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Last weekend some of my friends finally convinced me to join them in my first autocross driving event at Texas Motor Speedway. I’m glad they did. (Actually, I just didn’t want to put my car through the stress cause I hadn’t changed the timing belt yet.) My car didn’t blow up or grind to a screeching halt. Instead I had tons of fun turning and drifting and not hitting cones (or DNFing).

Quick primer: Autocross is a driving event where people drive their cars around a track laid out with parking cones. Drivers go against the clock and try to post the fastest and most consistent laps. You usually get a handful of runs through the event, which lasts basically the whole day. The track is set up so that speeds remain lows (approximately 60-70 on the straightaways in most cars) and one’s driving skill are put to the test (instead of how heavy their left foot is.)

Most cars (lots of RWD miatas, wrxs, handful of Type R’s) were posting times around 75-77 seconds. -I started with a 89.095 and got it down to a 85.072 by the 4th run.-

This is getting boring. Let’s just say I had a lot of fun. If you want to see the results, go here for raw times and here for adjusted times.