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For awhile I was into autocross. I remember one guy who would always show up in a Porsche 914 with racing tires, and he would run circles around us amateurs.
by BayAreaEscapee 5y ago
For awhile I was into autocross.
I remember one guy who would always show up in a Porsche 914 with racing tires, and he would run circles around us amateurs.
- giarc 5y agoIt's not always the dog in the fight, but the fight in the dog. I knew a guy that was an incredible mountain biker, won all the races he entered etc. He used to show up with crappy bikes probably 10lbs heavier than everyone else... he'd still win. Sometimes you either have it or you don't, and all the equipment in the world won't help you.
- theluketaylor 5y agoIn this case a 914 is close to the perfect car for autocross. They are super light, so they change direction like a fly. The mid engine layout means they have excellent balance. Autocross is a low speed event, so the lack of power isn't the penalty it would be on a larger circuit. With modern tires a 914 should do extremely well.
- LanceH 5y agoThe mid engine induced balance and short wheelbase on the 914 just made it ridiculous for autocross. It was like playing a video game where you stick to the ground. I certainly raced more powerful and faster cars, but it was possible to coax everything out of the 914 with an ease that few other cars could match.
- spaetzleesser 5y agoSounds a bit like my Lotus Elise. I never tried autocross but that car loved tight not too high speed tracks.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 5y agoThose are a blast. I took a friend's one around a listed 15 mph corner at darn near highway speeds (on warm semi-slick tires) with not near the understeer you'd expect.
- warmwaffles 5y agoYea I've seen some pretty sprightly little 90HP cars do autocross really well. Old 2002 BMWs, Porsche 914s, Mini Coopers, and some little Toyota spyders.
- Corrado 5y agoI autocrossed my '71 914/4 and it was so much fun. Somewhere I have a picture of me 3 wheeling it around a corner.
- IgorPartola 5y agoI keep reading stories if people going to track day on their liter bikes and getting outrun by the instructor riding a 250cc scooter.
- jeffbee 5y agoThat’s a funny sport. For years the SF area events were dominated by a guy who ran a ‘78 Toyota Corolla hatchback. Or what had once been that car, anyway.
- Corrado 5y agoWe had a guy in some Ford station wagon that would win all the time. The smoothest driving I've ever seen; I don't think the tires even made a noise.
- dclowd9901 5y agoWe all know those autocross guys…