06-24-2012, 09:59 PM | #1 |
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Drives: 2012 Victory Red ZL1 w/ ECF Join Date: Nov 2011
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Took my ZL1 to the Texas SCCA Solo Event #4 Today (pics included)(video to come)
Never racing at any road courses or autocross events, I was a nerve-wracking blend of anxiousness and excitement toward my first autocross race. I was worried about getting lost in the maze of cones or letting the ZL1 name down.
The experienced drivers really worked to help out the novices. They gave a walk through of the course giving tips and later let us ride with them during their runs. After completing my 5 runs I had determined that never again will my ZL1 go 2 months without going to a road course or autocross event. If you haven't taken yours around a track yet, you are missing out. I was grouped in the novice class as a novice super stock car. Compared to the non-novice super stock class (which was composed of 6 Corvettes and a Porsche GT3) I would have come in 4th of 8. I was told this wasn't bad considering I was a novice running on stock tires (many of the cars were running a much softer compound). Also, I completed all 5 runs without spinning out or hitting a cone. I've included some pictures below and I will have a video up in the next day or so. |
06-24-2012, 10:02 PM | #2 |
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awesome pics, looks like a great time.
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06-24-2012, 10:21 PM | #3 |
Drives: 2012 ZL1 #1448 Join Date: May 2009
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What PTM mode did you select ? I haven't Auto X in a while but, you've inspired me to get out their. Nice pix's, looking good !
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06-24-2012, 10:29 PM | #4 |
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Awesome!
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06-24-2012, 10:56 PM | #5 |
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I live for autocross.
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06-25-2012, 12:12 AM | #6 |
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Cant wait to see vid!
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06-25-2012, 06:48 AM | #7 |
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I ran it in PTM 5.
My son will finish putting the video together tonight after work. |
06-25-2012, 07:32 AM | #8 |
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Glad you got it out there and banged some gears - good job!
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06-25-2012, 10:45 PM | #9 | |
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The video is now up on youtube:
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