I was thinking more along the lines of mechanical performance. Many of the big names were hampered by ill performing vehicles as they were thrown into & out of the corners.

My personal car isn't pre-72 so GG events are out for me. The cars that we brought from TX for the Columbus event were customer cars so they won't see the road course @ all after this particular event.

The coarse will change for every event... there are a few reasons for that. Fisrt and foremost it is to keep things fresh. Second is also available space and obstacles like light poles, barriers, good pavlement and bad pavement. To answer the question about a 20 second run being long enough to be a qualifier?.....It was enough to put a hurting on some of the cars that were there as it were. Not only that but it is hard to hurt something or someone on a shorter autocross coarse, you keep the cycle times, and it works better for the spectators.....

As for my opinion on the SMOY participants being required to do it.... I think it is perfect. We are already inundated with indoor shows and AMBR type shows which their only focus is on fit and finish and the only mechanical requirement being that they drive in under their own power. For a VEHICLE to be crowned SMOY it better be bad ass... and not just fit and finish. To me the SMOY award should be the most coveted award for any builder who touts that they build serious drivers.

Not sure if I read all the posts but what is or was considered the fast time for that course. Did any say z06 or DSE prepped rides hit course and post better times?

I guess what i am looking for is what would be considered as fast or the fastest time besides the top 5 cars? Just trying to see how far off the so called show cars were to a real cone carver???

Setting a car up for an autocross is different than setting a car up for highway driving. I would assume more usable power and sticky race tires will be on next year.

DSE camaro 15.90. Air ride 2nd gen 15.95.

About tires:
To be eligible for prizes (at all Goodguys events except Columbus as it was a SMOTY and vendors only auto-x) the vehicle must wear DOT approved street tires (no R compound, no slicks, no race tires) so we can keep everything fair.

At Columbus all cars except the Hotchkis Nova were on street tires (ART and DSE cars run BFG KD's or KDW's). Hotchkis was on Hoosier race tires.

Just need some tire softener. :D