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Old 05-04-2008, 04:07 PM
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A good place to start

I wanna start to get into auto cross driving. I dont have the driving skill yet, so i am wondering where and how i should start off?
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San Francisco Region SCCA

http://www.sfrscca.org/content/view/4555/32/
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Dude, you just missed one today. It's not SCCA, but it's run by some very cool people and it's a good place to start out. I just made my first run today and I was the only RX-8 out of six groups. Don't leave me hanging, come on out for next month's run. It's dirt cheap for the opportunity that you get.
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id be down

I will be down i am trying to gt a turbo and greddy exhaust lol.
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Originally Posted by poonkoons
I will be down i am trying to gt a turbo and greddy exhaust lol.
I believe that's going to put you in the Prepared Class with some beastly cars. Good luck.

I'm sticking with B Stock, very few mods are allowed so it comes down to driver skill more than car set up.

Here's the schedule:
http://www.norcalufo.org/
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SFR SCCA is hosting an autocross school 6/21 at Candlestick (Monster). If your car is ready, that would be my suggestion for a good place to start...

See the SFR link given above, go to events calendar.
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at the bottom, get used to it ...
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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
at the bottom, get used to it ...
...on the other hand, I know (very personally) at least one person who took down a reigning National Champ in their first year, at their first Tour...so, you just never can tell
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true, but they didn't start out by throwing an aftermarket turbo kit on a factory stock car
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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
true, but they didn't start out by throwing an aftermarket turbo kit on a factory stock car
Agreed...that's not a good combo, either for learning or favorable classing

I ran a "spec class" with a car that needed, literally, no set up...as a matter of fact, as soon as I "set it up", I went backwards!!
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