Perhaps it is my youth, but I believe everyone should try an autocross or track event some time in their life. It is hard to really appreciate these cars without driving on the track or seriously breaking the law (and endangering others) on the street.
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colonel said:I have done a few autocrosses. I don't really like it because you only get about 5 to 10 min of driving, and for the rest of the day, just waiting or doing track work (picking cones), a waste of time and money.
I don't think I could stand autocrossing on the East coast. Looking at some of the results, the courses seem to be 30 seconds long and you wait all day for 2 minutes of track time.
Here in SoCal, we have Lotus practice days with 1.5 mile courses and a bit over 30 minutes of driving time. Between runs, you are able to adjust your car and think about your mistakes. There are many more manuevers than on a track. This really pales in comparison to track day seat time, but for autox, this is a LOT. In this venue, you can push your car over the limit to some extent.
As for SCCA events, I am discovering that the nature of the sport is not seat time, but competition to see who can drive a strange course the fastest with only 3-4 runs.