Originally Posted by mtbprelude
The margin for error in AX is razor thin:
The course (where turns/maneuvers are) is NEVER the same weekend to weekend, there is no practice, no pre-drives, no qualifying, all you can do is walk the course, You can't "see" your competitors on course or track in AX., and you have 3 shots to get it done.
Its a 99% mental sort of motorsport. That's all Mike was trying to say, I don't think he was trying to start an e-pissing contest.
If you do not think this applies to road racing also, then I do not know what to say, add all the above, and then add 30 or more of you closets friends racing right next to you.
Each discipline has its own pitfalls and I would rank road racing at the top, the auto-x right underneath it. I drive VIR about 6 times a year and each time I am surprised how different the track is every visit.. If you are only getting three runs at your auto-x you need a different club
We get 5 to 6 runs every event with around 130 cars.