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LSC BMWCCA AX #1 - Mar 13, 2010
Registration is now open for the 2010 LSC BMWCCA AX #1 Saturday March 13th.
This is our first competitive event of the 2010 season at a new location!
Even if you've never tried autocross before, come on out at give it a try. Instructors are provided. Or, ask for a ride with an instructor to see if you might enjoy it. Rides with an instructor and admission are free!
More information can be found on the LSC BMWCCA website http://www.lscbmwcca.org/autocross-schedule.html, and if you want to drive in the event you must register. Cost is $30 for BMWCCA members, but non-members can register for $40 which allows you to try it out one time.
Event information and Directions
Course map
**** Register Online at dlbracing.com ****
Registration for 2010 events will be 100% online. We will not accept payment on site! Online registration is available until 11PM the Thursday before each event and opens three Mondays prior to the event.
Location
Lone Star Park
2200 North Belt Line Road
Grand Prairie, TX 75050-9635
http://tinyurl.com/yb2a79d
Tech Inspection
All participant vehicles must pass Tech Inspection on site.
Tech Inspection begins at 8am and will close at 9am.
Mandatory Driver's meeting at 9am.
First car will start around 9:30am.
Rides in instructor vehicles are free. A helmet must be worn. There are loaner helmets available for those that do not own their own helmet. (Helmets must be rated M-2000 or SA-2000 or newer)
Future 2010 Autocross Events
1 03/13/10 Lone Star Park
2 04/24/10 Mineral Wells
3 05/08/10 TMS Bus Lot
4 06/26/10 TMS Bus Lot
5 07/17/10 Mineral Wells
6 08/07/10 TMS Bus Lot
Night 09/25/10 Mineral Wells (Night Autocross)
7 09/26/10 Mineral Wells
10/23/10 TMS Bus Lot (Street Survival)
8 10/24/10 TMS Bus Lot
9 TBD TBD
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| I am looking forward to it!
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| I'm only going to be able to come in the morning. I'm kinda surprised that we're using a fair chunk of the available area for parking (assuming earlier thoughts that the parking areas north of the trees at the top of the track course). Looks like it'll be a Miata/Elise happy course, 1st gear for me with occasional forays into 2nd. IOW, about like TMS. Of course, I've never been there from an autox standpoint before. It might be that the scale is much larger than I think, in which case it's gonna be a much more balanced (from car make standpoint) POV. In any case, I'll be there! Any autox is better than NO autox! Have a good one, Mike
Rider: Mike Bridges, Class Z Steed: 1 of 189 2000 Nassau Blue Metallic FRCs, born on December 1, 1999, adopted June 14, 2002
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It is a prettty BIG lot. Definitely bigger than TMS. I don't have a problem gridding up in another location, and maybe we will in the future... There are some unusable patches of pavement however, and there is also a hill that is in the lot where the grid and paddock are as well as some logistics regarding using another part of the lot for grid and paddock. It's our first event there, so we'll dip the foot in the pool a little bit as opposed to diving in. 
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Yeah, I think you are not understanding how big the lot is. Or I'm not.  You should not touch first gear again after leaving the start. I left the course exiting turns one and three a little open for speed. This might help with the size: 
What you cannot tell from the pic is the peak that runs top to bottom along where the start and finish are. It is pretty steep -- you cannot see the other side from 20' on either side. So, to use the area where the grid and paddock are, you will be blind going over the hill, which might be unsafe. Perhaps with more experience with the place we will change our minds. Until then, I can only allow myself to use a single side for the course.
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| The venue does have a restroom for us inside the valet parking entrance. I have circled it on the map below. 
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| I was there (Lone Star Park) today for an autox and the lot is just shredding into gravel all over. Every corner has lots of gravel all across it by the middle of the first run group. I can only imagine what it will be like after SCCA has their practice tomorrow on the site. There is seams all along the lot and at the majority of them the asphalt is just breaking up with each car. Not very encouraging.
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dbeck (3/6/2010)
I was there (Lone Star Park) today for an autox and the lot is just shredding into gravel all over. Every corner has lots of gravel all across it by the middle of the first run group. I can only imagine what it will be like after SCCA has their practice tomorrow on the site. There is seams all along the lot and at the majority of them the asphalt is just breaking up with each car. Not very encouraging. It was much better for the afternoon runs. I thought is that some of the loose stuff just needed to be removed.
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| Also, many people had problems figuring out how to get to the lot, since many of the gates were closed, which is good for keeping people off of the course during the event. The following is from the bottom of the course map that Ken posted. Please not this before coming... From Beltline Rd, enter at most southern entry (Gates 3/4/5, Lone Star Parkway) and continue to Gate 5/Pollock Pl. Take a left on Pollock. Take a left on the next street (not parking lot entrance), go to the end, and take a right into the lot.
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When you arrive at the event, you will notice that the paddock area is on an incline. In order to make it easier for those that change tires, I suggest that everyone park parallel to the incline (facing north/south), which is perpendicular to the parking spaces. This way, cars are not facing up/down hill. Also, if you are a tire changer, there is a strip of cement along the far right side of the course map that is pretty level. Bring a wheel chock of some kind if you are changing tires.
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