The Ohio Auto-X and Track Event chat thread

[princess peach]

I signed up for next weekend August 11th.

Shouldn't you be in SM FWD?

 

[WillD]

I'm registered for the 11th. I'm trying to get registered for the 25th but their site appears to be down for me.

 

[THE Phen]

LULZ. Pablo has the jokes today.

 

[WillD]

Are you coming out to the Corey Invitational Phen?

 

[Lewis7789]

Good one, Peaches.

I figured I would learn in the car in FWD first, then move up to AWD.

In my defense I did pretty well (middle of the pack) at Toledo in SM running only FWD.

Are you coming out, Phen? - ninja'ed by Will.

 

[THE Phen]

Yeah, I am. Need to register soon. My play money was just potentially stolen by the Honda. One of two things come to mind.

Coil - $35
Fuel Pump - $125

Let's hope for a coil.

 

[hat1018]

Loose wire- free. Just wanted to throw that in the mix.

 

[THE Phen]

Oh yeah, for sure Larry. Last time I had an issue with the car was 2007. I thought the alternator went out. Turns out it was the fuse for the charging system.

 

[hat1018]

I will keep my fingers crossed for you then. free fix>cheap fix>other fix LOL

 

[pmartz16]

How many events till I'm no longer a novice?

 

[THE Phen]

I never ran novice class. I didn't know any better. Just kinda showed up, found out what to do, and ran with it. *shrugs*

 

[ajkulish]

i think i was novice for my first event

 

[princess peach]

How many events till I'm no longer a novice?

until you feel comfortable with:

- the car at higher speeds
- passing
- being passed
- having other cars around you (sometimes really close)
- finding all corner workers and acknowledging the flags

 

[Lewis7789]

I thought since this was the auto-x thread he meant auto-x. I ran novice for my first two events. After that I had a decent understanding of how everything works while driving and working the course and was just another regular joe.

If you're talking about track days, I will personally be in the novice group for another 3-4 track days (I only have a half day under my belt).

 

[princess peach]

I thought he was talking about the Mid Ohio event he signed up for. I'd think you're no longer an autox rookie after 2 or 3 events, especially if you're going back for more.

 

[WillD]

You can run Novice a whole season if you want to and you care about the Novice points deal that clubs do. Otherwise, once you feel that you have the hang of it don't register as a Novice anymore. It's purely up to you.

Pablo was on the money when it comes to track stuff. There is no set time frame or number of events. Most clubs will have to check you out to the next level. I.E. you will have to prove to an instructor you know what you're doing.

 

[pmartz16]

I meant for autox. Oh I signed up as novice for the mid ohio track day. I just didn't know if someone would say anything with me still signing up as novice after me doing a few events

 

[princess peach]

you're fine, people should respect your comfort level

 

[WillD]

My Dad needs my help this weekend on the farm so I'm going to be skipping the autocross. Still going to try to make it to the Corey Invitational on the 25th and that will probably be the last event of any kind that I do this year.

 

[pmartz16]

Should have signed up for mid ohio september 2nd