new autox format?

Matthew_Thomson · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:31 pm

http://www.noflatbatteries.com/videos/ChrisEvans.wmv

David Spratte · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:37 pm

British people are funny.

Carl Fisher · **Posted:** Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:51 am

That's amazing. I'd love to try an event like that. Maybe that would be a good thing to try at Rockingham.

Adam Ligon · **Posted:** Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:39 am

Crazy stuff, reversing and crap.

No one else noticed the lack of helmet? In an open top car no less :roll:

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:49 am

Could you imagine teaching a Novice how to recognize a DNF? :shock:

Carl Fisher · **Posted:** Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:50 am

I noticed the lack of helmet, but at ~25mph top speed, it's not clear how necessary it really is. Except in the litigious USA, that is.

Man, that guy is so graceful! A lot like that Mini clip last week. Amazing the car-control skills you can develop.

Wes Eargle · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:47 am **Posts:** 3683

How the eff would you have 120 people do a coursewalk on that thing?

shawnwhipple · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 6:28 pm **Posts:** 603

Anyone up for an event like that? That guy driving is seriously talented.

Having driven in England that is the area shown in the video is bigger than most of the parking lots over there, which is kind of a bummer.
Of course on the plus side most of the country roads are more like autocross courses with 6 foot tall hedge instead of cones. There are also round-abouts or traffic circles everywhere which if you can catch just right drive like a 3 cone slalom.

Shawn

George Bright · **Posted:** Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:14 pm

Hey in the US it used to be called a gymkana (SP?). My dad used to help put these on for SCCA-CCR back in the day when sports cars had wire wheels and no seat belts.

SimonWright · **Posted:** Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:00 pm

That's how I park every day in the parking lot at Centennial!

We British are a creative lot - it's keeps us from getting depressed about the weather.

Did you know that if you took your driving test in England in an automatic that you were not licensed to drive a manual?

Bloody good idea!

Also, I think the DMV should start giving out leaflets to people when they renew their licenses that explains how a bloody roundabout works. (That's "traffic circle" to my colonial cousins here.)

Simon

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Fri Oct 29, 2004 8:20 am

SimonWright wrote:

how a bloody roundabout works. (That's "traffic circle" to my colonial cousins here.)

Actually if we had those I think most of us would call it a "skid pad". Good for testing those lateral G's at 3am. :wink:

Rich Anderson · **Posted:** Fri Oct 29, 2004 9:15 am

Or for heat cycling tires.

Graham Jagger · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 12:53 am **Posts:** 1718

Rich Anderson wrote:

Or for heat cycling tires.

That's the real reason for on ramps and off ramps isn't it? :lol:

SimonWright · **Posted:** Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:52 pm

That's what the cloverleaf at Crossroads is for.

Simon

Brad Mackey · **Posted:** Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:28 pm

I'd like to see the course map for that event!

They probably let a chimp scratch on a paper, then inserted the cone placements...

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