Recent Thunder Valley e-mail list discussions got me thinking.
First, next spring the VCMC Motorsport Club in Vancouver, BC, will be holding a
women's only autox school. I know this is popular down in SoCal. I've always
had mixed emotions about it, but after a positive women's only bike racing
clinic, I've had a change of heart. Any possibilities of this ever happening in
the Bay Area? I'm thinking it could be open to ANYONE, SCCA member or not, and
as in Vancouver, it could be called a Car Control Clinic. This could be
something directed at the general community.
I'm just brainstorming ideas here. Please attack the ideas, not me.
And then, going in a completely different direction, I think the one aspect of
competitive autox often overlooked is the start. The fastest autocrossers
always really attack off the start. Michael Butler was one of the most
aggressive, and so is Kevin McCormick. Those are two that I mimic.
Yet, in autox schools, we focus on everything else. Why not an exercise focused
specifically on that? Say, a ninety-degree turn or two to simulate the start of
an actual course? I've made drastic improvements in times in a single autox
simply by adding more oomph to my start. I bet this could be made into a good
drill.
Well, let's have an intelligent conversation about this, because sometimes, we
read something "new" and just completely freak out about it. I'm just offering
up some ideas.
Ciao,
Katie K.
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