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Originally Posted by tjfontaine
Craig - what a monster. How do you even know where to go with just those cones that always escaped me for you autocross guys ... I have done track sessions but with a road course you obviously know where to drive - Autocrossing it must be easy to get mixed up? Also do you just leave it in 2nd ? all the time? Any clutching at all or shifting?
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Knowing where to go is simply part of the sport and becomes second nature when you keep your eyes up. I usually process 3-5 elements in advance at all times.
MOST autocross courses can be done in 2nd gear, I even won an entire state championship in 1st gear in Miami...I just had the car that could run that fast in 1st. I've done autocrosses in mid-Florida where I've needed 3rd, and at the Bay Bottom Crawl, I need 4th, especially now.
Now that I may even do my launches in 2nd gear, it'll almost always be zero shifting for me now.