I wanted to get this video up sooner but things have been mighty hectic around here.
There were no autocross events scheduled in June or most of July for the Chicago Region SCCA. The June Sprints took place at Road America and the SCCA Solo National Tour was in the area in early July. Both of those are very popular events with members. I thought about attending some other local club events but decided to enjoy the time off and get some things done.
One of those things was to have bionic surgery so that I am better, faster, stronger… just like The Six Million Dollar Man (but with a $20 co-pay). Actually, it was just a minor procedure on my toe. I should be able to walk on it normally by the next event on July 26th.
This was a good course with some fast sections and a couple of slow parts that could catch you by surprise if you weren’t looking ahead. I really enjoyed the middle section from the turn into the chute to the turn around. You could charge down the chute and line up perfectly for the first cone of the following slalom, but there was an offset gate at the end of the slalom that made a lot of people turn wildly and either take out the inside cone (which I did once) or miss the gate entirely (which I also did once).
If you took a wide line coming out of the first slalom you could really sail through the first left-hander. Instinct makes you want to drive at the cones and make a left turn so it took a lot of concentration to get out wide and make a gentle arc around the inside marker. Same thing with the last slalom. You could swing wide at the end, turn before the gate, and almost drive straight through rather than staying tight and having to make a hard left.
It’s probably easier to see it than explain it. Lets go to the tape…
Fun, fun, fun.
