| Re: Hosted our first Autocross of the 2011 season this weekend |
Subject: Re: Hosted our first Autocross of the 2011 season this weekend by biggrizzly on 2011/4/18 20:57:15 Results are interesting to look at. Indeed the there were only 2 C4s on the lot and they were both running street stock and had virgin drivers. Both drivers attended our beginner class. Their best times of the day were 54.186 and 54.962 respectively. The FTD for Men was 45.160 and this guy has won SCCA Championships and NCCC Championships. He has been auto crossing for many years and drove a bone stock C6 base coupe. I think it had a cat back on it. The FTD for Women was 49.841. She is also a seasoned driver driving a 2006 Z06 However, when I look at all the times throughout the day, I don't see any one generation really doing better than the rest. There were C6 car that did 60 second runs in the first couple heats. We also had a BMW M5 coupe that was deadly and a Suburu Impreza that ran 45.654. Pontiac G8 GT ran 46.264. These cars smoked many a C5 and C6 yesterday. They had young drivers that were responsive and knew their cars and had better skills. This sport really depends on driver skill and course layout that works best for your car; either horsepower or handling. I think this course was very fast and let the Corvettes have an advantage over the Subaru and Pontiac. The M5 was pretty fast but the driver was not that impressive. Had the course been slower, thus tighter like last year we would have had better times for the imports. |
