WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME AUTOX IS SO MUCH FUN?!

"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake)
04/27/2014 at 13:15 • Filed to: Autox

Seriously, I'm having a fucking blast. I also apparently don't know where the right side of my car is

DISCUSSION (14)

PheeNoIVI > Jayhawk Jake
04/27/2014 at 13:17

You and me both man haha

YSI-what can brown do for you > Jayhawk Jake
04/27/2014 at 13:25

It has always been fun!! It is just that 25 bucks an event is a bit steep otherwise I would be out there every week racing!

Jayhawk Jake > YSI-what can brown do for you
04/27/2014 at 13:28

The group I'm doing it with is $20 and we get 10 runs. $2 a run? Yes please.

Unfortunately I'll be out of town for the next one...

YSI-what can brown do for you > Jayhawk Jake
04/27/2014 at 13:29

It is usually 25 bucks and 6 to 8 runs. I usually go twice a month as that seems like a good amount of money to spend going in circles!

thedevilinside > YSI-what can brown do for you
04/27/2014 at 13:31

Dang, where I go is $35 this year for 4-6 runs.

E92M3 > Jayhawk Jake
04/27/2014 at 14:04

If you think thats fun wait till you do a trackday. It costs more, but 2hrs of track time > 10 mins on a cone course.

f86sabre > Jayhawk Jake
04/27/2014 at 15:59

because it is an entry way drug. Next you will a set of bespoke tires and rims. Then yo will be booking at the tires that are at the edge of the rules. Then you will be one of those guys with a water bottle cooling the tires between runs.

After that you will start thinking about competing for the championship. The you will build a bespoke car, and you start looking at going to nationals. Drivers schools, car haulers...we were just looking out for you.

Jayhawk Jake > f86sabre
04/27/2014 at 16:48

I already started thinking about tires....

I don't think I'll ever become very competitive beyond improving my times.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Jayhawk Jake
04/27/2014 at 16:49

I wonder if I should set up something similar over here. As far as I can tell we haven't got any AutoX at all.

I'd love to give it a go :)

Jayhawk Jake > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
04/27/2014 at 17:26

Surely there's SOMETHING like it.

It's good, cheap, safe fun. You never really get up to very high speed and the course is designed with safety in mind so there was never any point where I felt like I would get into a situation to harm my car or myself. And for $20 I can't think of something more fun.

It's also just great to see a group of people driving their cars properly, not just commuting to and from work but actually driving them for the pleasure and sport of driving.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Jayhawk Jake
04/27/2014 at 17:46

Nearly. There's autograss, which is similar but in a field (looks like it would be harsh on my suspension and undercarriage), rallycross (same, and you need a race license) and autosolo (similar but with ludicrously tight courses, never get about 5mph and all about flicking the car around in handbrake turns).

I think space might be a problem. We don't really have the colossal car parks that abound in America, and if we do then they're attached to shopping malls and theme parks so are in use on the weekends.

I'm thinking disused airfields would be ideal though. There's tons of them littering the South coast left over from the war :)

Jayhawk Jake > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
04/27/2014 at 17:57

We run on an old airfield, and you have tons of those.

Stupidru > Jayhawk Jake
04/28/2014 at 10:15

AutoX is like crack. Go once, and your wallet will be drained within no time at all... but you'll have shiny new parts on your doorstep!

flimflamman > Jayhawk Jake
04/28/2014 at 21:23

It is fun and so is rallycross, but there has to be at least 6 runs to make it worth the time, IMHO.