Had some fun at an autocross this weekend......cars, girls, and airplanes inside

[FourPointOh]

So I had a blast this weekend at an autocross event held by Masstuning and the ADSI Driving School in North Kingstown, RI. It was a fantastic experience, the track was well staffed, got to drive with a great group of people, and it is far less strict and confined than an SCCA event, but still safe. Here are some pics that my friend and I snapped.....


group_1 by derek.schradieck, on Flickr

The Group


parade_lap_1 by derek.schradieck, on Flickr

Instead of walking the track, we did a series of parade laps


subaru_rs_1 by derek.schradieck, on Flickr

Some proper hoonage


mini_motion_1 by derek.schradieck, on Flickr

There I am...


miata_1 by derek.schradieck, on Flickr

Awesome Miata


miata_2 by derek.schradieck, on Flickr


Mini_MR2_startingline by derek.schradieck, on Flickr

And......GO


Bonus Footage...


Girls_3 by derek.schradieck, on Flickr

My Mini, and my friend's JCW......and some "paid models" that were on hand


girls_4 by derek.schradieck, on Flickr


Girls_2 by derek.schradieck, on Flickr



And to shake things up a bit, about 4 C-130's landed during the event!



c130_1 by derek.schradieck, on Flickr


And the video! This was an awesome run. It was around my 8th or 9th run, and one of the instructors offered to chase me with my GoPro on the roof of his TL type-s. So by this time I had learned the track fairly well, and I was beginning to push it a bit harder. Needless to say I found out how popping my rear sway bar into the stiffest setting can effect the handling

[nm+]

You guys didn't exactly have perfect tarmac. As a subaru owner, I'd be happy.

[dcmix5]

That rd/black haired thing gots to go

[dannyc]

that miata is perfect

[C4 A6]

Girl in hat thank you very much.

[kingrukus]

Bonus Footage...

those legs, those thighs...

[patrikman]

That rd/black haired thing gots to go

Meh, she would be a fluffer for the ladies.

[Calcvictim]

Looks pretty awesome, nice cars and nice girls.


Tell your friend to lay off the tonemapping for his pics, he should adjust the basics instead of just tonemapping them.

[Pf3il]

your "track" has grass growing IN it.

[compy222]

Looks pretty awesome, nice cars and nice girls.


Tell your friend to lay off the tonemapping for his pics, he should adjust the basics instead of just tonemapping them.

its a little "punchy" i kind of like it, but the purple wrx wheels are torching my rods and cones. looks like a great time.

[HwAoRrDk]

Did somebody say autocross and airplanes?





(BTW, I think the aircraft is a WWII-era de Havilland Vampire jet fighter.)

[patrikman]

As a young boy I used to go the EAA alot, and I always loved the de Havilland Mosquito and similar designs of the era.

[Aonarch]

That rd/black haired thing gots to go

[kevin FaKiN spLits]

I would love to drive on tarmac like that

[FujiTekniques]

I've done events with them. Personally, I think the track sucks - would much rather spend my time @ Devens. But, for getting to go balls to the wall all day long, there's not much else that tops it for the money in southern New England.

Wish the models were there when I went...

[FourPointOh]

I've done events with them. Personally, I think the track sucks - would much rather spend my time @ Devens. But, for getting to go balls to the wall all day long, there's not much else that tops it for the money in southern New England.

Wish the models were there when I went...

Yea I agree, the track is pretty rough. The layout is fun though. I have driven at Devens with the SCCA, and you end up spending 9 hours in the sun, and maybe getting 5 runs in. Whereas at ADSI, I did not have to work the track, and I got about 15 runs in. Its all checks and balances

[FourPointOh]

I would love to drive on tarmac like that

Yea I would imagine a VW would end up falling to pieces while driving on that surface

[FujiTekniques]

Yea I agree, the track is pretty rough. The layout is fun though. I have driven at Devens with the SCCA, and you end up spending 9 hours in the sun, and maybe getting 5 runs in. Whereas at ADSI, I did not have to work the track, and I got about 15 runs in. Its all checks and balances

No doubt. I loved watching the guys in the Crown Vic hoon all over the course while picking up the cones.

[Snake Hips]

I heard "airplanes" so I clicked...one airplane? Lose.

[GTI 20v]

Looks like a lot of fun, but as a long time autocrosser, the whole thing looks unsafe. Where are the corner workers? Where are the flaggers? I can't believe cars are allowed to be out on course that close to each other.

Who sets up downed cones? Was there timing? (I don't see any timing boxes)

[BRealistic]

Looks like a lot of fun, but as a long time autocrosser, the whole thing looks unsafe. Where are the corner workers? Where are the flaggers? I can't believe cars are allowed to be out on course that close to each other.

Who sets up downed cones? Was there timing? (I don't see any timing boxes)

Timing equipment?
Corner workers?
That **** gets in the way of good photo ops.
This isn't auto-cross, this is auto-bauce.

Still. it does look like fun.

[DasStormTrooper]

Cool pics and love the track, but man do I hate C130s...

[C4 A6]

Looks like a lot of fun, but as a long time autocrosser, the whole thing looks unsafe. Where are the corner workers? Where are the flaggers? I can't believe cars are allowed to be out on course that close to each other.

Who sets up downed cones? Was there timing? (I don't see any timing boxes)

What pictures can't tell you (but an HD rig video can) is that they were all going over the cracks and bumps diagonally...at 5 miles per hour.