2008 Autocross Schedule and Information
 

Further information about any of these events can be found at www.mnautox.com in the forum. Event registration is typically opened 30 days before the event on www.myautoevents.com.

A full calendar of regional events can be found HERE. This includes events in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois.

Apr 26 Novice School – Classroom Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis - FULL
Apr 27 Novice School - Driving Midway Stadium, St. Paul - FULL
May 3 MOWOG 1 Autocross, Valleyfair, Shakopee - Online Registration: FULL
May 4 MOWOG 2 Autocross, Valleyfair, Shakopee - Online Registration: FULL
May 18 PCA/COM Autocross, DCTC, Rosemount - Online Registration: FULL
Jun 1 MOWOG 3 Autocross, DCTC, Rosemount - Online Registration: FULL
Jun 8 CVSCC 1 Autocross, Chippewa Valley Tech College, Eau Claire (MAC providing support)
Jun 14 Novice School - Classroom, Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis - Online Registration: FULL
Jun 15 Novice School - Driving, Midway Stadium, St. Paul - Online Registration: FULL
Jun 20 CVSCC Members-Only Novice School, Chippewa Valley Tech College, Eau Claire (Tentative)
Jun 29 MOWOG 4 Autocross, Dakota County Tech College, Rosemount - Online Registration: FULL
Jul 13 Members-Only Test & Tune, Dakota County Tech College, Rosemount - Online Registration: FULL
Aug 3 MOWOG 5 Autocross, Dakota County Tech College, Rosemount - Event Details
Aug 23 MOWOG 6 Autocross, Midway Stadium, St. Paul - Event Details
Aug 24 Autocross-COM/NCCC Super Sunday, DCTC, Rosemount
Sep 7 Members-Only Test & Tune, Dakota County Tech College, Rosemount - Event Details
Sep 28 CVSCC 2 Autocross, Chippewa Valley Tech College, Eau Claire (MAC providing support)
Oct 4 MOWOG 7 Autocross, Canterbury Park, Shakopee - Event Details
Oct 5 MOWOG 8 Autocross, Canterbury Park, Shakopee - Event Details
Oct 19 MOWOG 9 Autocross, Midway Stadium, St. Paul - Event Details

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Dave said he would be extremely mad at me if I didn't make a novice school. Bummer the April is full, I will have to sign up for June.

Maybe the sentra will like auto-x if I can't get the new project going by then :)

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Dave who, anyone I know?

The April school filled up in less than 2 days, I plan on going since I only have 4 events under my belt. Aside from a test and tune day it is the most seat time you will get for your money, plus there are instructors there for nothing else but to help you drive better.

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I think I will do the June school.

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Dave P. Drives a Porsche 914 - turbo'd.

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Dave Parsons.

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I just signed up for the June school. I decided I'm going to try autocrossing this year at least a few times. Should be fun!

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speaking of schooling and june, I just signed up for my MSF/BRC testing for bike safety ;)
:shocked:
:offtopic:
Changed my mind on the vette ;)

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For people wanting to sign up for the novice school and all the MAC events they can be found here:
http://www.myautoevents.com/pls/mae/...text=minnesota

Keep in mind that MAC runs events in conjunction with other groups so they aren't listed there, but a link to signups is usually listed on the forum at www.mnautox.com and they're always through myautoevents.com.

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Found this video of 8-time national champion Mark Daddio in his Evo from last year's Pro Solo event in DC:
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fusea...deoid=11481547

If you think that's still slow, imagine yourself in the car, it's fast. The course is a little short, but that is a fast course.

I don't know his exact setup but I remember FP green, AEM and everything else you can imagine. At one point he was running 18x10s up front and 17x8.5s in the rear to help the car turn.

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Looks like I maybe at the novice school this weekend, there is a guy that wants to trade.

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I'll be at the novice school in June.

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I ended up in the April novice school by trading with a guy. I had a great time and learned quite a bit. Anybody that hasn't tried AutoX should, it's a great challenge and you learn a lot. And you don't have to go to a novice school to start.

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Updated the schedule.

The Porsche Club of America/Corvettes of Minnesota autocross still has spots left. These events are known to have faster courses than what is normally ran by MAC. Hope to you all there!

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MOWOG 3 registration open.

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I signed up for the MOWOG 3 and PCA events. Nice that they happen on sunday.

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Damn I really want to do this, anything open in June, July, or August? As far as driving school and auto x are concerned. Would prefer to do this with a healed leg ;)

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Read the first post.

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Wow I need to sign up soon it looks like if I want to be able to go out 2 or 3 times.

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Yep, gotta act fast. MOWOG 1 and 2 had room for 160 entries each, they both filled up on within 4 days. Look at the date(s) you want to run and prepare for the registration to open 30 days prior.

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Matt, how did Sunday go for you?

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About the same, 6th out of 9. I beat a race prepared Porsche though. :) My best run was a 62.2 (5th of 6 runs, an entire second faster than my previous best) and that would have moved me from 6th to 4th, but I hit a cone in one of the slaloms. :( The course was the same length as Saturday, but was 6-8 seconds faster, VERY fun.

Another Evo and an STI with coilovers were just ahead of me, then a 350Z with coilovers and R-compounds, then two M3s (one on Azenis, the other on Rs) were nearly neck and neck for the lead with the M3 with Rs coming out a few tenths ahead.

I'm doing pretty good for having an under-prepared car, though a guy with a stock Evo 8 RS put down times that rivaled the fastest cars, but he isn't human. Working on getting some coilovers, then need a set of wheels to put R-compounds on, then it's just little stuff like suspension bushings and a little more power.

The car needs some work, though. I'm getting alignment done this Thursday which I'm told will greatly improve how the car behaves in the corners. One thing that bothers me is I was the only Evo (stock suspension or otherwise) that was lifting the inside rear wheel at all. I don't know if it's my driving or if I have blown front struts, but it really bothers me. The car just felt like the front outside corner was digging in really hard. I had to put more air in the front tires than I wanted, even more than the other Evo guys were, because I was beginning to roll the tires halfway to the wheel.

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Any pics at all?

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Two threads that I know of so far:
http://forum.mnautox.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9034 (two flickr links, good pictures)
http://www.mnsportcompacts.net/forum...ad.php?t=69145

The favorites I've seen so far of me:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...x/100_2079.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...x/100_2080.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2187/...604294edcd.jpg

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nice! Yea your car is dipping alot in the turns. Get some coilovers in there!

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Another Evo and an STI with coilovers were just ahead of me, then a 350Z with coilovers and R-compounds, then two M3s (one on Azenis, the other on Rs) were nearly neck and neck for the lead with the M3 with Rs coming out a few tenths ahead.

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Look at the SCCA forum Marketplace somebody is selling a cheap set of very light wheels for our cars. Kosei TS1's

Andres

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I know, I browse that forum regularly. :( Want to buy them for me? ;) Some Hoosier A6s while you're at it, too.

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Only 8 spots left for the event #4 june 24th. This weekend at Dakota County Technical College is already full, you might get in if you come early. Nice weeekend!!!:spin:

http://www.myautoevents.com/pls/mae/...sevent_id=8612
Andres

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If you guys want to make an event on short notice, there's one in wisconsin 6/8/08. Still has 59 spots open. A decent chance if you want to try it.

http://myautoevents.com/pls/mae/frmE...sevent_id=9146

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The Eau Claire events are a good time. It's nice to be running somewhere not-so-local yet isn't very far away.

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I was on TV! - http://www.wqow.com/Video/6-8%20autocross.wmv
23 seconds in. No, you don't see me mowing cones. :)

Ryan was there tearing it up in his Stealth, as were 3 other Evos.

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I was on TV too, just in the background out on the course.

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Another video clip of the event. I think he's on here, his name is Brandon.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9583961@N06/2563986683/

He posted the fastest time of the day (FTD) later in the afternoon when it dried out. Good job, Brandon!

Re: 2008 Autocross Schedule and Information
 

I just gave the schedule a good update and added a link to the big calendar of events located on mnautox.com.