Shark Racer

My final lap of the day. There's even a bonus treat in there.
http://hpux.students.engr.scu.edu/~s...acinCALap4.wmv

-Steve

69vette66

I got sound only, no video. sounds cool though. I always wanted to run autocross.

:cheers: Larry

GIJoe

Update your Windows Media Player ;)

GIJoe

haha NIIICCEEEE
:cheers: :cool:

78 Vette

Very :cool: :steering:

Desertdawg

Thats great Steve....Looks like you had a blast. :cheers:

Shark Racer

I'm sure you can tell by looking at the video, but my lines are really sloppy.

I'm learning car control more than anything, right now.

I know two definite ways I have of getting faster.

1) Driving better lines.

2) Tires.

Could also push it harder/less hard at certain points.

-Steve

NHvette

Me thinks that Steve has just single-handedly brought the engineering
lab at SCU to a sudden creap - as hundreds try to view his new video.
I'm still trying - taking forever - and I'm on a T1 right now.

:seeya :p:

Finally got through - DOH - upgrading MP now .....


[Modified by NHvette, 12:05 PM 8/4/2003]

American Boy

Great video. :cool:

The trick in autocross is practice, lots of it. You're on the right track. :jester

What I love about autocross is that you discover a whole new personality to the car. It handle quite differently when pushing it hard in corner with the pedal to the metal (or fiberglass for older vette). Like a new car, it takes some time to get the feel of it.

Stephan


[Modified by American Boy, 12:44 PM 8/4/2003]

Shark Racer

Yeah, I hope to do better as time goes on.

-Steve

Desertdawg

A piece of tape over the mouth of your passenger would sure help some to. :lol:

I noticed him saying floor it, floor at all the wrong times... :lolg:

Crash Dummy

Great fun to watch! Nothing like Roadrunner cable for mpgs & wmv movies. I guarantee you I could have kept the course workers busy finding all those slung out cones that I scattered while going "Yeeeeeee-hahhhhhh!". :cheers:

Shark Racer

That guy in the camaro was right there with you! I thought to myself: "I wasn't braking THAT hard for the stop, was I?" Then it kept going after I'd stopped. Oops, the Camaro lost it. :D

Dawg- He wanted me to spin out. :D He's a good driver, he was just being a butt.

I did lock the brakes near the end, where the car was skidding but not turning... think it was right before a straight.

-Steve

Desertdawg

Learn to drive with your left, and smack with your right.... :lol:

gtldvm

Exactly what I want to do. That video was too cool! I'm trying to find out how to get started, and where there's an autocross school in my area (N. Kentucky/Cincinnati). I figure this would be a great place to start to learn to handle my car, then try to move up to faster events. Just need someone to point me in the right direction.

Shark Racer

I'd reccommend autocrossing once or twice first before going in for lessons. Then you'll know what you're in for, and already have an idea of how to handle the car.

I've not had a lesson. How'd I do? :D

-Steve

gtldvm

I thought it looked great! I've found that video is deceiving regarding the actual speed you are moving...always looks slower! My daughter filmed me doing 122 MPH on the Kentucky Speedway...looked pitifully slow!

So you mean to tell me you can go to these things without a lesson or credentials, etc.? I've recently read a book all about it. Plan on reading it several times. I have another I haven't touched yet. Got them both from Amazon.com. I understand the theory, now I just want to apply it and get my feet wet. I think what I like most about Autocross is I can really "play" with my car without endangering someone else or break the law!

Shark Racer

All you need is a driver's license and a roadworthy car.

Most places loan helmets. Mine do. Though I'd like to buy my own one of these days.

Did you get "The Secrets of Solo Racing"? I like it, though they aren't exactly great with how they define things.

It's important that you actually go out there first before you really start studying. Making better lines is hard when you don't have any knowledge of what you're doing in the first place. :)

-Steve

PS I spent a lot of time "learning" the limits of the vette before I ever took it to AX. Then I found out at AX how much more I had to go! Now I can drive much more confidently on the street.


[Modified by Pacin'California, 10:04 PM 8/6/2003]

gtldvm

The Secrets of Solo Racing is exactly the book I have read! I am just starting "Driving to Win" by Carroll Smith. You are providing me with great news! I can't wait to get started. My wife is gonna kill me. Now I just have to find an event close by. Thanks for all the info.

Cor6996vette

Where is that Steve ? Please give me some informations . My car is a vert. , is it OK for autocross ?. Thanks :cheers: