Really fun autocross today!

"YSI-what can brown do for you" (ysi-what-can-brown-do-for-you) 09/06/2014 at 22:00 • Filed to: None

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I got 10 runs. 10! Fastest run was a 60.08 or something like that. I WOULD have broken the sixty second mark, twice, if I hadn't hit a cone on both runs, at 59.092 and 59.643. It wasn't even like I was coming into a corner too fast, I just came too close to the cones in the slalom, you can't win them all I suppose.

Also, as I got there, Racescort666 was there. We both ended up driving each others cars for one run each. I drove his Audi, and it had a bunch more grip than my car, plus it felt much faster in the straights. Although, there was a "bit" of body roll, overall though a ton of fun to drive, very different to the FRS. Only wish it was a bit louder!

Also, free food!

Brian Silvestro > YSI-what can brown do for you 09/06/2014 at 22:03

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Dem videos though

Also, wtf 10 runs?! I paid for a charity event today and only got 6!

YSI-what can brown do for you > Brian Silvestro 09/06/2014 at 22:04

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It was a much more laid back event. Only 85 drivers or something, the Chicago region usually runs 150!!

Brian Silvestro > YSI-what can brown do for you 09/06/2014 at 22:05

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We only had 35 drivers...

YSI-what can brown do for you > Brian Silvestro 09/06/2014 at 22:06

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. . . I mean, I don't know what to tell yeah. Join the Chicago region? To be fair though, I was there from like 9 to 6 racing.

Brian Silvestro > YSI-what can brown do for you 09/06/2014 at 22:07

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I guess people in upstate NY just don't like fun.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Brian Silvestro 09/06/2014 at 22:12

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Autocrossing? Fun? Never.

Brian Silvestro > YSI-what can brown do for you 09/06/2014 at 22:15

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That makes absolutely no sense! This is what upstate NY likes:

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/car-show-photo…

Out of the hundreds of cars in the pictures, can you pick out 3 cars that aren't from America?

YSI-what can brown do for you > Brian Silvestro 09/06/2014 at 22:20

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You want to know something even crazier! There are 165 slots open for autocrossing, and it usually fill up 2 or 3 days before registration closes. The Indy region had 180 at a recent event. I think the mid-west is big on racing and not looking at cars. I know of very few car shows here.

Brian Silvestro > YSI-what can brown do for you 09/06/2014 at 22:21

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Goddammit that pisses me off. Most of the Northeast seems to be all show and no go. Very few actual enthusiasts.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Brian Silvestro 09/06/2014 at 22:30

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Now to be fair, Chicago is pretty heavily populated and the Indy region is big city as well. How populated is the norther NY?

Brian Silvestro > YSI-what can brown do for you 09/06/2014 at 22:32

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More than I thought actually

It's red where Albany is, which is a lot.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Brian Silvestro 09/06/2014 at 22:44

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Yeah it isn't as bad as say Nevada. I would say around 100 people per autocross should be a good amount. Also, was it not raining today? I went to an Indy event when it was raining(the only event I have ever won) and there was maybe 30 people there.

Brian Silvestro > YSI-what can brown do for you 09/06/2014 at 22:45

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That's a good point, it was supposed to rain, but only started to drizzle near the end of the event.