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AutoX - I'm hooked!
Hey all. Yesterday was a fun day. I tried my first autocross at the U
of U in Salt Lake City. It is nothing but fun, fun, fun! I had no idea
it could be that fun. There's nothing like flogging your car without
worrying about some cop sitting around the next corner.
I did pretty good for my first time. They put me in the Street Touring
class along with a 91 GTI, 92 GLI 16V, 92 GTI 16V, 2 modded Cabbies, a
Beretta Z26 and a 97ish Honda Civic. The %$#@ing Civic kicked all of
our asses unfortunately. We all had the about the same mods. Everyone
had shocks/spring upgrades and some had exhaust mods too along with race
tires. I was running only my H&R springs/Boge TurboGas on my 88
Scirocco 16V. Everything else is stock. I was running on Good Year
Eagle RH's. Yek!
My first run was a bad one. Even after walking the course twice along
with a buddy, I still lost my place in the sea of cones. I became
victim of the 'red blur'. :-) I ran a 71.14 that time. Eww. Second
run I managed a 62 something. Third run a 60 something and the last run
I squeaked out a 58.457 which gave me second behind the Civic guy! The
Civic guy ran a 56.8.
They allowed two fun runs afterward. I took our club founder along for
the rides. That was fun to watch him out of the corner of my eye trying
to grab for anything he could get a hold of. Hehehe. The first run I
managed a 57.7. I told my passenger that next time I want at least a
57.4. He said "nah, I think you can pull a 56. The car still has some
left in it!" I beat the hell out of the car that last run to be greeted
with a 56.3! Woo hoo! I was so psyched.
The only bad thing is that I now have a VERY loud exhaust leak. Oops.
The 123,000 mile stock exhaust finally gave up. Time for a call to the
Potterman. :-)
For all of you who haven't tried this, do it!
-Mike
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