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Yep, braking and corner entry are BIG. Every body can mash the gas. Braking and corner entry are basically what I tried to teach in the classes I taught. It was also a great opportunity to get used to a new setup.

That carousel turn at the south end was the one I really oushed my late braking. If you go too wide it's pretty level and uneventful, you just pickup a little grass. The Horseshoe on the East end can tear up your car if you go to wide. It is banked a little and drops off. Plus a lot of car go off there making ruts too. Alway slowly approach the late braking so going wide to mean meant I wasn't riding the inside edge of the corner. Helped a little that it was banked.

There are a LOT of places out there where going off can really damage a car and just ain't worth pushing it in those areas. It would be nice if there was a big parking lot to setup courses on so you could go wild without having to worry about anything but buffing off the cone marks.

Technically a autocross is supposed to be designed with a top speed of 65mph. In my white 944 Turbo I was hitting just over 100 when we were using the Lloyd Noble parking lot.

I like it when they put up more cones to slow it down, it makes it more challenging seeing how fast ypu can drive not just seeing how fast the car can go. I'm sure if Andy and his bunch are coming to them it is probably being setup even more like a track than an autocross. I know the Corvette club puts a LOT less cones up and have a lot more offs and car damaging.
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