It's nice to see a new take on the Autocross scene. Hopefully this will bring more people into the sport, who hadn't considered it before.
And that bitchin Gremlin was built by Schwartz Performance---- they produce some incredibly cool builds!
There’s a new Autocross series in town. The Optima DriveAutoX openly challenges the standard that we’ve held Autocross to for decades. The focus is on fun, socialization and camaraderie, not just getting around the cones fastest.
From the DriveAutoX website: “We all love competition, but DriveAutoX will keep it friendly and fun. There are classes for all years/makes/models and modifications. Prizes will be given to those that perform well, but the grand prize goes to everyone that comes out, has fun, and leaves with a smile.”
Bonus: “You will never be required to work or shag cones. Through our partnership with FSAE and other local automotive trade organizations, DriveAutoX is able to secure knowledgable and enthusiastic course workers while donating proceeds to these organizations to help provide valuable automotive oriented programs for our young auto enthusiasts.”
All their events are two-day engagements with more runs than we typically see at a conventional event. 2018 events are scheduled in North Carolina, Illinois, Indiana and Texas.
It's nice to see a new take on the Autocross scene. Hopefully this will bring more people into the sport, who hadn't considered it before.
And that bitchin Gremlin was built by Schwartz Performance---- they produce some incredibly cool builds!
Joe Gearin said:And that bitchin Gremlin was built by Schwartz Performance---- they produce some incredibly cool builds!
I remember about 7 years ago, I got to ride on the LS Fest rod run and Mark(?) was driving their bitchin' '65 Tempest and telling me how he was a closet AMC fan and was building a gnarly autocross Gremmie. Cool to see it finally done.
Off topic- I've seen (and competed with) that Gremlin and it is an absolute BEAST! It absolutely KILLED the competition at the Car Craft Summer Nationals autocross in 2016. I remember seeing pictures of it being built in Muscle Machines magazine back in 2012 and was ecstatic to see it in person at CCSN. Watching that little thing zip through the cones was nothing short of incredible. If I remember right, he was something like 2 seconds faster than everyone else around the short (30-second-ish) autocross course.
Uh, looks awesome. Who's going to the Peru IN one?
Also, anyone have any idea how much it will cost? I jumped though the website quickly but didn't see any numbers.
Robbie said:Also, anyone have any idea how much it will cost? I jumped though the website quickly but didn't see any numbers.
I remember seeing something about ~$150 for the weekend when I looked on the site.
I'm fairly new to the sport, but this sounds like both the autocrosses I've done, where the focus was merely on fun. I think there were small trophies up for grabs, but I wasn't fast enough, as I was severely fatigued from the massive smile on my face from finally getting to really DRIVE the car I'd been building for a few years...
That said, I really didn't mind cone work. Heck, if anything, it gave me good perspective on the course from another angle, seeing how others were going about their faster laps. I learned plenty, just watching them up close.
Robbie said:Also, anyone have any idea how much it will cost? I jumped though the website quickly but didn't see any numbers.
$125 per weekend for 2018. That's no work and they're trying to get a dozen runs or more in per weekend.
pretty excited for the one in mineral wells. I'll probably be in the e46 as long as I don't have something else by then instead
It’d be nice to see one out west.
I don’t even know where the nearest auto cross is to me.
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