Who's ready for AutoX season??

FPenvy · 03-05-2015, 08:17 AM

anyone have any advice for someone thinking about trying autox finally? lol

cruzthepug · 03-05-2015, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

anyone have any advice for someone thinking about trying autox finally? lol

Just sign up and go

Most all the local SCCA chapters have a good novice program. They will give advice on getting your car through tech inspection, and stuff like tire air pressures to run. They should also have a novice walk through to explain the layout of the course. Try to ride along with an experienced driver to get a look/feel of the course at speed. Have someone ride along with you, they can give you pointers on what to look for while out on the course. If you wanted you go attend an event and just ride along a few times, talk to other drivers and then prepare to drive the next event.

Just go out and have fun.

FPenvy · 03-05-2015, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by cruzthepug

Just sign up and go

Most all the local SCCA chapters have a good novice program. They will give advice on getting your car through tech inspection, and stuff like tire air pressures to run. They should also have a novice walk through to explain the layout of the course. Try to ride along with an experienced driver to get a look/feel of the course at speed. Have someone ride along with you, they can give you pointers on what to look for while out on the course. If you wanted you go attend an event and just ride along a few times, talk to other drivers and then prepare to drive the next event.

Just go out and have fun.

solid advice. I plan on going to the first scheduled event and see what happens. been on tracks, drag strips, the dragon, etc just never tried auto x. seems like it could be something fun to do.

ufoz8mycow · 03-05-2015, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

anyone have any advice for someone thinking about trying autox finally? lol

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Originally Posted by cruzthepug

Just sign up and go

Most all the local SCCA chapters have a good novice program. They will give advice on getting your car through tech inspection, and stuff like tire air pressures to run. They should also have a novice walk through to explain the layout of the course. Try to ride along with an experienced driver to get a look/feel of the course at speed. Have someone ride along with you, they can give you pointers on what to look for while out on the course. If you wanted you go attend an event and just ride along a few times, talk to other drivers and then prepare to drive the next event.

Just go out and have fun.

Pretty much what cruz said sums it up... You won't need to put as much prep into your car for AutoX as you would for a full on track day.

-Don't skip the track walk in the morning. You'll regret it if you DNF your first couple of runs because you got lost amongst the cones. You'll probably get somewhere between 7-10 runs in a day, around a minute'ish each. Make them all count.

-Ride alongs are hugely important if you're new to AutoX or the track layout. A turn might look huge as you're walking the track but things tend to seem a lot smaller/tighter when you're at speed. This ties in to not wasting runs.

-Invest in a decent set of magnetic numbers for your car. There are tons of sites that sell them for between $30-70 depending on how fancy you want them to look. Trying to sit there and create numbers and class letters out of blue tape on the side of your car is a pain in the ***, especially if it happens to be windy that day.

-Check the SCCA website or your local SCCA chapter's website for class rules (you'll want to get that right for when you order your numbers). A bone stock 370Z should be in the B Stock class according to the 2015 rulebook. You might be in the B stock prepared class judging by the mods in your sig, but check the book to be sure.

-Don't worry about other people's times. Focus on consistently improving your own times and not wasting runs with DNFs.

-Have fun.

cruzthepug · 03-05-2015, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ufoz8mycow

Pretty much what cruz said sums it up... You won't need to put as much prep into your car for AutoX as you would for a full on track day.

-Don't skip the track walk in the morning. You'll regret it if you DNF your first couple of runs because you got lost amongst the cones. You'll probably get somewhere between 7-10 runs in a day, around a minute'ish each. Make them all count.

-Ride alongs are hugely important if you're new to AutoX or the track layout. A turn might look huge as you're walking the track but things tend to seem a lot smaller/tighter when you're at speed. This ties in to not wasting runs.

-Invest in a decent set of magnetic numbers for your car. There are tons of sites that sell them for between $30-70 depending on how fancy you want them to look. Trying to sit there and create numbers and class letters out of blue tape on the side of your car is a pain in the ***, especially if it happens to be windy that day.

-Check the SCCA website or your local SCCA chapter's website for class rules (you'll want to get that right for when you order your numbers). A bone stock 370Z should be in the B Stock class according to the 2015 rulebook. You might be in the B stock prepared class judging by the mods in your sig, but check the book to be sure.

-Don't worry about other people's times. Focus on consistently improving your own times and not wasting runs with DNFs.

-Have fun.

More great info, except, you would be in ASP, not BSP

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ufoz8mycow · 03-06-2015, 01:43 PM

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More great info, except, you would be in ASP, not BSP

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It seems like every time I talk to someone about it I am told a different class...

So would a stock 370Z (non-Nismo) be A stock or B stock?

Slightly modded 370Z would jump to ASP?

I guess it doesn't really matter too much unless you are competing at national level. Every time I tech at my local SCCA autoX they basically just make sure the wheels are bolted on and your battery is tied down. Nobody checks things like treadwear rating on tires, suspension mods, etc.

03threefiftyz · 03-06-2015, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ufoz8mycow

It seems like every time I talk to someone about it I am told a different class...

So would a stock 370Z (non-Nismo) be A stock or B stock?

Slightly modded 370Z would jump to ASP?

I guess it doesn't really matter too much unless you are competing at national level. Every time I tech at my local SCCA autoX they basically just make sure the wheels are bolted on and your battery is tied down. Nobody checks things like treadwear rating on tires, suspension mods, etc.

You should play by the rules regardless what level of competition.

cruzthepug · 03-06-2015, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 03threefiftyz

You should play by the rules regardless what level of competition.

Also, it's not up to the tech person to put your car in a class. You can ask the tech or registration for advice on what class you should run, but it's up to the driver to class their own car.

Our local rule for mods is, most are not looked at that closely until you beat someone who cares.

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