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Tires are important, too. What might rule on the racetrack isn’t necessarily what’s best for autocross. While tires with treadwear ratings down to 200 are allowed, something like a Cup 2 R ...
Halfway into my third ever autocross run, my all-seasons and I plowed straight through a tight left corner. Fortunately, I didn’t damage my VW Golf, but those little orange cones never had a chance.
When I talk about key corners, cones, and apexes, this means that these are the cones that'll matter most. On any autocross course, the majority of cones are mere decoration.
The SCCA Solo Nationals is autocross’s biggest show, attracting the best competitors from all over the country. John Li drove a rotary-powered MG Midget this year and admits that he may not have ...
Cones mark the course, and each cone sits in a chalk box, but if you hit a cone, don’t worry about it. ... NASA autocross events are structurally similar to an SCCA autocross, ...
If you go off, you'll just squash a few orange cones. But the lower risk can actually make winning an autocross harder. Next to drinking a beer in the Talladega grandstands, autocrossing has the ...
And remember that an autocross is usually staffed by volunteers and other racers who have to run out and set the cones back up for the next guy, shutting the course down in the meantime. Be cool.
Autocross is just simply driving cars through obstacle courses that are typically mapped out with cones. But you are timed for your completion of the course, and you can compare how your vehicle ...
Autocross is a great way to do it. ... While the original MR2 might be a bit twitchy on the road, it's perfect for those tight cone-wall hairpins at your local autocross event.
Bryan Smith races his black and yellow 1991 Camaro Z28 through an autocross course. Smith’s Camaro will unfortunately be out of this weekend’s competition as it is in the shop. Courtesy photo ...
Orange Cones and Squealing Tires: What Autocross is All About and How to Dominate Your Next Event. Autocross might be the single best way to improve your performance driving, and yet many of us ...