Went AutoXing today

The saying goes something like, why spend seconds drag racing when you can spend minutes road racing...or something.


When it comes down to it, you spend more time waiting for a pass in the staging lanes than you do actually racing. Road racing and autox is where it's at!

I warn you though, if you go roadracing in a fox with stock brakes... after 3 or so laps of even a short course your rear drums will melt and become completely useless. I found that out this summer and it was a pretty hairy experience. lol, luckily I have drilled/slotted rotors up front with Hawk HPS pads which handle the heat 100x better than the rear brakes so I still had some stopping power.

yeah...a couple of my freinds are really into autoX and roading racing...my buddy just finished building a 92 SC with a 306 for auto X......


sounds fun though...id like to try it sometime...nt sure how a LX vert would react though haha

When it comes to road racing and autox, braking is more important than HP if you ask me. HP usually doesn't fade during a race like brakes do.

One of my friends does Auto-Cross in his Shelby Cobra, and he's supposed to come give me a ride in it.

I made the switch this year. I fell in love with autox'ing at my first event. Since this is my first year and I'm in street mod, I'm not really competitive. I'm installing cobra brakes, rebuilding my rear and I just switched my control arms to MM lowers, FRPP uppers in anticipation of my next event next weekend.

Next year, I'll have the front and rear cobra brakes and maybe a panhard bar and torque arm (along with struts/springs/shocks) so I can spend some time completing HPDE's and such. I'm also saving up for an Evo School.

I have taken a big, big hit of the track pipe and am addicted.

I'll have to try it one day.

definately

I ran a few times in my 99 Cobra. Most fun I ever had in that car.

I plan on running this one eventually, but not till after I get my subframes welded in and do the brakes.

I'm much more interested in road course racing than autox....something about a parking lot full of cones isn't as appealing to me as an actual road course....but i know a lot of that is about practicality and the lack of available road courses out there.

Actually, a lot of road racers got started in autocross. Autocross is a great way to learn car control. Also, a lot of people prefer autocross because of the multiple turns. Some people get bored on the straights (or so I'm told--I'll find out next season).

FoxBodyGT said:

Actually, a lot of road racers got started in autocross. Autocross is a great way to learn car control. Also, a lot of people prefer autocross because of the multiple turns. Some people get bored on the straights (or so I'm told--I'll find out next season).

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The thing i don't like about autox is that you don't get to use but maybe 1st and second....usually the course is pretty tight and you spend a lot of time in a single gear. I like the straights for opening up and hitting triple digit speeds. The amount of turns just depends on the course. Take a track like Laguna Seca for example....you won't get bored there

My all time racing dream, aside from driving an F1 car, would be to make a few laps around the Nurburgring in Germany. Now THAT is a racetrack