A/X School at Candlestick, where's the chatter? Options

[Trekkor]

Big, sold out a/x school this weekend... and nothing?

I passed this year. Did all the 914's skip this one?

KT

[Randal]

Here is a brief report.

I think that everone that attended the school will say it ws a huge success.

On the first day we did the basics - and I mean lots of basics and seat time. Five venues were set up: braking, slalom, chicane, a large oval and a figure 8. Each venue had a 60 ft skid pad in the center, which was the first exercise for everyone. (note: We should think about setttin up the skid pad at our AutoX events for new students)

The second day had two autox venues set up, one tight the other one huge and wide open. In fact we had to tone down the huge venue, as it was way too fast.

On Sunday all my students ran the fast autox (about 55 seconds) at least 7 or 8 times within 45 minutes. Probably would have done 10 runs each if the 944 turbo (two driver car) hadn’t stated throwing out fluid.

The tight course we ran 17 times, all within 45 minutes. It was a great opportunity to work on all driving elements - and the times just kept going down.

I had some great students; they will be doing well at local events from now on.

And I’ll bet there wasn’t an instructor there who wouldn’t say that training someone else didn’t help (the instructor) to remember all those things forgotten over time (in the heat of competition). Like how many times have I gotten pissed off when my car over steered in a tight corner and I just kept the throttle to the floor, like that was going to change the situation.

All in all a great event. well worth the money.

And BTW I'm really impressed with the way Boxers handle. You’d actually have a hard time doing something wrong, as the suspension is totally forgiving. And I'm also impressed with the 944 turbo's handling and power.

Wonder if we could drop a turbo 944 into a 914? The turbo's are very fast, cheap and available. 280hp in a 914 would seem to be a rocket, hey?

On average what were the biggest driving elements people needed to learn/work?

Position on the course and knowing where to go next
Smooth steering input
Hand position during a corner
Late braking and braking in a straight line
Sudden application of almost anything

And if you can’t seem to figure out a corner, ask an instructor. One of my students and I figured out that everyone was early apexing one end of the oval. The design was (actually) like a big light bulb, so we started to (really) late apex the big end – the result - this student had his 944 on the absolute edge around the entire course. Way to much fun!