I definitely recommend the Falken Azenis for competition tires. Plus they make great street tires until about 4mm of tread. The Falken Azenis over any other Joe Schmoo tire is good for about 4 seconds. And DOT R tires are good for another 2-4 seconds, but those require dedicated wheels too.

And I wish I could shave off 8 seconds from my 1st to last run I would have been in the 33s My runs are usually bested by about 1/2 second to 1 second. SUCKS!

 

Hey mike u might've already answered this but i dont feel like searching: chuckles: but anyway. How long have u been AutoXing, What got you into wanting to AutoX and how long did it take you to get sponsored.

 

I wish my runs are so consistent like your runs mike

Usually I improve about 2seconds from 1st the last but we only get 3runs in most cases

 

My 1st autocross was September 1997 So it's been almost 7 years. Actually I used to be a car show guy from 1996-1999 with my 1993 Civic Ex. Started out teal in 1996 when I bought it new. Then in 1999 it was rear ended pretty bad and I had it repainted silver.

I picked up my 1st sponsor back in 1999 before I really started autocrossing. He was the local shop I get my parts from - KAM Specialties in Reading.

I picked up Finish First Polish in May 2003 if I remember right. Falken in June 2003 (after the Carlisle show since the rep was there too and saw my car autocrossing), Taggart Performance Engineering in July 2003, Brady's High Performance in August 2003, and Honda-Acura.net this year.

Remember though that sponsorships are not about getting free parts (although it's nice) it's more about representing your company in a business-like manner. I always try to push my sponsors when people ask about my car, because they have helped me get this far

 

Actually at Nationals on day 2 was the only time I've ever made up more than a second on a course since I never driven the car before I went from llike a 61.xxx run to a 58.xxx run from my 1st to my 3rd run.

 

Well hopefully next year guys we can get together more. THe Mazda Rev It Up should do their 3rd annual event. GReat way to practice and kill cars that are not yours

ALso NEPA (http://www.nepascca.org) has winter autocrosses. Sometimes there's enough snow on the ground to do SNOWCROSSES WEE FUN with e-brake!

And Blue Mountain Region has an event at Maple Grove November 14th.

 

Thats a very nice looking EX. It gives me ideas to do to my LX.....Thats when i get the P.O.S looking good again. Lawrence saw my car. Its definitely a work in progress. A slow progress but a progress none the less.

Edit: O yea when is this Mazda Rev it up thing that you mention of. Maybe next year my car will be good enough to autocross cus it looks like fun.

 

Sweet

did you happen to catch a red EVO in ESP with a huge EVO VIII on the side of the car?

that's my friends car. His co driver Navid took 1st place in ESP

 

yeah it was cool in person

 

Whats the diffrence between Solo 1 and Solo 2?