By Ed Higginbotham
Jun 16, 2016
We had some fun with the Martin Sports Car Club at the Florida International Rally & Motorsport Park this past weekend in our project 2012 Mustang GT.
Special thanks to CorteX Racing, Steeda Autosports, BFGoodrich Tires, Motion Control Suspension, SCT Performance, MRT and Forgeline.
6/16/16 6:30 p.m.
Now that is the kind of autocross course I like.
No getting lost in a sea of cones in a tiny parking lot.
6/16/16 6:36 p.m.
Reminiscent of road course, if they did that around here I'd be in but otherwise cones ain't my bag.
Nice Mustang build too.
6/16/16 7:31 p.m.
Nice run! And nice course...
6/16/16 7:52 p.m.
Ahhh, too bad we couldn't hear the engine after the first few seconds!
6/16/16 8:16 p.m.
That's a nice course. I'd stand in the sun all day for that.
6/16/16 8:33 p.m.
That is the first autocross course I can imagine getting myself through without getting lost. "Cone blind" is every bit as much of a reality as color blind.
That said, the odd time I do hit the autocross, I love doing monster spin-outs and murdering cones without having to go to jail, so it is still money well spent. Apologies to the cone chasers when I run.
6/16/16 8:50 p.m.
What an awesome venue!
The moving camera mount totally messes with my head though.
6/16/16 11:01 p.m.
Yeah, I gotta get a sock for it or put it inside or something. View is great from up there, though, and it's easy to reach. Sounds like crap once you;re moving, though. I'll figure something out. That car deserves to be heard.
6/16/16 11:03 p.m.
Mount is actually fixed. That's just the image stabilization trying to keep up with vibration and various forces. Looks like the whole thing is gimbal mounted, doesn't it? I really like the Garmin VIRB for a lot of reasons, but it does have a few downsides. The GPS is terrible for autocross type stuff. It's laggy, and can't resolve such sudden speed changes and direction changes well enough. On a road course it's MUC better, but in the tight confines of an autocross it's a bit overwhelmed.
6/17/16 7:43 a.m.
Reminds me of the Challenge course in 2003 and 2004. Made me pucker a few times.
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