So I finally made it out to an SCCA autocross this past Sunday. The San Diego Region gets a great turn out for the CAM class and are a great group of folks that I've seen around at some of the other SoCal events. They took me in and showed me the ropes of getting signed in and working a run session. Also, a great turn out on Sunday with 11 folks driving in the CAM class.
I don't know if all of the SCCA courses are this big but I was stoked to see how big the course was when I showed up. Also, it was cool that for the SDR guys when they get to use the west lot at Qualcomm there is a decent amount of rolling elevation changes that makes for some fun on and off camber turns. The only draw back to this location is the pavement there is way slippery. The slipperiest surface I've driven at an event. According to my GPS the course was .7 miles long. This compares to the Hotchkis Fontana event at .4 and GoodGuys Del Mar at .5.
Some pics of the SD CAM guys.
I still have all the Optima stickers on and my temporary SCCA number and info.
Lined up for our session
This pic is horrible but at least shows the lot. If you look at the light posts way in the back left, the course goes back there.
You only get 4 timed runs that count so I kicked off my first run by spinning at the finish. Did I mention this surface was slippery? This is one of the only times I've run the car that I didn't once have to worry about push and was chasing rear traction that whole time.
Here is the video of my spin and my last and best run. I came in 4th in the CAMT class.