soomcraft Racing

This past Sunday was the first autocross of 2007, hosted by our neighbors to the west. To an extent it was sort of a “practice” event — my car wasn’t totally done, Brad and I were both on street tires, and Cassie didn’t even have her own car. I hadn’t had much time behind the wheel of the Civic this year (i.e., I picked it up on Friday night, and raced it on Sunday) so I didn’t know what to expect.

Turns out the car was quite a bit faster than I thought it would be, and I wasn’t prepared for it! Things come up a lot faster. Also, it handles differently now, but I think we can take care of that with tire pressure changes.

I ended up in the bottom half (both in my class and overall) but I wasn’t that far behind. Next event should be better; the new tires should be in, the car will be tuned, and Cory will be driving too (so I can see what the car is really capable of… I’ve got a lot to get used to!

Results will be linked here when they are posted on the WNY site.