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06-11-2012, 10:27 AM | #1 |
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autox or autox school?
So I'm planning on autox'ing the BRZ this sunday and there are two things I can do:
-normal autox -autox school This is will be my 3rd autox and I'm not sure if a school would be worth it. This is my first autox in a RWD car though. What do you think I should do and is the autox school worth it? Any suggestions or pointers would be gladly appreciated. Thanks! |
06-11-2012, 10:29 AM | #2 |
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Schools are always worth it with good instructors. I've been doing this for over 5 years and there's always stuff I'm learning. It's amazing the bad habits someone in your passenger seat can see.
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Schools always provide more seat time. Even if you don't get a very good instructor... +1 for school.... though I guess it depends on which site the school is at versus the event. If there is a big difference in site quality, I'd go for the better site.
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Plus 1 for the school. I took the advanced class this year in my FWD car before I decided to get the frs. And I got 20 plus runs in that day. Also it was raining so that was a tun of fun to learn in.
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Unless you won your last 2, go to school. You might also look in to a HPDE school run on a real track. I have not been tempted to autoX since my 1st track day. A typical HPDE school will run 4 ~ 20min. sessions per day for each run group. After your solo approved, full, 1/2, or 1/4 open track day sessions are available where you can drive as much as you or your car can stand. I haven't found a better local seat time value than 4 hours of open track @ the Texas World Speedway 2.9 mile road course for $150.00. If AutoX is your thing, great, but you owe it to yourself to get on track @ least once. Warning: it can be highly addictive.
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Unless you're competing for trophies, more runs = more runs.
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School will be invaluable. However, remember that seat time is the best teacher sometimes. It's just like that old addage... "How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice!"
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Take the Auto-X school for sure...much better deal where you will actually learn a lot more than you possibly ever could at a normal autocross event! If you really get into autocrossing and ever have a chance to attend an Evolution Autocross School take that as well...highly recommended if there is ever a Phase I or Phase II course scheduled to take place in your area!
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Thank for all the input everyone!
Unfortunately, I twisted my right ankle playing soccer yesterday so I won't be able to make the autocross this sunday. I did sign up for an Evolution Phase I course later in July that I am looking forward to though. Thanks again! |
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