Going To My First AutoX!!
 

Hey guys, just wanted to let everyone know that there is an event going on in Montery Bay for Autocross. It is this Sunday early in the morning. Fee is $35.

Is there anything I should check before running the course? THanks again guys!

Johncy

:excited: Oh my god! :excited:
So much fun-i did not drive yet-roda only-driving next spring....
Most of the advice i received was only go as fast as you feel comfortable with.
I saw several experienced drivers spin out on the course-actual 360's-didnt seem to be a big deal. Very intense-if you get motion or car sick highly advise dramamine in advance! Have fun! Take some video for us! Woop!:tup::driving::happydance:

I'm so excited!! I've only had this car for three days and now I'm going to race it. Haha it'll be fun!

good luck man! you've got a lot of power to play with

I will be keeping a close eye on the oil temps because the 11's don't have an upgraded oil cooler.

Have fun-be careful! Dont damage the rocket!!! :)

Don't feel too bad. The 12's aren't that much better. :tup:

Niice! Wish me luck guys. The day is coming close! :happydance:

Just turn the A/C to high between runs and leave the car running while in grid. I'm on my 8th event with my Z and have never had any real problems with oil temps.

Most of all make sure to have fun. :D

Well I can honestly say I had one of the funnest days of my life today. My first Autocross was epic. I improved my laptimes by 1.5 seconds each run in a total of 4 runs. There is nothing like a real wheel drive car like the Z. I've owned an Evo 8 RS and the Z just kills it in terms of fun. VDC OFF! FTW!

Glad you had a great time!

I've only been to a handful of autocrosses.. but the ones I attended were always dominated by little cars. Seemed like the more powerful cars never got a chance to really shine because the courses were too small/tight.

Maybe once I get my Z, I'll have to give autox a shot. You've rekindled my interest. =]

I'm gonna drift next time! But yea the smaller cars were the ones who were posting faster times because they could apply more throttle through a corner whereas the Z you have to wait for that one moment to apply the gas. Get a Z man! There's nothing like it. I had more fun than my 580hp E55!

Wow, drift? There's enough room on your courses for that? =] The courses I remember at Firebird were really small.. A lot of the larger cars were knocking cones all over the place.

I just remember seeing tons of Miatas and hearing the announcer say, "Miata get a real car." :roflpuke2:

And, I'm getting a Z! My Nismo is on order. Just waiting for it to get here. November! :eekdance:

Nice my friend! You will love the Nismo! And miatas dominated the track. My friend ran 58 sec lap in his miata 1.8. And I ran a 60 sec lap. O well. lol It was my first time autox'ing so my fried had the advantage.

Nice to see another Nismo at UFO events! Your car is beautiful! I was having fuel starve and tune issues but still managed to do ok. I was testing how low I could go with my new setup. I'm always impressed how well big 3000 lb plus Nismo does at these events. I run in XP with stripped out race cars and usually hang with them time wise in my street legal Nismo. Most of race cars in XP are 1000 lbs less than big heavy street legal Nismo I drive. Marina is perfect for drifting. When my car was stock I drifted it a couple times out there. Very easy car to hang the tail out ....forever!

Here are results

http://www.norcalufo.org/main/attach...o9_results.pdf

And more pictures - some of your car in action!

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