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There is no doubt that a helmet is safe. I was refering to in AutoX. I've only attended AutoX in BC and the events that I went to were done in HUGE parking lots. There is NOTHING to hit. Drivers go one at a time and if you mess up the only thing that will happen is you smoke a cone (which sucks). At those tight AutoX events and the low COG I really don't know if it's physically possible to flip the car over. I mean I can only get to 60mph at best in those complex events. The helmet seems to just be something I had to wear more than something that was needed. In a real track a helmet is always a good idea. But so is a racing harness and racing seats. I have no clue how people hold on in Shannonville without a racing harness and seats. I slide all over the place. I'll admit I've done a few rounds of DDT with the windows down with no seat belt and helmet with one hand. I had the track to myself for 5 minutes. Didn't go very fast though. Just cruised around stayed in 3rd gear.
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08-11-2012, 06:03 PM | #30 |
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First event done and only 3 FRS's showed up including myself, the other two guys were not even on this board,
i am dissapoint, fail on all of you. Hopefully tommorow we'll see a bigger turnout.
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^ Will be there lol.
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I'm assuming we can come by and watch? I'd participate but I haven't gotten around to getting a helmet yet
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but yes, spectators welcome.
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no one from this forum showed up, shame. our class, STX, had some tight competition. Everyone but us had StarSpecs or RS3s, i think the Civic was on Yokohamas. So with the proper tires it would have been us on top 2006 Honda Civic Si 38.653 2001 BMW 330Ci 39.155 +0.502 +0.502 2001 BMW 330Ci 39.396 +0.241 +0.743 2012 Scion FRS 39.452 +0.056 +0.799 2011 Ford Mustang GT 39.477 +0.025 +0.824 2012 Subaru BRZ 39.519 +0.042 +0.866 2002 Nissan Sentra 39.641 +0.122 +0.988 2003 Infiniti G35 40.588 +0.947 +1.935
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When is the next event? I work like 7 days a week but I'll try to come out next time (with an Integra Type R though)
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Wow, the stock tires are terrible yet they make the car dance at the same time. It's probably going to take me at least another event or two to get really comfortable with the car as it's completely different than what I'm used to.
Serge, our times were close and considering that we were only a second off of class FTD, just imagine if we had anything else BUT the Primacys.
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Did you find the car pushed a lot with the Primacy's? Or is that my poor driving technique?
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I think with Yokos or Dunlops we would have easily contended for top 10 paxed times. and STX offers so much modification possiblities that we haven't even touched, even something as basic as alignment and better brakes. on the other hand i don't think our STX competition is all that great (at least the ones that showed up), don't tell them i said that though
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If you're understeering then you're just going into the corner too hot, this goes for any street production car, even a ferrari, gotta know the limits and use those brakes.
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I know it is easy to rotate, I just found that the speed I expected to carry in a corner far exceeded what I was actually able to carry. I'm very excited to drive the car with stickier tires.
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