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Iron Chef · 05-23-2014, 08:28 AM

I think auto cross is a good place to start before jumping into full on track days.
I find that with auto cross you really learn the technical side of car control at 10/10ths driving. Even thought the time on track is short , you are driving on the limit all the time. You train yourself mentally to look ahead , plan your lines and anticipate at a much faster rate.

This makes your transition into track days much easier because everything on a track goes at a much slower pace. I find when I'm on the limit at the track and things start to go a little sideways it's a natural reaction to correct it. The way my car is set up , it over steers a lot and it's just muscle memory to recover , I feel that's is in a large part due to auto x experience.

I have seen more people struggle with track days > auto x then vice versa. I always recommend getting a season of auto x in first before jumping into track days

Even though auto x is a great tool for learning your skill set , it gets old quick. I like putting my car through her paces, running through the gears shifting at redline with you windows open and your engine just howling off the concrete walls , heel toe downshifting from 5-2nd ,
Trail braking into a corner at 120km, reeling in the guy in front of you that you've been working on for the last couple of laps till finally he gives up and waves you by, you can't get those things
At auto x.

05-23-2014, 08:28 AM	#37
Iron Chef My homepage has been set to RS Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,092 Thanked 485 Times in 149 Posts Failed 80 Times in 15 Posts	I think auto cross is a good place to start before jumping into full on track days. I find that with auto cross you really learn the technical side of car control at 10/10ths driving. Even thought the time on track is short , you are driving on the limit all the time. You train yourself mentally to look ahead , plan your lines and anticipate at a much faster rate. This makes your transition into track days much easier because everything on a track goes at a much slower pace. I find when I'm on the limit at the track and things start to go a little sideways it's a natural reaction to correct it. The way my car is set up , it over steers a lot and it's just muscle memory to recover , I feel that's is in a large part due to auto x experience. I have seen more people struggle with track days > auto x then vice versa. I always recommend getting a season of auto x in first before jumping into track days Even though auto x is a great tool for learning your skill set , it gets old quick. I like putting my car through her paces, running through the gears shifting at redline with you windows open and your engine just howling off the concrete walls , heel toe downshifting from 5-2nd , Trail braking into a corner at 120km, reeling in the guy in front of you that you've been working on for the last couple of laps till finally he gives up and waves you by, you can't get those things At auto x. Last edited by Iron Chef; 05-23-2014 at 08:36 AM.