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the pictures were taken by a friend of mine ray he does the autocross in the st class with a focus svt.

this in my third event but this is really been fun, i do mostly drag racing but gotta say this has been a good change. still will do drag racing to get my elusive 10sec slip when it starts to cool down here in texas!

 

[jvert]

Awesome! Next thing you need to try is open track. Now that will just blow your mind. Imagine going down the straights at 100 mph then having to take a turn!!!!!! It truly makes you a better driver.

 

[Ciotti]

Autocross is actually more technical and more about driver skill than track days/open track, everything is so close together that if you screw up anywhere it effects the next 3 - 5 corners almost no matter what. Also, the margin of error is much smaller in that if you're as little as 6 inches off an apex cone it will absolutely make a difference in that run.
Don't get me wrong, open tracking absolutely takes skill but in terms of learning to be a better driver there's nothing that can match autocross.

 

[32ValveRom]

Nice vids. +1 on the open track

 

[Red Turtle]

Nice! Still a special place in my heart for a Blown/cammed fox!

 

[95PGTTech]

Autocross is actually more technical and more about driver skill than track days/open track, everything is so close together that if you screw up anywhere it effects the next 3 - 5 corners almost no matter what. Also, the margin of error is much smaller in that if you're as little as 6 inches off an apex cone it will absolutely make a difference in that run.
Don't get me wrong, open tracking absolutely takes skill but in terms of learning to be a better driver there's nothing that can match autocross.

I disagree. Nearly every HPDE1 autocrosser I have ever instructed falls into the following stereotypes:

1. extremely overconfident. you can have 20 years of autocross experience, it makes you only marginally better than someone in the same boat with zero autocross experience. you would think experienced racers from ANY racing discipline would be more humble, more respectful, and more appreciative of the differences of learning a new discipline, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
2. extremely harsh, snappy inputs. I'd assume this has to do with an autocross smaller, tighter course.
3. shuffle-steering. again, I'd assume this has to do something with them being used to small, tight courses.


The points you made about messing one corner apply equally to the open course, especially in wheel to wheel or time attack racing. Overspeed one corner, take an odd line, get a tire partially off, any small mistake will cost you a lot of lap time and take you quite a few corners to get back up to speed.

I don't think either is harder - I've done some low speed oval with my car too and I think any form of racing (done correctly and safely) can contribute to becoming a better driver.