Autocross

[mpozzi]

On walking the course I walk it untill I can recall everything in my head. This past event a few guys didnt take a dip(plus the pavemnet was very rough) into consideration and ended up spining up into some bushes/trees, one guy taped a tree.

Sounds like the course designer left the safety requirements back at home that day. Very poor course design for that to even be a possibility for an OC, or off-course, excursion. A tree . . . ???

Autocross sites are becoming fewer and fewer due to the insurance requirements and potential for liability. We love our sport and don't need ANY cars damaged because of negligence on the part of a course designer. Autocrossing needs to be kept out of the news and not percieved as anything harmful to person(s) or property (either a car or to the site we're playing on).

Glad to hear you paid attention when you walked the course and didn't fall prey to the dip. Out here, we run at the same site where the 49er's play and there's lots of undulations in the parking lot. The course designers plan accordingly as getting a car airborne means it's unbalanced. When that car comes down to earth, it will usually go in the direction it was going when it left the ground and then turn where the front wheels are pointed. It's a tricky site and because my exhaust is very low, I don't run there.

You'll do fine with the sport and work gradually on improving your times with good driving.

Cheers,
Mary Pozzi