i wanna go, but my inner cv boots are torn and by the time i pay for books and axles i'll be on zero...i could chance it and hope they don't see it, but if they do then i'd have driven 2 hrs for nothing

 

does anyone have the layout of the course /?

 

Lol, thats kinda the point of an Autocross is to figure it out on the fly when you get there.

 

It's not a question of whether or not we see it, it's a question of whether or not it's safe to run like that. What if you're hauling @$$ out of a corner in 2nd gear with your right foot on the floor and an inner CV joint breaks because your torn boots leaked all the grease out? Best case you don't hit anyone or anything and "only" need to get towed home (after we shut everything down for several minutes to find a truck and tow rope to pull you in, which is also not good.)

Personally I think it's a smart choice to not run if you have a known problem with your car. Spend your time and money getting it ready for VIR in Feb!

Jon

 

Our course designer for Sunday is multi-time SCCA national autocross champion Mike "Junior" Johnson from Evolution Performance Driving school. He was also on that Speed channel show "Setup 2" for those of you who have cable.

He probably has a course design in mind, but it won't become reality until about 10:30 Sunday morning. Trust me though, we're in good hands, he's an awesome course designer.

His last course design for us at VMP looked like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHFpvXwl68U

...which means we will probably run the opposite direction (counterclockwise) this time around, but there may be some similar elements to the course itself.

We will have at least half an hour for course walking, but hopefully more. My advice is to walk it at least twice, and throw away your first run making sure you know which way it goes.

Mufasa is right though, part of the skill is being able to see it and figure it out and get it right quickly. Although we offer more runs than many groups, which makes that easier in some ways.

 

yeah, if i can work enough overtime i'll be doing the hpde instead of the hyperdive

 

LOL, what's the hurry? Plenty more HPDE's this year...

Hyperdrive + Circuitcross is a great intro, and will certainly be a blast.

Just my opinion of course.

 

ah i wish i knew about the Winter Triplecross earlier, sounds like fun

 

Four days worth of advance notice isn't enough?

 

You guys getting any courses north of Richmond for the 2009 season?