Chicago Autocross Event 2 5/17/09

It was a great day for autocross, bright and sunny with temps in the high 60’s. The day was long as I had to work the last heat of the day. I left my house around 6:20am and didn’t get home until 8:30pm. Whew, I was exhausted but it was a lot of fun. The course was good, there were offset chutes that kept going further left and the last one was way to the right. You can see in the video I almost didn’t clear the first cone of the last chute since you had to turn so hard.

This was my best run of the day. A 63.567 that put me in 34th place out of 56 drivers in my class. I need more practice.

4/26/09 Autocross

My first official event! 4/26/09 at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, IL.

It was a lot of fun. There were a variety of cars there and everyone was really nice. I also achieved my goal of not being last in my class. Bonus!

These videos were made possible by my excellent in-laws and their Christmas gift of a GoPro Motorsports Hero Wide camera.

Best run in the morning. It had just stopped raining about 15 minutes before this. Camera was inside and you can see the amount of steering input required.

This was my best run of the day. This was in the afternoon after the track had dried out. I moved the camera to the roof for the afternoon runs.

I am already registered for the next event. I can’t wait!