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spencer489 · 04-07-2014, 01:14 PM

this is my second event in my 1le (the first was 30 degrees). i spent the entire day trying to get a feel for the car since i was coming from a miata. i took significant time off through my first 4 runs but hit a cone on my 4th so my 3rd was the fastest. i hit a cone early in my 5th run so that became my fun run. overall i think the car did great but the course was to tight and i need to get use to the car. i will say for the events around here this is not really a autocross car its home is on a track, altho it can compete really well in its class since i was able to run within a sec (raw time i did just clip a cone) of a guy that can consistently run in the top 5 of pax out of 70 and it was my first time "really driving the car" on the OE tires with 13,000 miles on them. i also made some guys day letting him ride along during one of my runs.

this is my 4th run i messed up the title for the other video
http://youtu.be/MOeLkGLa75Y

this is my 3rd
http://youtu.be/jE9tQIQkOyc

Novie LE · 04-07-2014, 02:05 PM

Nice, seemed like a tight course compared to what we have here.

Nick S · 04-07-2014, 02:19 PM

Yeah I will say that after watching a few autocross events in my area last year the spacing of the course can make a big difference. Courses that are very tight and compacted will be much more difficult in the Camaro's over cars like the Miata and Honda S2000's. They are just smaller cars and can get in and out between the cones easier. But I'm sure it was still a blast to drive and participate in.

gajagfan · 04-07-2014, 04:18 PM

Do you do the entire run in 1st?

04-07-2014, 01:14 PM	#1
spencer489 Drives: 2013 Pre-Production SW Camaro 1le Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: lexington,ky Posts: 140 View My Garage	first decent autocross in my 1le this is my second event in my 1le (the first was 30 degrees). i spent the entire day trying to get a feel for the car since i was coming from a miata. i took significant time off through my first 4 runs but hit a cone on my 4th so my 3rd was the fastest. i hit a cone early in my 5th run so that became my fun run. overall i think the car did great but the course was to tight and i need to get use to the car. i will say for the events around here this is not really a autocross car its home is on a track, altho it can compete really well in its class since i was able to run within a sec (raw time i did just clip a cone) of a guy that can consistently run in the top 5 of pax out of 70 and it was my first time "really driving the car" on the OE tires with 13,000 miles on them. i also made some guys day letting him ride along during one of my runs. this is my 4th run i messed up the title for the other video http://youtu.be/MOeLkGLa75Y this is my 3rd http://youtu.be/jE9tQIQkOyc

04-07-2014, 02:05 PM	#2
Novie LE Drives: 2014 1LE Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Sometimes here, sometimes there Posts: 399	Nice, seemed like a tight course compared to what we have here. __________________ 2014 Red Hot 1LE

04-07-2014, 02:19 PM	#3
Nick S Drives: 2013 Camaro 1LE Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Verona, WI Posts: 1,932	Yeah I will say that after watching a few autocross events in my area last year the spacing of the course can make a big difference. Courses that are very tight and compacted will be much more difficult in the Camaro's over cars like the Miata and Honda S2000's. They are just smaller cars and can get in and out between the cones easier. But I'm sure it was still a blast to drive and participate in. __________________

04-07-2014, 04:18 PM	#4
gajagfan Drives: 2013 1SS 1LE Black - Std Exhaust Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Brunswick, GA Posts: 3,622 View My Garage	Do you do the entire run in 1st?