First autocross today
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First autocross today
Went to my first autocross today. Was pretty fun. South Texas Border Region chapter of the SCCA held the event at Waldron Field in Corpus Christi. Really well run event. Two other mustangs there. One was a 2013 Boss which I got to ride with during one of his runs. Much more suited to autocross/road racing than my GT with stock suspension and brakes. Got 5 runs in. Best was right at 1 minute flat. Definitely fun. I've had some experience with some high performance driving instruction back in my law enforcement days a few years ago but never have pushed my own car that hard. Don't know that ill autocross more than once or twice a year for now. I like seeing what I can do but I always feel bad pushing the car that hard. I tend to baby my car for the most part on the street.
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Congrats on the first time tracking you Mustang. Glad you had a good experience. I have a GT Track Pack I will be tracking too, the suspension is much tighter than a stock GT. The Boss must be even tighter.
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Yeah that track pack will do much better than a stock GT. That Boss felt so great. Very stable, planted, far superior than a GT no doubt.
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Sounds like fun! I was amazed at how different my track pack suspension was compared with the base GT that I had as a rental earlier this year
The boss will handle better. I was able to drive a LS and it was excellet
The boss will handle better. I was able to drive a LS and it was excellet
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Awesome! Glad you had fun.
As far as babying your car, the Mustang can definitely take track days and autocrosses. Yes, the events are hard on the tires and brakes, but the rest of your car can take it. The important parts of your car like the suspension and driveline are actually made of heavy duty components (compared to run-of-the-mill passenger cars anyway).
That said, I'm in the same boat as you. I do road course events once per year, and baby the car for the most part on the public roads.
As far as babying your car, the Mustang can definitely take track days and autocrosses. Yes, the events are hard on the tires and brakes, but the rest of your car can take it. The important parts of your car like the suspension and driveline are actually made of heavy duty components (compared to run-of-the-mill passenger cars anyway).
That said, I'm in the same boat as you. I do road course events once per year, and baby the car for the most part on the public roads.
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Yeah the tires and brakes were what made me cringe when I'd start taking turns and braking super hard. Wasn't so much worried about the rest of it. Brakes and tires are supposed to wear but I just feel so guilty beating on it like that. I would love to go to a real road course though. Autocross was fun but I'd love to take it to a real road course. I never see any track days in my region though really.
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Yeah the tires and brakes were what made me cringe when I'd start taking turns and braking super hard. Wasn't so much worried about the rest of it. Brakes and tires are supposed to wear but I just feel so guilty beating on it like that. I would love to go to a real road course though. Autocross was fun but I'd love to take it to a real road course. I never see any track days in my region though really.
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