Have you autocrossed on a race track before?

I've been tempted to but have mostly done just track days. One of the complications early on is that the tracks nearby, despite hosting it as an autocross event, still required roll bars for convertibles. When I was doing more autocross I didn't have one, once I put a roll bar in, if I was driving to the track I'd do a whole day or weekend. 

Getting insurance for an autox held on a kart track is harder than it used to be - K&K used to allow that, now they specifically disallow it.

But we've effectively been running autocrosses on a kart track for over 20 years here in Grand Junction. No rollbar required. We don't even have to put out cones, the track is tight enough :)

I've autox'ed on a small oval track and a kart track... The kart track was a lot of fun, especially in a Miata. The oval with close proximity (no runoff) walls, less so.

Our local SCCA chapter here in Colorado has been using the infield of Pikes Peak International Raceway (PPIR) to setup autoX courses for years. A few years back, the folks at PPIR apparently thought it was a good idea and also started hosting their own autoX events there as well (aptly named PPIR Track Attack). I believe some other local organizations/clubs started running down there as well. The Track Attack events are especially sweet- they have staff members on golf carts that drive behind you and shag the cones so the participants don't have to work the course! 

A run from last year in my old DC2 GS-R: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIWuKR37z0A
 

Keith Tanner said:

But we've effectively been running autocrosses on a kart track for over 20 years here in Grand Junction. No rollbar required. We don't even have to put out cones, the track is tight enough :)

Some kart tracks can be perfect venues for autocross.

Here's me doing tire testing for BFGoodrich back in the day at a kart track in upstate NY.

The local chapter of the Corvette Club has held an autocross at Waterford Hills on July 4th for as long as I can remember. I ran it a few times in the late 90s. It's pretty fun, they use about 3/4 of the road course, with some cone chicanes to slow you down in strategic spots. It's still a lot faster than a parking lot autocross, though.

I haven't, but the NEPA region uses the Pocono raceway infield once in awhile.  From a recent event:

Pocono Raceway NEPA Event 6/16 65.485 (youtube.com)

Sugar River Raceway for the Shelby Dodge meet a few years back was a ton of fun.

Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) said:

The local chapter of the Corvette Club has held an autocross at Waterford Hills on July 4th for as long as I can remember. I ran it a few times in the late 90s. It's pretty fun, they use about 3/4 of the road course, with some cone chicanes to slow you down in strategic spots. It's still a lot faster than a parking lot autocross, though.

There was also a day where MSCC did an event at Flat Rock, IIRC?  Used the infield as well as the circle for the event.  Interesting.  Normal speeds, though.

And I also did an AROC convention where the autocross was at a circle track north of Columbus.  Can't remember the name of the track, though.

Ian F (Forum Supporter) said:

I haven't, but the NEPA region uses the Pocono raceway infield once in awhile.  From a recent event:
 

Speaking of Pocono, many years ago I attended the CMC National Championship autocross at Pocono held on the track itself.  Saw some very unique elements in that course design.

The Council of Motorsports Clubs was a Tim Suddard brain child offering an alternate sanctioning body to the SCCA at a time when there was way more demand than supply for national level autocrossing.