Miata Mailing List: April 1993, Message #188
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Subject: (Copy) Re: Autocross Schools
   Date: (none)

I seem to be having trouble getting stuff out to the List so I'll try
this again.
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Date:    Tue, 27 Apr 93 10:56 EDT
To:      miata@JHUNIX.HCF.JHU.EDU
From:    Mary E Daniel                        
Subject: Re: Autocross Schools

To:       Guy Montgomery 

>
> I am interested in autocrossing, and have seen autocross schools mentioned
> several times recently. Can anyone give me some more information about getting
> some autocross instruction ? Are the schools run by clubs, or by s full time
> driving school ? How would I go about getting in contact with someone who runs
> one of these events ?
>
> Guy Montgomery          Hughes Network Systems (HNS),Germantown, MD 20876
> Tel: (301) 428-2981     Internet: gmontgomery@hns.com     FAX: (301) 428-1868
> Opinions are mine, and not necessarily HNS's
> The Fourth Great Lie: "We have CCITT Standard R2"
>
Made my 1st attempt at autoXing in March.  What fun!  The Tarheel Sports
Car Club puts on a school each year in early Spring.  At the last THSCC
meeting, I believe I heard someone mention a school put on by the
Tidewater Sports Car Club (I think it may have already happened,
though).  At any rate, if you're close enough to them (homebase
Norfolk), you may want to contact them for info.  Their # listed in
the last THSCC newsletter was 804-461-7222.

Also, the SCCA Rally/Solo # is 303-779-6622.  They should be able to
give you the # of your SCCA region's rep.

BTW, I was pretty awful in the April run.  It was a long course with
ALOT of cones & I was confused (or I should say more confused than
usual) all day.  (I shouldn't admit it, but I DNFed all 4 runs!)  Yet,
I'm undaunted & will return in May.  The only other Miata participating
(from Greenville, SC, I believe) took 1st in CS.

And, for whoever it was asking about wheels/tires for beginners, I went
to see the local tire dear who supplies alot of the autoXers around
here.  He just happened to have a set of the stock steel wheels & let
me borrower them with used tires mounted & balanced for $40.  After the
school, I bought them from him for $60.  If I wear these tires out
before the end of the season, I'll just get some more used tires from
him again for $40.  My autoXer friend here tells me that this is the
most feasible approach for a beginner.

Mary E.
Eunos Furiae (8-)<&

m_daniel@unc.edu