[DFW1LE]

Drove by Dragon Stadium in Southlake, TX this morning, and there was an autocross training class going on. I was a bit surprised as that parking lot has so many light poles. Stopped to check it out and discovered a yellow and red SS 1LE were participating. The guy in the yellow car did not even know about our forum and I did not see the driver of the red car, but wondered if he is on here. I believe they are going to have an actual autox tomorrow at Texas Motor Speedway.

[RUQWIKR]

I was the red one. Will be at TMS in cold tomorrow. New to auto cross, so, just want to do fair at the event.

[DFW1LE]

Originally Posted by RUQWIKR

I was the red one. Will be at TMS in cold tomorrow. New to auto cross, so, just want to do fair at the event.

Sorry I didn't get to meet you. Have fun today, thats the most important takeaway, don't worry about where you place.

[RUQWIKR]

Originally Posted by DFW1LE

Sorry I didn't get to meet you. Have fun today, thats the most important takeaway, don't worry about where you place.

For a true novice, I'm decently happy with the driver and very excited about the car. Finished 1st in Novice overall. However, the guys in AS with 1LE's were 0.2 to 4.3 seconds quicker than me. I still have a lot of learning to do.

[DFW1LE]

Originally Posted by RUQWIKR

For a true novice, I'm decently happy with the driver and very excited about the car. Finished 1st in Novice overall. However, the guys in AS with 1LE's were 0.2 to 4.3 seconds quicker than me. I still have a lot of learning to do.

Congrats on the 1st place finish. Now if you enjoyed that, try a track day event at Motorsport Ranch.

[tx6g1le]

Aprill 11th the SCCA has a track night in America. Would love to see some other 1LE's!

[apexit53]

Im glad to see people with 1le autoXing them. its our only chance to get them moved to a better class.

[Franko07]

whats the process on getting into the track night in America? and or another event at motorsports ranch?

[DFW1LE]

Here is a link that will give you some more info on the SCCA event:
https://www.scca.com/events/1987962-...-ranch-cresson

You'll need a helmet and will need to go through a tech inspection.

[mjk3888]

Originally Posted by apexit53

Im glad to see people with 1le autoXing them. its our only chance to get them moved to a better class.

I'm starting to feel that the more results we see the more of a pipe dream leaving AS will become. At my first ever points event I won Novice, but I would have placed 3rd behind 2 VERY EXPERIENCED Drivers in a 2010 Cayman S (+0.8) and a C7 Z51 (+0.6)!

As a first timer I beat all the other competitors in A Street (2 C5 Z06's and a C6) by over 1.5 seconds!

The other guy in a SS 1LE ran the pro street tire class but he would have won A Street by over 1.2 seconds!

I'm afraid these cars are here to stay in A-Street.

[apexit53]

Originally Posted by mjk3888

I'm starting to feel that the more results we see the more of a pipe dream leaving AS will become. At my first ever points event I won Novice, but I would have placed 3rd behind 2 VERY EXPERIENCED Drivers in a 2010 Cayman S (+0.8) and a C7 Z51 (+0.6)!

As a first timer I beat all the other competitors in A Street (2 C5 Z06's and a C6) by over 1.5 seconds!

The other guy in a SS 1LE ran the pro street tire class but he would have won A Street by over 1.2 seconds!

I'm afraid these cars are here to stay in A-Street.

All depends, this car just doesnt look like it can compete with well prepped Z06s but its times are very close to BS. Time will tell I guess. I plan to order a 1ss but I want a 1LE so bad i dont care if it isnt classed well lol

[mjk3888]

Originally Posted by apexit53

All depends, this car just doesnt look like it can compete with well prepped Z06s but its times are very close to BS. Time will tell I guess. I plan to order a 1ss but I want a 1LE so bad i dont care if it isnt classed well lol

B-Street is not very competitive in my region so it would be easy wins. I'm sure it wouldn't be that way at the larger events though.

[RUQWIKR]

Originally Posted by mjk3888

I'm starting to feel that the more results we see the more of a pipe dream leaving AS will become. At my first ever points event I won Novice, but I would have placed 3rd behind 2 VERY EXPERIENCED Drivers in a 2010 Cayman S (+0.8) and a C7 Z51 (+0.6)!

As a first timer I beat all the other competitors in A Street (2 C5 Z06's and a C6) by over 1.5 seconds!

The other guy in a SS 1LE ran the pro street tire class but he would have won A Street by over 1.2 seconds!

I'm afraid these cars are here to stay in A-Street.

I think I agree now. Matt Lucas, a very seasoned Texas SCCA Solo (and more) driver jumped in a guy's 17 SS 1LE on cold tires. First time he ever sat in one, literally. In 43F weather with 50F track temp, his first run was clean and was within 0.158 of the quickest run of any of the Z06's ran all day in AS (3 C6Z's and 2 C5Z's). Some of the Vettes ran without a passenger each run, while Matt had a 200# passenger for each.

His normal car is a highly prepped Z06, so, he too was shocked at how good out of the box the car was, especially once some temp was in the tires.

[RUQWIKR]

Originally Posted by tx6g1le

Aprill 11th the SCCA has a track night in America. Would love to see some other 1LE's!

Since I have never been to a HPDE, I signed up for the class before the TNIA event at Cresson, along with the event that afternoon / evening. Going to TWS on 3/25, too, but am going to take it easy. My son is down at Texas A&M, and I want to run around that track before it gets torn down.