The Renegade Miata Club held an autocross on June 19. It was a Rob M special, with a Chicago Box on a corner and a couple 180-degree pivots. Can't say I figured it out, but I posted my best score ever at the event. The courses vary so widely that comparing raw times isn't very valuable, I look at score as a percentage of the winning time in my class (Street Touring S).
The alignment felt excellent, the car turned in crisply and was very easy to steer using the throttle. Not having to correct for weird alignment quirks meant I could focus on turning in early and driving a smooth line. The brakes working as they should definitely helped as well!
I also got to test out a co-workers GoPro HD camera. I mounted it the roll bar and got some good footage. I'm very impressed with the picture and sound quality, considering they required no adjustment on my part. Below is a sampling of some runs.
First: My fastest run, at 1:26.91. For comparison, the fastest run in my class, by Ben W, was a 1:16.74, more than 10 seconds faster (basically an eternity). The balm to my ego is that his time was faster than anyone in Street Prepared, which allows racing slicks and engine swaps
Next: My third run, with a fun 180-degree spin off the first sweeper
Last: After the event, we typically have fun runs for anyone interested. No score, just a chance to take along passengers and try other people's cars. I spun in the same spot as in Run #3, but with more interesting results. Note I catch the spin somewhat better, but run out of runway (literally, we're on an old Air Force base)
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