Feel the burn, My first AX Options

[peridotian]

So my 19 year old son and I will be trekking down to Marina on Sunday and I am nervous (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) because:
1. I have never driven in an AX
2. Neither has my son and he has barely driven a stick
3. I do not have a helmet
4. My accelerator pedal sticks at WOT sometimes
5. I am sure that we will be the slowest car in the field

So as I am cleaning up and tuning the car Saturday, I will take the kid out for several runs around town and let him grind off a few more teeth on my tranny, check my battery hold down, and maybe buy a helmet.

Is there a prize for worst time (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif) of the day?

[airsix]

When I started autocrossing (mumble) years ago, I ran on stock street tires for most of the first year, and it took me a long time to even beat people several classes below me. Indeed, for much of the first year, my target was a guy in a nearly stock Chevy Sprint (who literally drove the wheels off it, breaking a hub in one event).

Yeah, it's a grab bag alright. You can't guess the winners by their cars. Last weekend I was faster than some pretty fancy cars and slower than some very non-sporty rides.
...Like a Chevy S-10 pickup. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Oh the shame, the utter shame.

-Ben M.