Next CDC Autocross SATurday September 29th Bowie Baysox Stadium

[echan]

SATurday September 29th Autocross

Bowie Baysox Stadium, Bowie, MD is the location of the next autocross on SATURDAY September 29th.

Registration and tech inspection will be at 8:00 and will promptly close at 8:45 to try to accommodate the full field, while still giving 6 runs. You must be DONE by 8:45. So if you arrive at 8:00 you won't have a problem. Don't arrive at the last minute.

The event fee for the Saturday autocross is $30 for members and $40 for non-members at this event.

On-line Reservation System

Member reservations (or participants that will join the club upon showing up) for any events can be made at any time athttp://www.capitaldrivingclub.com/ under the Schedule Tab. Open reservations for non-members for this event begin Friday September 21st.

New Members

We will be accepting new members at this event. If you plan to join the club at this event, you may make a reservation at this time by doing the following:

1. Use "0" as the member number (a permanent number will be assigned to you after you join and you will get a temporary number for this event)
2. TYPE "I will be joining the club at this event" in the NOTES section when making you reservation.

The annual membership is $30 and is good for 12 months from the date you join.

If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to contact me at capitaldriving@yahoo.com .

Ed

[echan]

The latest weather forecast for Saturday at Bowie is dry! Hope to see some of you there!

[Jeffsu350]

There were two frs' (including mine) and a brz.

The course was a lot of fun and had some challenging sections.

It was great to see how other frs/brz perform at autox.

I hope to see more of you at CDC events

[mla163]

I had the dark blue brz. The lot was sandy and I was on stock tires. No grip.

[ja1217]

Originally Posted by mla163

I had the dark blue brz. The lot was sandy and I was on stock tires. No grip.

I was the other FR-S owner (red one). Things felt really loose in the morning but seemed a bit better in the afternoon when things warmed up a bit. That said, I struggled with a fair amount of understeer in the afternoon. Need to look into adjusting my tire pressure. Still, it was a lot of fun and I got to ride in this, which is still one of my dream cars.

Here's a video from my best run:

- 47.918

[RedRocket]

Wish I hadn't had to work. Never ran a car like this but would love to try.

[Biggins]

Why didn't they use the bottom lot too?

[Grimlock]

Originally Posted by Biggins

Why didn't they use the bottom lot too?

There's been issues in the past with the bottom lot and those concrete islands. I've been at autocrosses at Bowie where (stupid) people have hit those islands or hung their cars on them.

The SCCA rules (even though they don't run on that lot, some other clubs use their rules) state that the course has to be X distance (50ft?) away from hard, hittable objects.

[Biggins]

Those islands do suck, but it's possible to get cars slowed down enough to make if safely through there. I understand their concern if they have to cater to the insurance, but it makes the lot SO small.

[Grimlock]

Originally Posted by Biggins

Those islands do suck, but it's possible to get cars slowed down enough to make if safely through there. I understand their concern if they have to cater to the insurance, but it makes the lot SO small.

I agree. Idiots wreck it for the rest of us. I've personally seen a new BMW M6 straddling an island after trying to save a power-on oversteer slide. Waiting for the tow truck really hampered the afternoon session.

[Jeffsu350]

I was running 40psi front and 36 psi rear. I still had an understeer issue, but that is fixed with throttle.

I'm hoping I can make it to this lot for the event on the 13th.

[ja1217]

Originally Posted by Jeffsu350

I was running 40psi front and 36 psi rear. I still had an understeer issue, but that is fixed with throttle.

I'm hoping I can make it to this lot for the event on the 13th.

I checked my pressure when I got home and it was at 30 all around, so fixing that should help.

[Jeffsu350]

The first autox I went to, I was at 32 psi all the way around and the front tires were rolling over onto their sidewalls.

This caused a lot of understeer and is also terrible for your tires/safety.

I was really surprised at how much pressure I needed to add to the stock front tires to stop them from rolling over.

40psi in the front was the first pressure where I felt that the tires were not rolling over too much. I do want to play with higher pressures. The tire says max pressure is 50 psi.