altiain

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Equipe Rapide - http://www.autocross.com/er/
July 22, 2007 Challenge Cup #5 - Pennington Field
Registration 8:00-9:00
Entry fee is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. Most events you will get 4 timed runs with the option to enter in the Rapide PAX event for $10 which gives you two more runs.


Lone Star Chapter BMW CCA - http://www.lscbmwcca.org/autocross-schedule.html
July 14, 2007 at LaGrave Field, Fort Worth (Ft. Worth Cats ballpark)
Registration for 2007 events will be 100% online.
All participant vehicles must pass Tech Inspection on site.
Tech Inspection begins at 8am and will close at 9am.


Texas Region SCCA - http://www.autocross.com/texasregion/
July 15, 2007 Regional Event #5 – ON THE ROAD COURSE AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY!
Registration & Tech 7:30AM-8:30AM
Online Registration available at DLBRacing.com.
Entry fee is $25 for SCCA members and $35 for non-members (special price for road course event only).
All participant vehicles must pass Tech Inspection on site.

I really want to encourage anyone who is on the fence about autocross to come on out to the SCCA event at Texas Motor Speedway on the 15th. We only get one chance every season to run on the actual road course, and this is it! This event is also the Southwest Formula SAE Invitational, so you’ll get a chance to see some of the fastest cars from the top engineering universities in the country.

I’ll be out at both the SCCA event on the 15th and the ER event on the 22nd. Stop by the #75/175 RX-8 in the paddock and say hi!

CosmosMpower

I will be at BMW, thinking about running the ER event in the Miata if I can get it ready and also interested in SCCA. Do they run the infield course only or the roval?

altiain

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Infield course only. There will probably be Richard Petty cars on the oval - there usually are on the weekends.

Still, it's worth it. It is always a fun, fast course (we got well into third gear in the pouring rain last year) on a very good surface.

Miatamoto

There is also a North Texas S2000 Owners Group autocross on the 28th at Mineral Wells. Registration is on DLB Racing

deadphoenix52

is this a bad place to learn and just get used to a track. i have never been auto-x but i really want to go. i also plan on attending a drivers school later this summer. however, i think it would be good to get out on the track to get used to it before i go to the drivers school. Is this gonna be ok for that?

thanks

altiain

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Good catch - for some reason I kept thinking they rescheduled this event as well.

altiain

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What kind of driver's school are you thinking of taking?

I would highly encourage you to come out to a few autocrosses before getting involved with track days or HPDE. Autocrossing will teach you the basic car control skills that you'll need for higher speed track events, but it will teach them in a much safer environment, where the consequences of making a mistake are a lot easier to live with.

This event will still be an autocross in the sense that there is a course lined out with cones on the infield road course. In other words, you won't be hammering down the inside straight at 100mph. However, if you want to step up to track days, this is probably a good place to start.

deadphoenix52

i plan on attending Bobby Archers driving school. as of right now it seems the TMS on the 15th is my best bet, but which would you recommend for a newbie who just wants to get used to the feel of a track setting.

thanks, Nick

Miatamoto

As far as seat time goes, BMWCCA and S2000 are your best bet.

CosmosMpower

Yeah I ran it with Miatamoto a few years back in the M3, all I remember is that it was murder on brakes (without autocross cones laid out of course). I'll try and make it this year, I still remember you posting about the downpour last year, time goes by fast. I'll definetely be at the BMW event on the 14th and S2K duking it out with Miatamoto in S2000 street tire class at the end of the month.

deadphoenix52

unfortunately the 14th is out for me. im hoping to attend the 15th at TMS and the s2k event on the 28th. The event on the 15th is a solo, does that mean i'm on my own, or can i get an instructor like at the s2k event. i also dont know if i need my own numbers, any other newbie advice would be very helpfull, whatever you think ill need for my first auto-x.

Thanks for all your help, i cant wait.

Miatamoto

Just talk to any of the B-stock RX-8 guys there and see if one of them can ride with you. They're all very good drivers and should be able to help you out.

deadphoenix52

i cant make it anymore. its a good thing i hadnt registered yet. next month hopefully.

CosmosMpower

HEY...what exactly are you trying to say here


j/k

altiain

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Try to make the S2k event on the 28th. If you're a newbie, this is probably the best event to get your feet wet at. Look for me (#75/175 Nordic Green with the SSR wheels) and I'll be happy to show you the ropes.

Registration opened this morning, and it's limited to 55 people, so sign up soon!