SCCA Noob

[ericstanley]

First thread, woo hoo... :woot:
:shrug:

I joined SCCA recently and plan to AutoX for a while before hitting the road courses and figured I'd hang out in places like this for a while and see what words of wisdom I can pick up...

I'm hoping this site does well... we'll see how it goes!

[RrCoX22]

welcome... and ya... starting with autox is good choice to start with as it's less expensive for some seat time on improving you skills :thumbsup:

[ericstanley]

welcome... and ya... starting with autox is good choice to start with as it's less expensive for some seat time on improving you skills :thumbsup:

That's the plan!

[SteveLevin]

I have to say that I'm not sure I agree with AutoX being a direct "in line" way to road racing. You don't actually get a lot of track time, and AutoX tends to require car control that's...different overall.

Track days are a good learning experience and as long as you don't push past 7/10ths, you should be pretty safe with your car.

Steve

[ericstanley]

I have to say that I'm not sure I agree with AutoX being a direct "in line" way to road racing. You don't actually get a lot of track time, and AutoX tends to require car control that's...different overall.

Track days are a good learning experience and as long as you don't push past 7/10ths, you should be pretty safe with your car.

Steve

Either way, I intend to participate in 3 autosports at some point... autocross, roadracing, and drag racing. I'm not sure it matters which one I start with - they each have their own skill sets. I agree that driving below 7/10ths is a relatively decent safety net. However, if I do push past 7/10ths in my search for it, I likely won't cause too much damage during Autocross. Making that mistake for the first time on a road course could have very bad consequences. Does that make sense?