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Originally Posted by Sivtec
I just want to say that the NASA circuit and the SCCA circuit are really night and day. I will be honest now that I have ridden in both as a passenger and say that the track is much more involved. And I want to say that I have NOTHING against the Autocross guys but the track is soo much more dangerous. Which has its pros and cons for sure. Much faster, much harder, lots of shifting, lot of sliding, and much longer, equals one kick-ass ride!!! But it is WAY more expensive as well. I will definitely start with Autocross for me just because I feel its more novice and honestly probably a better start to go that route. But I will definitely be building to the track circuit. It was a freakin BLAST! And yes Mook I will post in your thread once I am done with this.
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You really shouldn't track a car unless you are mentally (and financially) prepared to wad up the car in a tire barrier. I speak from experience as I blew the motor on my last car on Firebird Main. Have you ever had your brakes fail on you? I have twice, both on the street and at an autocross. Both times I had enough margin to save the car. On the track, there is zero margin - particularly in a complex such as turns 2-3 on Firebird (Bondurant?) West. I've seen professional drivers eat it there...
That's to say nothing of equipment failures or bad decisions of the drivers around you. There's a reason DE2 scares me more than DE3.
That said I'll track the FR-S once or twice if I get around to buying good street tires for it and good pads. The car needs a lot of other, higher priority things to prepare for nats in September.
Go talk to Robert Rose on his opinion of autocross, he was the DE3 leader last time I ran with NASA. Robert understands the value that autocross can add to you as a driver, any other road course naysayers are full of it.