SCCA Solo2, also known as autocross, has been the grassroots of motorsports activities for more than 30 years. Competitors run one-at-a-time (hence the term "Solo"), against the clock, through a road course lined by traffic cones on a low hazard location, such as a parking lot or inactive airstrip. While top speeds are usually no greater than those normally encountered in legal highway driving, the combination of concentration and car feedback creates an adrenaline pumping experience. Over 1000 SCCA Solo2 events are held across the country at the local shopping center, airport and stadium parking lots or where ever competitors can find a large amount of pavement or concrete to layout their courses. The sport attracts ordinary sports and sports-type cars used for daily transportation as well as heavily modified vehicles used for racing purposes only. Several National Solo2 Series offer top level competition from across the country. The ProSolo Series features two cars on a side-by-side drag-strip start, leading to separate mirror-image courses. National Tours, Divisional competition and the Solo2 National Championship, which attracts 900+ drivers, round out competition levels for everyone.
Several of our members have participated in Solo2 racing events. Active racers from Tumbleweed include:
Ken Jolley, Bill Foster, Steve Spain, Bob Price, Mark McLean, Vickie McLean, Rick Ganem, Judy Rusert, Roger Rusert, Dennis Donovan, Nancy Donovan, Bryan Prima, Mike Grossie or Jude Miller. You can certainly ask any of these folks about racing your Miata. It is quite an experience.
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Stolen from http://miata.net, courtesy Matt Malicki:
TOP TEN WAYS TO TELL YOU'VE HAD A BAD DAY AUTOCROSSING:
10: Upon pulling into the paddock, you realize the race staff has moved all
of your things out to the curb at the edge of the site.
9: Site becomes stage for very low budget direct-to-video production of
"Traffic Cone Massacre."
8: In order to reset the course after your run, workers need a track map, a
measuring wheel, and the latest satellite recon photos from NASA.
7: For some reason, during your work assignment, you are told to run after
every cone, no matter where it is downed, as "retribution".
6: You take out 6 cones...in grid
5: You are approached by the producers of the Faces of Death series
regarding the dashboard video you just shot.
4: Your penalties are calculated with scientific notation
3: After your first run, the director requires you to give an instructor a
ride, whom promptly directs you to the nearest used car lot, where some guy
named Lou is waiting with a Sale sign.
2: For some reason, the computer keeps on adding a " /orange" to the end of
your car color.
1: A hard day gets harder when corner workers take to shooting out your tires.
