How many Challenge cars are really running on the Thursday before the event? 
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Oct. 18, 2011 7:59 a.m. Duke SuperDork
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Oct. 18, 2011 8:59 a.m. DILYSI Dave SuperDork
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I like the idea. Awesome offer Alan.
- But.... Guys - do some autocrosses for God sakes. They are cheap. They are local. You're not going to learn as much cramming in one day before the challenge as you would actually taking up the sport and learning how to drive.
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I like the idea. Awesome offer Alan.
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Oct. 18, 2011 9:30 a.m. GTB_ZR1 New Reader
Alan,
Good concept, but we'd become obsolete... lol
My issue would be being able to get away for more than 1 day (that weekend always seems to be chock full of events).
Another idea is to allow the car a few extra "coached" runs, where we can ride along & give (or @ least attempt
) real-time instruction...
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Oct. 18, 2011 9:31 a.m. GTB_ZR1 New Reader
DILYSI Dave wrote: 2. But.... Guys - do some autocrosses for God sakes. They are cheap. They are local. You're not going to learn as much cramming in one day before the challenge as you would actually taking up the sport and learning how to drive.
Werd...
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Oct. 18, 2011 12:10 p.m. Per Schroeder Technical Editor/Advertising Director
It's not a bad idea--but it might not be overly practical for us on an already crowded weekend with a lot of moving parts.
And what Dave said.
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Oct. 18, 2011 12:28 p.m. bluej Dork
hmm,
what's the most widespread autocross school? Evolution? maybe GRM could approach them about challange participants getting coupons for a school discount in exchange for advertising at the event.
or are there already existing school partners? if not, maybe someone not GRM just needs to approach a driving school about a discount for advertising for them at the challenge.
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Oct. 18, 2011 2:35 p.m. dyintorace SuperDork
DILYSI Dave wrote:
- But.... Guys - do some autocrosses for God sakes. They are cheap. They are local. You're not going to learn as much cramming in one day before the challenge as you would actually taking up the sport and learning how to drive.
Not that participating locally is a bad idea at all, but the last auto-x I drove in gave me (literally) 240 seconds of seat time. And that was during a 9 hour day at the course. Hard to learn much in that amount of time.
I'm going to look for a local school. Any recommendations other than the Evo schools?
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Oct. 18, 2011 2:41 p.m. tuna55 SuperDork
DILYSI Dave wrote:
- But.... Guys - do some autocrosses for God sakes. They are cheap. They are local. You're not going to learn as much cramming in one day before the challenge as you would actually taking up the sport and learning how to drive.
Not local - 3 hours. We went to an empty parking lot to test out the last Lemons Amazon.
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Oct. 18, 2011 4:06 p.m. spin_out Reader
Most people are done with the drags Saturday morning, and looking for something to do in the afternoon. The banquet does not start until 7, so there is a lot of time.
One year the Martin guys had the road course on Saturday, and invited challengers over. That was a lot of fun. Our basically stock Civic did really well against the "real" cars. My point is that it's a good idea. If it's an equipment problem, we can all bring a few cones fom home and share. :) -
Oct. 18, 2011 4:16 p.m. dyintorace SuperDork
spin_out wrote:
Most people are done with the drags Saturday morning, and looking for something to do in the afternoon. The banquet does not start until 7, so there is a lot of time.
One year the Martin guys had the road course on Saturday, and invited challengers over. That was a lot of fun. Our basically stock Civic did really well against the "real" cars. My point is that it's a good idea. If it's an equipment problem, we can all bring a few cones fom home and share. :)I forgot about that! That is a great idea. If GRM could secure the road course for Saturday, I would gladly pay extra $$$ for the chance to go run laps on the road course.
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Oct. 25, 2011 9:58 a.m. admc58 Reader
>>>>>>>> Another idea is to allow the car a few extra "coached" runs, where we can ride along & give (or @ least attempt ) real-time instruction... <<<<<<<<
This is a good idea also...I spend a lot of time each year doing this with different groups.
Alan
