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Silver Ignition 02-13-2014 10:37 AM

Metro PCA Autocross?
 
Anyone in here participate in the NY Metro Porsche Club of America's AutoX events at Tobay and the Coliseum?


I ran my decade-old Camry last year...hoping to be a little more competitive in X2 this year...

iag48st 02-13-2014 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Silver Ignition (Post 1526093)
Anyone in here participate in the NY Metro Porsche Club of America's AutoX events at Tobay and the Coliseum?


I ran my decade-old Camry last year...hoping to be a little more competitive in X2 this year...

More info please! I've never done autox but have always wanted to try! Im in Queens so its not far at all.

smellslikecurry 02-13-2014 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Silver Ignition (Post 1526093)
Anyone in here participate in the NY Metro Porsche Club of America's AutoX events at Tobay and the Coliseum?


I ran my decade-old Camry last year...hoping to be a little more competitive in X2 this year...

I did a bunch of their events. Loved it.

Silver Ignition 02-14-2014 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by iag48st (Post 1527170)
More info please! I've never done autox but have always wanted to try! Im in Queens so its not far at all.



http://metronypca.org/calendar


they're all very cool guys, I like the PCA group better than the SCCA group...I feel like the SCCA guys are more arrogant lol

smellslikecurry 02-14-2014 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Silver Ignition (Post 1528604)
http://metronypca.org/calendar


they're all very cool guys, I like the PCA group better than the SCCA group...I feel like the SCCA guys are more arrogant lol

I did about 10 SCCA events last year. Had a blast with them at the Poconos new infield track. I like the PCA layouts better though. Looking forward to seeing more of us BRZ/FRS guys next year!

NYCsubaruBRZ 02-14-2014 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by smellslikecurry (Post 1528900)
I did about 10 SCCA events last year. Had a blast with them at the Poconos new infield track. I like the PCA layouts better though. Looking forward to seeing more of us BRZ/FRS guys next year!

ive done scca a bunch of times. never pca. i herd pca was a bit snooty, they actually told a guy with a sti hes not welcome anymore.. basically cause he was beating everyones times. i guess they were a bit jelly of his car that is 50,000 less in price but faster than all the trailer queens that were there.

NYCsubaruBRZ 02-14-2014 01:16 PM

from my experience, everyone at scca is cool. one guy let me hold down his go pro for like 3 months and i met him that day.

Silver Ignition 02-14-2014 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by NYCsubaruBRZ (Post 1529014)
from my experience, everyone at scca is cool. one guy let me hold down his go pro for like 3 months and i met him that day.

wow okay so maybe I was there on a bad day lol

muffinz 02-15-2014 12:15 PM

scca dudes are definitely cool. The guys that run the event are all hilarious and it's a good time.

The instructors are great and everyone is friendly. Just obey the rules and pay attention.

The only downside I could potentially see is that the scca events draw more really inexperienced drivers - I remember at one event last summer a guy showed up in a boss 302 and spun out multiple times on every run (yes, spun out more than once in a single 45 second run) ...so that kinda ruins it.

NYCsubaruBRZ 02-15-2014 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by muffinz (Post 1531251)
scca dudes are definitely cool. The guys that run the event are all hilarious and it's a good time.

The instructors are great and everyone is friendly. Just obey the rules and pay attention.

The only downside I could potentially see is that the scca events draw more really inexperienced drivers - I remember at one event last summer a guy showed up in a boss 302 and spun out multiple times on every run (yes, spun out more than once in a single 45 second run) ...so that kinda ruins it.

yea. he could screw up your run. but they give you re run anyways

NYCsubaruBRZ 02-15-2014 02:27 PM

so will i see any of you guys this season at nassau coliseum scca events? ill be there with my obnoxiously loud wrb brz lol

Silver Ignition 02-15-2014 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by NYCsubaruBRZ (Post 1531492)
so will i see any of you guys this season at nassau coliseum scca events? ill be there with my obnoxiously loud wrb brz lol

I'll be there and Tobay

dem00n 02-15-2014 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by muffinz (Post 1531251)
scca dudes are definitely cool. The guys that run the event are all hilarious and it's a good time.

The instructors are great and everyone is friendly. Just obey the rules and pay attention.

The only downside I could potentially see is that the scca events draw more really inexperienced drivers - I remember at one event last summer a guy showed up in a boss 302 and spun out multiple times on every run (yes, spun out more than once in a single 45 second run) ...so that kinda ruins it.

You're supposed to start off in Auto X, if you got a problem with noobs then go to a track day, bro.

engee 02-18-2014 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by muffinz (Post 1531251)
scca dudes are definitely cool. The guys that run the event are all hilarious and it's a good time.

The instructors are great and everyone is friendly. Just obey the rules and pay attention.

The only downside I could potentially see is that the scca events draw more really inexperienced drivers - I remember at one event last summer a guy showed up in a boss 302 and spun out multiple times on every run (yes, spun out more than once in a single 45 second run) ...so that kinda ruins it.

This is kind of the point though. Unless you are trying to get the top spot and are actively competing, the whole point of autox is to learn your car and find the limits. Although spinning out multiples times on every run is not fast, at least he is doing it in a safe environment instead of the open road. To what NYCsubaruBRZ said, you get rerun anyway so no loss to you. Everyone starts somewhere and even the top guys will lose it and spin from time to time. As long as we are all having fun and learning, it's all good to me. :cheers:


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