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Old 08-11-2013, 10:42 AM   #1
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So this weekend I booked us both on our first autocross event .
San Diego pca at the Qualcomm stadium next Sunday

I have a bad back so no karting practice
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Old 08-12-2013, 07:05 AM   #2
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So this weekend I booked us both on our first autocross event .
San Diego pca at the Qualcomm stadium next Sunday

I have a bad back so no karting practice
I'm not going to be able to make it this time Ian, but I was looking forward to seeing this spectacle and meeting some new folks from the board.

My observation is that the San Diego group is a great bunch and friendly, but a little shy, so you'll have to make the effort to connect with them and break the ice.

I'll catch you at a future event soon...best of luck to you both.
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Old 08-12-2013, 10:07 AM   #3
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I met one of them yesterday .
A very nice man called roger who was rebuilding his boxster ready for this event and came to buy a part off us .
We both will hopefully have an Instructor too so shouldn't be that bad

There doesn't appear to be any Oc events for a while so we may be heading back to San Diego for their next one .

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Another thing of Note at the Auto-X is that if you are keen to race and want to get high in the points then the Class of your car is important as well.

There are the CC classes which most people race in and then theres the SS classes.

I found out that at the Tech Inspection they just lumped me in the SS class for my 986 "S" which turned out well.

There were only 4 cars in that class and I came in 3rd with a lousy time and the other guy being a DNF...BUT, because I finished in the top 3 I got much more points than if I had been in the CC class.

Just Saying its something to consider if your really into playing the game.

Times of course really determine your skill, and the SMILE on your face determines how much FUN you had.

My last race gave me a big smile because I finally felt like I had a good 1st run through the tricky cone slalom part, even though my times were lousy, timer failed to record properly on run 2 and I spun out on run 3, turn 1, figuring my 1st run was the best so just pushed it that much harder.
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I need to send an email about that .....

I wasn't sure on classes so just booked us both into the one at the top of the list .
I think it was ss1

Points are immaterial ...
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Old 08-12-2013, 06:25 PM   #6
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I now have a map .
Can anybody explain it please ?


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I missed your map post, so youll have run the course by now.

Did you have fun?

Give your rundown on how it went. Picturs.

How did race girl like it?

I'll be at the next months race for sure.
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