I went to an auto cross this weekend and a typoon showed up. This guy had this thing all hopped up. Motor sounded like it had a cam, he had alcahol injection, all the toys. The truck looked sweet. I was talking to a guy that brought a svo when this guy comes up and starts talking about his truck. I let him ramble for awile, I asked him how his 60' foot times were. He told me he was in the 2.0s. I thought those things would lonch harder then that. I then told him that the Lightning was mine and that I was doing 1.7s in the 60 foot and that the truck was a 12 second Lightning. He did not say much and left.
Now to the fun part. I was running in the 3rd heat and he was running in the 4th. My best time was a 1.30. The course was a fast one with hard turns. Great for light cars, not heavy trucks. Now it was time for the typoon. He gets out there and I must omit that I was disapointed with that truck. He was a good 14 second slower then me.
All in all it was a great day. I beat a 2000 vet and lost to a 95 vet. Beat up on some porshes. Got to love these trucks.

Paul

 

Hey Paul - How'd the brakes hold up on the road course? Any thoughts on changing them out?

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driving/racing on an autocoss course is not the same as if you were on a road course. the typical autox run lasts under two minutes--you will do 3 or 4 of these runs; waiting as others take their turn. yes, you will use your brakes but they aren't going to be overtaxed on those short, low speed runs. at a driver's school(try one--you'll like it), the typical time on the high speed track for one session will be 10-20 minutes. your brakes will be stressed--ask spike engineering. you will get 4 or 5 sessions each of two days(usually held over a w/end).

 

As inexperienced as i am with autocrossing, I would say that you shouldn't judge the vehicle as such....

It seems to me that autocrossing is more a test of the driver than the vehicle...

Times varied wildly at the events I went to when the same car had 2 or more drivers...

 

The brakes even on this short course "sucked"
big time. I would love to change them out but not for 3k.

The auto-x is like 70% driver 30% car. I got beat by the svo for over 10 seconds. But I am still new.

 

I have said this a couple of times in the past. My truck won it's class at the first autoX meeting of the year, unfortunately not with me driving.