Autocross #2 is in the books! Today was a very interesting day for quite a few reasons, as detailed below, but another 1st place result in STX is most certainly nothing to complain about! Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016 SCCA Chapter: Chicago Region (Event #2) Location: Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL Weather: Partly Cloudy, Dry, Windy, 45-55 degrees F ---------- Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ Class: 345 STX Wheels/Tires: 949 Racing 6UL (17x9)/Bridgestone Potenza RE-71R (245/40R17) Brakes: Hawk 5.0 Suspension: KW V3 coilovers, Raceseng [...]

So begins the 2016 autocross season, and boy are we off to a great start! I'm going to try and keep the format consistent between all of my autocross event posts in the future, so hopefully the format below works: Date: Sunday, April 17, 2016 SCCA Chapter: Chicago Region (Event #1) Location: Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL Weather: Sunny, Dry, No Wind, 70-80 degrees F ---------- Car: 2015 Subaru BRZ Class: 345 STX Wheels/Tires: [...]

So this was a fun weekend! I finally managed to talk my dad into attending an autocross, after years of trying to get ANYONE in my family to try one. He actually drove 750 miles out from New Jersey just for this event, and then drove all the way back home after the weekend was over. He participated using a [definitely not rented] Ford Mustang, which was a pretty good car for him to start [...]

Unlike my last two events, today I really struggled with the limited grip offered by the stock Michelin Primacy HP tires on this car. That and I always seemed to screw up at least one corner on every run. I blame the tire issue on the excessive heat and concrete-like surface, which the tires really did not seem to like at ALL. I blame the screwed up corners on my dumbness. [...]

Today I participated in my first autocross with the BRZ. I'd done three autocrosses previously: once in a rented Toyota Yaris, and twice in my Outback. This was my first time driving a vehicle properly suited to the task, and boy was it fun! The yellow Ferrari behind me was my target to beat, not because it's particularly difficult to beat an old Ferrari with a modern-day sports car, but just so that I could say [...]