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lake county autocrosses
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03-08-2007, 09:55 PM
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03-10-2007, 11:57 PM
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| Looks like I'll have to make the trip north a few times.  I like that lot. Altough Melrose Park chews up my tires it's only 10 minutes away from me. Are you bringing the Miata or the STi?Last edited by Slider; 03-11-2007 at 12:00 AM. |
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03-11-2007, 10:59 AM
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| the miata isn't fully tuned yet it just got upgraded turbo. last time i took it out, i lost control twice in 5 minutes cuz well i'm not used to the damn thing yet i guess. then it died and wouldn't start up.  we pushed it home, found the ecu got corrupted somehow (hydra nemesis) sent it to them, they fixed, and she's waiting in the garage. i think i'd put it into a wall at a track now too. going to try and do everything it in it this summer unless it's down, raining or a club won't let me track it since i'm taller than the roll bar. definately need to get in some autox to get used to it before i bring her to a track though !!
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03-11-2007, 11:26 AM
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| Straße haltbar  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Downers Grove
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 | that miata would scare the crap outta me. low-powered e30 fTW! i'm gonna have to check this out. i'm really looking forward to the windycitybmw / tirerack track autox this year
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03-11-2007, 02:19 PM
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| yah my bro and i have much to get used to with it. i have never been to a tirerack event, felt too far to autox for me but i bet it's really fun. i am signed up to go to that winged warrior III thing though which is probably less driving. are you signed up for any track days? did the bmw chicago indoor racing yesterday, our team came in 6th out of 20 5-person teams!
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03-11-2007, 09:51 PM
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| Hey peeps, can any other than a miata go to this autox? thanks. |
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03-11-2007, 10:14 PM
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03-12-2007, 05:52 PM
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| no autocross will restrict you from going based on your car. if it's a car club one they'll just put you in the not us category, ie. not bmw / not vw. miata actually has it broken up into 2, like <= 2.5 liters and > 2.5 iirc.
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03-13-2007, 01:45 AM
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| Yeah they stick 2.5L and higher along with the FI people in one class and smaller than 2.5 NA in the other. |
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03-13-2007, 06:23 PM
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| also as a note no club will make you be a member to participate except bmw, and bmw does it because they have large turnouts already and couldn't accommodate a big heap of non-members on top
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03-13-2007, 09:28 PM
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| Shagun Wagun Driver  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Arlington Hts
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 | I have met some of the people with WCMC and they are very friendly and willing to give pointers or joke. |
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03-13-2007, 09:29 PM
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| For the people who are closer to Melrose Park, CVO listed their maywood autocrosses: http://www.chicagovw.org/events/events.html
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03-14-2007, 07:17 PM
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| all clubs are friendly, it's not like a big ego street/drag scene or anything. you can walk up to the fastest guy there and ask him for pointers and they will tell you straight out and try to help you get faster. bmw audi vw are all in maywood, you can go 1-2 times half the weekends this summer woowoo!
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03-18-2007, 08:43 AM
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| Shagun Wagun Driver Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Arlington Hts
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| Hey I think I am going to the gingerman meet. It is close to the zoo so I can make a weekend of it visiting friends. |
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03-18-2007, 01:21 PM
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| the vw club one? i didn't know there was a zoo in south haven... i haven't signed up for any track days yet, and had to bail on the scca learning curve which i REALLY wanted to do... work thing on the night of the 31st, i live near great america, i have to wear a suit to the work thing... totally screws up the scca thing. considering the vw gingerman day myself tho! would like to know how warm its gonna be then though!!
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03-25-2007, 07:33 PM
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| Shagun Wagun Driver Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Arlington Hts
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| Lol sorry Kalamazoo that is where I went to school. so we always call it the zoo |
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