Autocross with the Golden Gate Lotus Club

[Dave Tabor]

Hey Folks,

I joined the Golden Gate Lotus Club last Sunday for their last autocross event of the season.

They put together this video- cool as I'm in it twice! I think that they liked my car.

https://youtu.be/bf2QwFGTnfE

Btw, I've sort of moved away from the forums and post mostly on Instagram.

@davesdaytona

Dave
Gen III Coupe #17
FRPP x302b
TKO600/IRS

[North Shore Tiger]

Yes, that looks like a lot of fun. How competitive were you? Was that your first autocross.

[Nigel Allen]

Thanks for posting. Nicely put together video, that was fun to watch in my lunch break.

[Dave Tabor]

Yes, that looks like a lot of fun. How competitive were you? Was that your first autocross.

This was my second autocross and I set out to specifically slide and thrash the car- one lap I completely spun it.

That said, in the 'Fun' group, not being a Lotus, where times ranged from 60.8 to 75 seconds, I ran a best time just under 65 secs which was fast than the Lotuses.

911s absolutely dominated.

That said, here's 2 laps from inside the car- first is sliding and slow, second is 4 seconds faster, just to make the point:

https://youtu.be/S_6z_16EaFU

Also my Nitto NT01s never really got heat in them and slid around quite a bit- all fine, just out to play.
Maybe I'll get some autocross wheels/tires next year.

I've got maybe 10 HPDE days on the car and about 12,000 miles of seat time in it.
HPDE is my thing and autocross is just a quick fix.

Check out my other thread on Portland International Raceway.

Dave