86 Meet & Race w/ SCCA Autocross
I spoke to a lot of you at the Southcenter meet a couple weeks ago about this and it seems like there is definitely interest in making this happen so I wanted to post the particulars for all of you and start a list of attendees. This is going to be a little long so bear with me here.
*** Pre-register at this site: http://new.scorekeeper.wwscc.org/register/nwr2015/ See below for full instructions *** SCCA/86 Sessions Meet & Race Event August 16th, 2015 Hampton Mills (closed lumber mill) Packwood, WA
Hi everyone I'm Joey with the Northwest Region SCCA and am also a driver of a Scion FR-S RS1.0. I've been talking with Bernie @HATED1) about this for a little while now and we would love to get a car meet / autocross race day going for anyone that is interested. For those of you that don't know what autocross is please read my brief summary of it below. The local SCCA Solo chapter has agreed to create a special class just for FR-S and BRZ drivers to compete against each other during our 2015 Event #7 out at Packwood, Washington. Nestled into the southeast corner of Mt. Rainier, with scenic views all around, this is an outstanding location for racing. The event would serve as a car meet, car cruise, and race day all bundled up together and would run from approximately 9:00AM-5:00PM. Full tentative schedule can be found below. You don't have to make every part of it but in order to do the racing be need a minimum of 10 people. If you are interested in participating in this please reply to this thread or confirm with Bernie on the Facebook group. Schedule: Packwood is approximately a 2 hour drive from the Seattle/Tacoma metropolitan area. There are a lot of scenic routes to get out there and people often organize car cruises simply to see the roads. This day would involve a brief pre-meet at the Tacoma Mall, a cruise out to Packwood, and a three hour race event. If you want to stop and take pictures along the way or on the way back there are many pull off areas available with views of the mountains and rivers. FYI there will be limited time for pictures on the drive out there depending on traffic.
What is auto-cross? Autocross is a form of timed racing where drivers navigate a cone-marked 60 second course at speeds of 10-70mph. Times are measured electronically and you compete against the times of other drivers. Penalties are assessed based upon cones hit or gates (pairs of cones/slalom directions) missed. Here's a great video that describes it further: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af2zJAOAqWQ"]What is Autocross? - YouTube[/ame] We don't use chalk, though.If you race you also work. This is not optional but the more people we have the easier it is. Autocross is a volunteer driven sport and if you race you also work the event. Most of you will do course work which is simply standing in an area and fixing any cones that are hit. I will be there to explain all work assignments and registration stuff to everyone. If you have any questions ahead of time please direct them my way. What do I need to do to prep my car? There are a number of requirements for your car for being able to race and for insurance purposes and your own safety you must follow these:
If you plan to attend this please let @HATED1 or myself know either on here or on Facebook. We need a minimum of 10 driver's for the racing portion so if you only plan on going to the meet or cruise please make sure to specify that. Please give us your first name and last initial, too. Thanks for your time everyone and I really look forward to seeing you all out there! *** Pre-register at this site: http://new.scorekeeper.wwscc.org/register/nwr2015/ See above for full instructions *** |
ha too funny, i was going to attend that autocross event anyway. Put me down for this + my co-pilot (I'm probably going to be there for the morning session)
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um, i thought it was pretty obvious, Robert and co-pilot Marla. numbers 15 and 115
but we might just be going for the morning session and not stay for the afternoon, depends if we have time to do both. |
I'm considering it. 5 hours round trip is a long drive. The larger the showing of BRZ/FR-S the more likely I'll be to come. :p
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Mandy B.
I pry will meet you down there. :) I'm not the follow the leader kind of gal. Plus we can take pics at the meet of all our cars. |
I'm in. Joel G. One last autocross before nationals in Lincoln!
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Joe I.
Also super interested. Ordered wheels in Feb and still waiting. Don't want to get better rubber til they come in, so i hope they'll be here in time for this. |
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Joey, add me onto the list. I may drive in early and run time only in the morning unless there are specific prizes for the 86 group in the afternoon ;-).
Aaron P. |
hey Joey, please sign me up. thanks!
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Got you both, thanks. Spread the word please guys!
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