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Originally Posted by honda93
Frankly, I'm tired of seeing people consider traffic light antics, and other forms of street racing, "real racing". Technically, we autocrossers are careful not to consider our sport "racing" as we do not compete wheel-to-wheel, but the skills we learn in parking lots across the country make us better than 99.95% of the drivers on the road.
I started this thread to call all the autocrossers forward and let us know who you are, what model Civic you are competing with and which SCCA (or other club) class you plan on building the car for...
DRIVER: Anthony "Mario" Crea... I am a 12 year autocross veteran with over 200 autocrosses under my belt at all levels of competition (regional, divisional, and national).
CAR: 2006 Civic LX Coupe
CLUB/CLASS: SCCA H-Stock (local and national competition)
CURRENT MODS: Kumho V710 rubber, OEM camber bolts, autocross alignment
FUTURE MODS: Koni's (when available) and maybe an Si front swaybar
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I am going to ask that my post is not going to target me for eternal flaming but I have a few questions about this "real" racing that you all do.If I understand correctly,you guys take your cars and race around cones in an empty parking lot and then consider yourselves better than "99.95%" of other driver out there?How about racing on winding roads with almost no straight sections and then compare that to parking lot racing.Autocross is cool and I'd love to try it but don't get all high and mighty and think that a few sessions dodging cones makes somebody a real racer or better than everybody else.Basically,treat it as a seperate sport,not a superior one.But I do agree with you on one thing.street racers like myself are annoying and dangerous.I can't wait to go to rehab though.
