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DriveI65 May 7, 2008 03:13 PM

What's your longest autocross course?
 
We have an event put on by the Alabama SCCA each year called the Speedsouth Super Solo Shootout. This year 5 of us laid out a course over a mile long at the Birmingham Race Course. Times were mostly over 100 seconds. Here is a look.

Video of my last run

By the time I got to the back of the course on the first run I felt like I had jogged it and was real glad I quit smoking last year. I couldn't tell if my problem was oxygen deprivation or adrenaline overdose. What a hoot!
:D

davidv May 7, 2008 03:26 PM

I have seen a Porsche club do a 90 second course. Lots of switch backs but few wide sweeping turns.

DavesZ#3 May 7, 2008 03:50 PM

Aghhhhhhhh!!!! I almost threw up watching that. What or who was holding the camera????

ZR_Yancy May 7, 2008 03:54 PM


Originally Posted by DavesZ#3
Aghhhhhhhh!!!! I almost threw up watching that. What or who was holding the camera????

I think he had a helmet cam. When he turns, he leans his head in the direction of the turn.

DriveI65 May 7, 2008 05:02 PM

Yes, helmet mounted lens. I use it to see where I'm looking as a critique of myself.

z-u-later May 7, 2008 08:02 PM

Well, how timely this thread is. It just so happens our local club has scheduled an autocross event on Sunday at a new road course -- 1.8 miles long. Mmmm, that should be good candidate for this thread. It's about 1:45 minutes without cones, so it'll easily be close to 120 minutes or more with cones (depends on how they layout the course).

betamotorsports May 8, 2008 07:32 AM

Lone Pine , the last weekend in May. Typically over two minutes.

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

drivesolo May 8, 2008 07:44 AM

In the WWSCC in the Pac NW we use to run Enduro format. We had an autoX course that would double back onto itself making a small road course. A car would get 1 warmup lap and then 3 hot laps to try and post the best time; 4 laps in total. At ~40 seconds a lap it made for well over 2 straight minutes of autoX, depending on the couse or car I could be over 3 minutes. Since the setup allowed very little overlap it was a little tedious of a day but a great opportunity to drive.

davidv May 8, 2008 08:02 AM


Originally Posted by betamotorsports
Lone Pine , the last weekend in May. Typically over two minutes.

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

WOW! Sign me up. Looks like open road racing sprinkled with cones.

GWord256 May 8, 2008 07:31 PM

SCCA @ Devens is consistently at the 1 mile mark (And if those good ol' boys in their Mustangs come out to Devens for some fun they set up a 1.5 mile track). It's typically set up for high speeds though, +90 second runs are only for novices and carts.

gregom May 8, 2008 09:25 PM

Wow thats a long run... we are luckly to get ones that last 50 seconds here... I wish we could have runs that lasted a couple minutes.

That's pretty cool but you should just get a in-car mount for your camera, the head movement is rather, disortienting...

Fluid1 May 9, 2008 04:22 AM

2 minutes :( I wish


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