WAVCA AutoCross Videos

Auto-Cross and Car Control Clinics

Auto-Cross is a kind of High Performance Car Control Clinic (and there are many kinds), in which the driver attempts to negotiate a very tight, precise line through a sequence of gates, while typically being the only car on the course.  While it is often considered technically a race, a lot of horsepower isn't a big help.  Progress is measured in terms of missed gates (10 second penalty), displaced cones (1 second penalty), knocked-over cones (2 second penalty), and raw time.  Together, the aggregate time, or overall time, helps the driver to understand how well he/she did, and to measure improvements from run to run.

This is more a test of driver skill and car balance.  Think of it as the opposite of drag racing, where horsepower is king.

Sanderson Field, Shelton

2010-07-10 WAVCA Auto-Cross - "The Snake Pit"

2K10 #39

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Bob Dawg

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ReiDesign

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Sdwpve

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SmokinViperGTS

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 Nick Donley runs his '92 Supra in the Non-Viper Open class.  

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2010-05-22 WAVCA Auto-Cross - "Big Daddy"

SmokinViperGTS - First run.

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SmokinViperGTS - Fourth run - this run was a non-scored 1:14 practice run that beat my best scored run by 7 seconds!

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 Nick Donley runs his '92 Supra in the Non-Viper Open class.  Second run - first part is clipped, but he made such a nice button hook, it's worth watching!

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 Nick Donley runs his '92 Supra in the Non-Viper Open class.  Third run.

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Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS)

2009-03-21 Western Zone Rendezvous

BruceACR – This is the best run of the event. It's hard to tell by the video, but he was flying!

Newport Viper – A great video of Newport Viper making a run.

Yellow/Black Vipers – A yellow/black Viper makes a run, followed by BruceACR “nailing” the chicane at the end.

Portland International Raceway (PIR)

2009-08-03 Rose City Corvette Classic

SmokinViperGTS

This short video is provided in multiple resolutions to accommodate viewing (and downloading!) on most PCs.  

This was my first time recording video, and second time doing an auto-cross, and it definitely shows. This was my only clean-run of 5 runs that day. The track was so challenging that less than 10% of all runs were clean.

What you don't see here, is that I used the video from my first 3 runs to figure out where I was missing a gate, because I swore I didn't! But the video didn't lie – there it was, every time. Analyzing the video from my first 3 runs, I picked a different approach through the H-gates, and got it clean! Of course, I went all out on my final run, and nailed two cones, but didn't miss a gate. Car Control and Driver Education – who knew it could be so much fun?! ;-)

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