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Old 04-27-2011, 07:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
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This is a great thread, I just read through it in anticipation for the Solo SCCA event I am doing this Saturday. The only thing I am wary of is the course as I have watched tons of auto-x videos and find that many of them are hard to follow in terms of knowing where to go.

Is it more obvious when you actually get to the course in person?
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This is a great thread, I just read through it in anticipation for the Solo SCCA event I am doing this Saturday. The only thing I am wary of is the course as I have watched tons of auto-x videos and find that many of them are hard to follow in terms of knowing where to go.

Is it more obvious when you actually get to the course in person?
It is much more apparent in person when you are walking the course at low speed. There should be some people available for the course walk to assist the novices in understanding the course and its elements.
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This is a great thread, I just read through it in anticipation for the Solo SCCA event I am doing this Saturday. The only thing I am wary of is the course as I have watched tons of auto-x videos and find that many of them are hard to follow in terms of knowing where to go.

Is it more obvious when you actually get to the course in person?

Best advice: Walk the course as many times as possible (and walk it with the novice group if your region does that) and also look far ahead, not just at the next turn.

Sometimes courses are set up like a sea of cones so course design can make a difference.
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Best advice: Walk the course as many times as possible (and walk it with the novice group if your region does that) and also look far ahead, not just at the next turn.

Sometimes courses are set up like a sea of cones so course design can make a difference.
Thanks guys, I appreciate the advice. It's an SCCA event this Saturday, I am going early to walk the course a few times in response to your recommendations. They have a mandatory driver's safety course as well before the first drivers head out which I hope will cover that stuff.

I will make sure to catch some GoPro footage so that I can have evidence of my noobish autocross skills!
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On top of walking the course, some other things that I've found helpful are to draw the course on a piece of paper (you can also note key points or draw the line you want to take) and run through the course in your head.

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Even more important. Get an experienced ax instructor in the car with you.
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Even more important. Get an experienced ax instructor in the car with you.
That is definitely my plan, that is the part of the event I am most interested/excited about.
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