2008, 09:24 PM
Thats awesome bro. Congrats:biggthumpup:

Thanks, I'm sure some people are not too happy about being beat by a truck in a street car competition, lol.

QwikKota
04-30-2008, 08:15 PM
Thanks for the tips guys, they really helped. I still lost the autox amoung my club, but I did ok overall.

I won the competion though :rockwoot: -PSULPAC ultimate street car challenge winner 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvrVSnqrtXg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Ze2nggAUI

http://inlinethumb31.webshots.com/42590/2086016890084473780S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb40.webshots.com/41767/2677972380084473780S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/42774/2474142630084473780S600x600Q85.jpg
Wow, who is the genius who came up with 2 vehicles on oncoming parts of the track at the same time? lol Congrats on your domination. Death to Mustangs!

Five9Dak
04-30-2008, 08:42 PM
The mustang still beat me, lol. Perhaps with more practice I'll be closer.

Usually they timed it so that nobody was oncomming, that was early in the day and perhaps they forgot.

weee!!!
http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a319/black99rt/uscc/

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a319/black99rt/uscc/2008_0427jc0133.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a319/black99rt/uscc/2008_0427jc0157-1.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a319/black99rt/uscc/P4270065_sized-1.jpg