4SHIZZIL

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I did an autocross event last Sunday and to make this short I am hooked. I drifted my car inbetween cones like a pro...pics to come soon. I have never had as much fun in my G than I did on Sunday.....WOW! The event was with the Porsche club Potomac chapter. Very cool, professional and serious guys.

Anyways, I am polling the audience to see who wants to seriously get into Autocross and drifting over the summer? I am thinking of attending the SCCA Fed Ex (Driver Education....dont let the title fool you) event in Aug and possibly the Drift day as Summit Point. More events to come as my work/school schedule permits. Bad thing is Summit Point Drift day is July 4, which is a wednesday and also July 4th...lol.

Just a poll to see who is out there on the same page as me. After reading MDRACERS post, I am strickly track ridden. Call me Dutchboy...all slow and no go...LOL! Below is a list of events....

Just messing Dutch.

http://www.scca.com/Inside/index.asp?reference=nediv
http://www.driftnirvana.com/ click the media gallery for uTube videos!
http://solo.wdcr-scca.org/
http://www.pcapotomac.org/pca/html/a...dule2007.shtml

mdracer76

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I'm down for some sideways action

bboypuertoroc

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I got hooked on auto-x out here (since there's no track). It's an absolute blast.

Out here though you get kicked off the course for drifting.

joeygill

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Glad to see another G driver autocrossing! I'm hooked on Track Days, and have been auto-x'ing a fair amount. The Capital Driving Club runs some good events (usually in Manassas and Bowie), they are a good alternative to the others you have posted. There's another member on here that runs with them, in his red Nismo Z.

http://www.capitaldrivingclub.com/

Z_Monzter

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Sounds interesting, I definitely would love to try it. Subscribing for more info on the Fedex Field Event.

MrKaira

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i love to autox... can't make the july 4th event but hit me up if you go to any others around dc/md/nova

bboypuertoroc

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Edwin, how you been man?

dutchboy350Z

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none taken ...

4SHIZZIL

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OK I will create a nice spread sheet and we can go from there. I am deff hooked, but looking for some OEM wheels to rag on for the track (rears only). Might go to the junkyard and get some beat down Stang GT wheels. Glad to see that we have a decent base to make some moves. The spread sheet with events will post soon. Thanks all.

DROPPEDIT2WCE

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I have been popping up at Ripken stadium all season but no Z's autocrossing mostly M coupes and Miatas.

Goofy1477

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I would love to autocross my car. Just need to find time to do it!

4SHIZZIL

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FYI: All events require a helmet, Summit requires a fireproof helmet...see link below. The helmets are not cheap so we need to work together to borrow, buy, rent for beer or whatever. Dont say I never cared enough to do research before posting...lol. We may want some sticky action on this?

Porsche Club of America

Potomac Founders' Region " 2007 Schedule below:

Event Type 2007 Date Track

Drivers Education 7/14-15 [Sat/Sun] Summit Point Circuit
Drivers Education 8/17-19 [Fri/Sat/Sun] Summit Point Circuit
Drivers Education 9/7-9 [Fri/Sat/Sun] VIR Full Course
HPDC 22-Sep Summit Point
HIGH PERFORMANCE DRIVERS CLINIC http://www.pcapotomac.org/pca/html/de/hpdc9.22.shtml
Club Race 10/5-7 [Sat/Sun] Summit Point Circuit
Drivers Education 11/2-4 [Fri/Sat/Sun] Summit Point Circuit
Drivers Education 11/2-4 [Fri/Sat/Sun] Summit Point Circuit
Autocross #4 Saturday, 7/21/07 Baysox Stadium $40

Autocross #5 - PorscheFest
PorscheFest Banquet Tickets will be sold separately
Saturday, 8/18/07 James Wood HS, Winchester,VA

PCA Chesapeake hosted CHALLENGE Round 2
Please visit Chesapeake Region's website for more info
Sunday, 9/16/07 Ripkin Stadium

Autocross #6 (Rescheduled from 9/22/07) Saturday, 9/29/07 Baysox Stadium
Sunday, 10/28/07 Baysox Stadium

A sample schedule for the events above:
7:00 AM: Site opens
7:30-9:00 AM: Tech Inspection
7:45-9:00 AM: Registration
8:15-9:00 AM: Course Open for Walkthrough
9:00 AM: Registration & Tech Closed
9:00-9:15 AM: Mandatory Drivers Meeting
9:15-9:30 AM: Novice Drivers Meeting
9:30 AM: First car off


Mercedes-Benz Car Club
Autocross #4 Sunday July 8, 2007
Middle Brook HighSchool Winchester, VA

Performance Driving School Sat/Sun Aug 4, 5/2007
Summit Point, WV Shenandoah Circuit

Rallye & Summer Picnic Sat Aug 4, 2007
Lake Anna/Jame River Winery Richmond, VA

Autocross #5 Sunday Aug 12, 2007
Middle Brook HighSchool Winchester, VA

Autocross #6 Sunday Sept 9, 2007
Middle Brook HighSchool Winchester, VA

Tri-O-Rama Sept 14-18, 2007 Summit Point, WV Winchester, VA

Autocross #7 7-Oct-07 Middle Brook HighSchool Winchester, VA
Autocross #8 4-Nov-07 Middle Brook HighSchool Winchester, VA

MAZDA Driving Associates, LLC

Virginia Internation Raceway (VIR) Sept 1-2, 2007 VIR Full Course

Summit Point Motorsports Park Fri/Sat Oct 26-27
Shenandoah Circuit, WVA

Two-day High-speed Drivers Education
Both VIR events and the April Summit Point event are on Saturday and Sundays, Tech starts Friday evenings
The October Summit Point event is Friday and Saturday, Tech starts Thursday evening (just for the October event)
Drive your own vehicle at speed in a safe controlled environment
Registration is available for both Mazda and non-Mazda vehicles, our events are open to all manufacturers (membership is not required).
Both In-car and Classroom instruction
High Caliber Instructors assigned to students for on-course sessions
Run groups and Classroom sessions tailored to experience levels
World-class and relatively brand new facilities
Eight ~26-27 minute sessions for the weekend at VIR, eight ~23-24 minute sessions at Summit Point
Students divided into four run groups based on similar experience
Most students qualify for solo driving after demonstrating basic safety skills and appropriate on-course behavior "Quoted from DC EVO Forum"

DC EVO Autocross event http://forums.dcevoclub.com/archive/...hp/t-6878.html

FedEX Field SCCA 15-Jul-07 FedEx Field Washington, DC
FedEX Field SCCA 12-Aug-07 FedEx Field Washington, DC
FedEX Field SCCA 2-Sep-07 FedEx Field Washington, DC
FedEX Field SCCA 2-Oct-07 FedEx Field Washington, DC

If you aren't a season subscriber, then you need to register a week before the event. The slots go fast though since the vast majority of people are preregistered for the season and there aren't many left for non-subscribers (maybe 30-40?). Basically, you need to be on your computer when they open registration, which is typically at 8pm on the Sunday before the event. Take a look around that page above and let me know if you have questions. It's not the easiest process, but you can't beat the size of the courses at FedEx Field.

As far as classing, most of the heavily modded street cars are in Street Modified class. There are some limitations (like no alcohol injection), but unless you are doing really well (i.e., you have race tires and know how to use them) you aren't likely to cause much concern among others even if you are slightly illegal. The class that you would technically fall into with alcohol injection is probably E modified, which typically doesn't have any cars.

2007 NASA MID-ATLANTIC AUTOCROSS SCHEDULE
Langley Speedway 12-Aug-07 Langley Speedway
Virginia Motorsports Park 29-Oct-07 Virginia Motorsports Park
Langley Speedway 11-Nov-07 Langley Speedway
Virginia Motorsports Park 18-Nov-07 Virginia Motorsports Park
Langley Speedway 9-Dec-07 Langley Speedway

IMPORTANT USUEFUL LINKS

https://www.nasaproracing.com/nasa_e.../?event_id=563
http://www.nasaracing.net/

http://solo.wdcr-scca.org/

https://www.nasaproracing.com/nasa_e.../?event_id=563
http://www.pcapotomac.org/pca/html/de/hpdc9.22.shtml
http://www.driftnirvana.com/

http://www.ogracing.com/faqs.asp

davidv

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Harry Grove Stadium, Frederick, MD 06/2007

Congratulations. Good to see that you are no longer a autocross virgin. The number of regional clubs sponsoring autocross is outstanding. Here are my favourites:

http://www.autocrossersinc.org/wp/
http://www.phillyscca.com/
http://www.capitaldrivingclub.com/

4SHIZZIL

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Ok first things first...where can I get a magnet made with my favorite number? Please let me know when you attend your next event?

4SHIZZIL

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07/15 Ripken Stadium
08/12 Ripken Stadium
09/16 Ripken Stadium
10/14 Ripken Stadium

4SHIZZIL

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Sweet! This is the only one open, all the others are closed already. I guess I am too late on alot of this stuff. Sorry all if Im a like waaaaay late on this...its fresh and new to me....never knew this was out there. I have been drifting in parking lots since I was 15 years old....16 years ago....now I can do it legally...sort of..lol. I am STOKED!

Saturday, July 7th, 2007 Autocross Osbourn Park High School, Manassas, VA Open to members (Register | View Roster)

joeygill

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The CDC club only opens each event for registration ~2weeks before, so even though some future events say "Closed" .. it actually really means that it hasn't opened yet.

davidv

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My numbers are from:

Speed Fx
10005 Pulaski Hwy
Middle River, MD 21220
(410) 780-6005

About 2/$90.

MrKaira

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Just for everyones information, http://www.myautoevents.com has a list of mostly autocross, but you can register for the events on there.

At the autox events I went to they had loaner helmets, but I have an XXL incase anyone has an abnormally large head like i do lol

John

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Um, you realize that you won't last more than one session in most of those events right? Those clubs don't tolerate antics like drifting, and if you were my student (which you probably would be if I was doing an MDA event) and you tried to drift intentionally, I'd make you pit until you can get your attitude back in check. Yes, it's fun to get sideways and save it, but it's 10x more fun to learn how to drive safe and fast so that when you get in hairy situations, you know how to save it.

SCCA AutoX's in the DC area blow - wait around all day for 4 runs. No thanks. You're better to find a local club that's running an event as you'll get many more runs. The BMWCCA AutoX out here ran a really fast course (about 1.5 miles) where you could get 60 runs if you wanted (for less than $60).

There's already a thread stickied at the top of this forum about HPDEs in the Mid-Atlantic - I'd suggest re-envigorating the discussion there.