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What is Autocross?
Is this a certain type of road racing or a special class of racing?

Asked by: motorgrrrl

Asked on: July 25, 2008 02:28

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Tri5
Tri-5 (5 months ago)
An autocross is a form of motorsport competition that focuses on car control over outright speed and horsepower. The events are generally held in parking lots where cones are arranged to form a tight, twisting course. Drivers negotiate the course one at a time, as quickly as possible. Each car is timed, and hitting cones will result in time penalties. Because of the tight spacing between cones and sharp radius corners used on a typical autocross course, the driver seat is a very busy place. In fact, it is entirely possible for a driver to use more input with the steering wheel and pedals during a 30 second autocross run than a 2 minute road course lap on a regular race track.

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Some videos of Autocross events.
http://www.motorator.com/videos/283
http://www.motorator.com/videos/282

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