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Originally Posted by ymisoqt
Pardon my girly dumbassness, can you tell me what Dyno and Auto-X is?
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Dyno = A machine you drive your car on to determine the horsepower & torque numbers at the wheels
Auto-X = Is a cone track set up in a large parking lot. The SCCA runs them all over the country. There is timing equipment so we can get accurate times for each run.
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Solo II or Autocross is an event where the driver's ability to control a car is tested. A course is set up in a large parking lot defined by pylons. Each car takes turns negotiating the course while being timed. Speed is kept down to what one would experience on the street. Risk to the cars and drivers are very minimal. Drivers are asked to take a shift working the course (picking up pylons that are hit) to keep the event going.
The majority of drivers compete in their regular street cars with little to no modifications. People also race from open wheel cars to trucks. Any car safe for use on the street is suitable for autocross. The cars must pass a safety inspection (battery not loose, seat belts in good shape, etc.)
Car handling is more important than power. Skilled drivers in sedans often beat the novice in sports cars. The cars are divided into groups based on preparation (Stock classes--basically as delivered from the manufacture; Street Prepared classes--suspension and external engine modifications; Prepared classes--major modifications to suspension, body, and engine; Modified classes--purpose built race cars). There are different classes in each preparation group which separates cars of different potential (a Corvette in Super Stock does not race a Neon in E Stock, but the preparation rules are the same).
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We won't have to work the course, and there will be no class divisions.