Going to my first auto-cross, in the RX-7, what do I need to know?

[dhays]

Great thread! I'm brand new to Autocross as well. I've only done a handful of events, both practice and "real". I need to figure tire pressure as well. On Sunday I was trying to see when my tires were rubbing on the edge. This weekend I'm going to take some chalk with me so I can see for sure. My FD tends to understear quite a bit with me driving it. I waste a lot of time by not braking soon enough or hard enough.

Unfortunately, my FD has to run SM2 in SCCA events (thanks Chadwick for the info). My FD is a dog. Even so, I know I have lots of room for improvement as I try to learn how to drive. It is a LOT of fun. Nopis10, you should consider coming up to the BSCC events in Bremerton. It is a great group of folks. Very relaxed and very helpful. They also have some very fast drivers. You can always find someone to ride with you and give you pointers and they will often offer to allow you to ride along.

Two things really helped me. The first was walking the course with experienced drivers. They see things in the course that I never would and give great ideas on how to drive it. The second was to have an experienced RX racer drive my car with me in it. This guy, who races an FC, climbed into my car cold and drove it 5 seconds faster than my best time, even with the one spinout he had. Enjoy it!