Well, the last autocross of the season was last Saturday. I have a lot to go over, but overall it was a fun time and I learned a lot, and still have much to learn.

This was my first DRY day on the new Hoosier A6's, so I was playing around with tire pressures a little bit. I think they need to be aired up a bit more than what I had them set at 38F/37R cold (see pic below).

Right off the trailer, I went out and laid down the FTD for the morning. It was a good run (38.205) - my first runs are usually one of my bests. Realizing what I could improve on, my second run was even better - 37.849. This ended up being my fastest clean run of the day.

The last run of the morning, I tried to push it a little bit more, and the car started to understeer a bit (could have been a combination of me braking while turning, and too much on/off the throttle as opposed to moderating the throttle). Anyways, I clipped a cone and they called it an off - which sucked. 38.022+OFF.

Well, the afternoon came around and I was currently sitting in 2nd in the race class, and also had the FTD for the morning. I told myself to calm down a little bit, and just correct what I was doing wrong on the last run, rather than just shooting for the fastest possible time. I feel that this is a problem I have in my later runs; I try and try to go faster, but I keep making stupid mistakes, rather than correcting what I did wrong on my last run - which in the end would make me smoother/faster.

First run of the afternoon was my smoothest, and fastest run of the day, but right out of the gate, I clipped a cone. Dumb mistake - I roasted all 4 out of the gate and the *** end slid and hit a cone. 37.281+1. My next run was my worst run of the day. I guess after hearing that I clipped the cone, it pissed me off, and I started playing mind games. Well, I was choppy and constantly on/off the gas, and the front end was pushing a lot. Very disappointed. 38.459.

Pysching my self out after two dumb mistakes, I just couldn't get my head right. My last run was a throw away as well, and you could tell I wasn't focused. Choppy and on/off the gas. 37.939+1.

PAX pushed me into 3rd; behind some custom hot rod car, and a nice S2000 on Hoosier A6's. My morning went well, but I was very disappointed in how I let the afternoon turn out, but all in all, I had a lot of fun and learned A LOT.

I really need to focus on correcting what I could improve on from my last run, as opposed to worrying about the time. I feel that this will net me better/smoother runs.

I also need to learn more about tire pressures, and how lowering/raising pressures will effect the car.

On to the pics;





Tire look too low here?





Nice Factory Five kit car - he placed 5th but almost had me on FTD with a 37.9. He was on 295 A6's in the rear. Car was beast.



This was the hot rod thing that got 2nd.

 

Look like you drove well. Do you have any national level competitors in your region? The hot rod thing is a clone of a Lotus Super Seven. They can be fast in DM and EM. But that particular car is not one at the top of the game in either class.

The car looks like it's set up well. Just gotta work on your driving! Which is part of the fun AND challenge of this sport!