Posted by David Steuber on May 28, 2006, 3:05 am
Subject says it all. SCCA Solo II racing is fun and safe. You can do
it in the family sedan. Only one car is on the course at a time.
The course is typically in a parking lot and marked out with cones.
It tends to be quite tight and almost everyone runs in second gear.
You get several runs and your fastest run becomes your final time.
Fastest time wins. Simple.
The brilliant part of the sport is that it is cheap. You also do not
need to be a member of the SCCA or have an SCCA license to participate
in Autocross.
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Posted by tomorrow on May 28, 2006, 10:06 am
David Steuber wrote:
> Subject says it all. SCCA Solo II racing is fun and safe. You can do
> it in the family sedan. Only one car is on the course at a time.
> The course is typically in a parking lot and marked out with cones.
> It tends to be quite tight and almost everyone runs in second gear.
> You get several runs and your fastest run becomes your final time.
> Fastest time wins. Simple.
> The brilliant part of the sport is that it is cheap. You also do not
> need to be a member of the SCCA or have an SCCA license to participate
> in Autocross.
No, the AMA has nothing like this. You can typically drag race your
motorcycle at certain drag race facilities - bracket racing or 'grudge
night' or something of that sort. You can also sign up for 'sport bike
day' at many local roadrace tracks and take your bike out under
controlled conditions there. You can sometimes participate in 'field
events' at certain motorcycle rallies, exemplifying skills at slow
riding and low speed motorcycle control.
I'm sure there are other activities that others can point you to, but
afaik, nothing remotely simiilar to autocrossing for motorcycles.
Of course, I could be completely wrong, as I was in the MSF thread
about beginning riders!
Posted by Turby on May 28, 2006, 11:24 am
On 28 May 2006 07:06:14 -0700, tomorrow@erols.com wrote:
>David Steuber wrote:
>> Subject says it all. SCCA Solo II racing is fun and safe. You can do
>> it in the family sedan. Only one car is on the course at a time.
>> The course is typically in a parking lot and marked out with cones.
>> It tends to be quite tight and almost everyone runs in second gear.
>> You get several runs and your fastest run becomes your final time.
>> Fastest time wins. Simple.
>>
>No, the AMA has nothing like this. You can typically drag race your
>motorcycle at certain drag race facilities - bracket racing or 'grudge
>night' or something of that sort. You can also sign up for 'sport bike
>day' at many local roadrace tracks and take your bike out under
>controlled conditions there. You can sometimes participate in 'field
>events' at certain motorcycle rallies, exemplifying skills at slow
>riding and low speed motorcycle control.
>I'm sure there are other activities that others can point you to, but
>afaik, nothing remotely simiilar to autocrossing for motorcycles.
It's too bad. It would be a lot of fun. A friend races Porsches in
autocross in the local stadium parking lot. He's addicted. There are
also drag races in the same lot, started because of the problems with
illegal street drags.
Not long ago, there was a link posted to a video of, I believe,
Japanese police, going through a good course.
There are some cone layouts at the bottom of this page that would be
fun to try:
http://users.crocker.com/~mwilliams/Parking_Lot_Moves.htm
Not exactly "cross", but certainly challenging.
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Turby the Turbosurfer
Posted by Bruce Richmond on May 28, 2006, 11:59 am
Turby wrote:
> On 28 May 2006 07:06:14 -0700, tomorrow@erols.com wrote:
> >
> >David Steuber wrote:
> >> Subject says it all. SCCA Solo II racing is fun and safe. You can do
> >> it in the family sedan. Only one car is on the course at a time.
> >> The course is typically in a parking lot and marked out with cones.
> >> It tends to be quite tight and almost everyone runs in second gear.
> >> You get several runs and your fastest run becomes your final time.
> >> Fastest time wins. Simple.
> >>
> >No, the AMA has nothing like this. You can typically drag race your
> >motorcycle at certain drag race facilities - bracket racing or 'grudge
> >night' or something of that sort. You can also sign up for 'sport bike
> >day' at many local roadrace tracks and take your bike out under
> >controlled conditions there. You can sometimes participate in 'field
> >events' at certain motorcycle rallies, exemplifying skills at slow
> >riding and low speed motorcycle control.
> >
> >I'm sure there are other activities that others can point you to, but
> >afaik, nothing remotely simiilar to autocrossing for motorcycles.
> It's too bad. It would be a lot of fun. A friend races Porsches in
> autocross in the local stadium parking lot. He's addicted. There are
> also drag races in the same lot, started because of the problems with
> illegal street drags.
> Not long ago, there was a link posted to a video of, I believe,
> Japanese police, going through a good course.
> There are some cone layouts at the bottom of this page that would be
> fun to try:
> http://users.crocker.com/~mwilliams/Parking_Lot_Moves.htm
> Not exactly "cross", but certainly challenging.
The reason it is safe and fun in cars is because the worst that can
happen is you knock some cones over when you spin. Being solo
eliminates exspensive crunches with other cars. With bikes if you lose
it there is a good chance you will fall down, damaging the bike and/or
yourself.
Bruce
Posted by Ted Mittelstaedt on May 28, 2006, 5:30 pm
> The reason it is safe and fun in cars is because the worst that can
> happen is you knock some cones over when you spin.
Just curious, how is it fun when the worst that can happen is you
knock some cones over? Safe I can see.
Ted
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> it in the family sedan. Only one car is on the course at a time.
> The course is typically in a parking lot and marked out with cones.
> It tends to be quite tight and almost everyone runs in second gear.
> You get several runs and your fastest run becomes your final time.
> Fastest time wins. Simple.
> The brilliant part of the sport is that it is cheap. You also do not
> need to be a member of the SCCA or have an SCCA license to participate
> in Autocross.