Archive of posts with category 'Autocross'
Autocross provides a multifaceted platform that is ideal
for teaching teen drivers about the intricacies of safe
and skilled driving. Here are ten reasons why enrolling
your teen in autocross...
Last week, the thrill of autocross took over the Family
Arena in St. Charles, Missouri, with the 2024 St. Louis
CAM Challenge event. Competitors in various classes
including CAM (Classic...
The first local autocross of the year was officially Event
#2 for the St. Louis Region SCCA. Why Event #2 if it was
the first? Event #1 ended up getting...
Last Thursday I wrote a blog post about the trip down to
Moultrie Georgia for the 2024 Red Hills Solo National
Tour, this post will serve as the event review...
#SOLONATSHASSTARTED Here we go. We are on the road south
to Moultrie, Georgia for the 2024 Tire Rack SCCA Red Hills
National Tour at Spence Field. I met Dave and...
Here in the St. Louis region, you used to compete for a
trophy at every event you entered. You could stick around
after the event, and if you qualified, you...
If you’re looking for information on the Vitour Tempesta
P1 tire for the sport of autocross you’ve come to the
right place! The tire isn’t legal for national level
autocross...
The 2024 St. Louis Region SCCA Solo Schedule was released
just yesterday! It isn’t even up on their website, but
we’ve got it here for you now! 2024 Autocross Schedule...
AutocrossBlog.com is a culmination of two decades of
autocrossing and way too many different cars and car
websites over the years. I’ve tried to consolidate my car
blogs into this...
Autocross is an exciting and challenging motorsport that
is quickly gaining popularity among car enthusiasts. It is
a competitive event where drivers navigate a course that
is laid out on...
Solo Performance Specialties is your one stop shop for all
your autocross needs. They have a huge selection of tires,
wheels, and suspension parts. They are located in St.
Louis,...
I realized a couple of days ago that it had been 12 months
since the FR-S met its unfortunate demise. I have only
autocrossed once since then, in Dave’s Mustang...
The time has finally come, time that I finally have, to
try to start getting the 2016 Scion FR-S parted out.
Yesterday I got the car unburried from the smaller...
Hello there, long time no see…. Where has SpecFRS gone?
Well here’s the story of how my autocross car came to a
very sad demise, and a couple of tips...
So here we are, it’s 2021 already and you’ve hopefully
started autocrossing again. We have had the car out to one
two events so far. The first event was back...
2020, the year that most people want to forget. It started
out like any other year, a week into it though I was
unemployed, getting let go for the first...
Well that was a productive weekend! I left for Topeka
Kansas on Friday morning after working for a few hours and
stopped on the drive out for a few more...
Where has the time gone? The 2019 season, at least
Nationally, has come, and almost gone. The ProSolo Finale
and TireRack National Championships are next week in
Lincoln Nebraska, and...
This post is coming 6 months (maybe more?) too late, but
at least it is coming. The 2018 ProSolo Finale and Solo
National Championships was a week of ups and...
Wow, what a week! Last Wednesday I loaded up the SpecFRS
onto a borrowed trailer and left St. Louis the following
morning to drive to Lincoln Nebraska for spring
Nationals,...
In short, WOW. What an amazing weekend. I went into the
weekend hopeful that I would drive the car well, and that
I would be able to prove to myself...
So one of the ways to help supplement the cost of
autocross at a National level with the SCCA is to
participate in their contingency programs. There are a
variety...
Today was the first St. Louis Region Solo event in the
2018 series, so it was the first time out in the car, and
I must say, it was great...
With the parts installed on the car, it was time to get
wheels and tires mounted/balanced and installed. I also
needed to get an alignment on the car as I...
Somehow a week ago when I ordered wheels for the FR-s I
got it in my head that the bolt pattern was 5x114.3, but
somehow I got it wrong (they...
After a long couple of days working on the FR-S,
interspersed with family events and other activities, I
finally have the suspension components installed on the
FR-S. If you’re interested...
Solo Spec Coupe. SSC. The next big thing in SCCA
Autocross. What is SSC? In September 2017, the Sports Car
Club of America announced the creation of a new breed...
This is often a question that people will ask when they
first start autocrossing, or in my case, when they resume
autocrossing after two years of not competing. Additional
questions...
So I got up bright and early this morning, well it wasn’t
bright, the sun wasn’t up yet. Headed out to Gateway
Raceway in Madison Illinois for Event 7 of...
