So I had to work the Autocross at Maywood Park on Sunday (the day of Fiesta Days), that's why I couldn't show, my work is a sponsor of Windy City BMW car club, we do ALOT of there cars, tires, alignments, etc.. This time I wa told to bring my car and slap the magnet on the side, which I was cool with. So I parked it in front of our box truck. Hung out for a while, and got to talking with the coordinators and I guess there is an agreement that they allow one car of a sponsor to run. So I got to Autocross my car for the first time, SO MUCH FUN!! It was like a "beat fest" on my car, but well worth it!! I NOW know why Jontoad does it, it's a TOTAL test of driving ability and a test of you're car. I got to do 8 runs total, 2 sets of 4 laps. I guess I did OK for it being my first time ever doing it, I was averaging like 56-57 seconds, and on the last time I shaved off 4 seconds and got a 52 something, THAT felt great!! All the guys cheered LoL My car was probably the heaviest car too LoL BUT I can say the lowering springs and that Pedders sway bar really held up great!! I DID manage to get better times though then a couple other guys, so that felt good too

I got a few pics I snagged from their website, and am waiting on the pics from our work camera. Afterwards they were doing "fun runs" with their cars and rode with one of the "mentors", one of the guys who rode with me as well, in his BMW and OH MY GOD, he showed me how it was really done!! This thing felt like it was on rails, and REALLY pushed that little car to it's limits, he was one of the guys with the fastest times as well.. Here's some pics and a link, I'll get more pics when I get them emailed to me.... it's bad cause I had ALOT of fun and wouldn;t mind doing it some more next time....

At the gate


Mid course


Rippin a corner


Near the end



http://www.windycitybmw.com/photo.aspx?aid=500

Very cool! I'd like to try that someday!

me tooooo but i would need some diff. wheels

so fun! I'm glad it was worth it!

Yeah, it was!! I think next time I'm gonna throw on my 17's with some different tires

next event is on the 8th and its only 30 bux!!!!

sears center is not flat like maywood it peaks to about 5 feet higher in the middle for drainage. you can not see cars on the other side of the course.

here are some pics to show you how its not flat like mayood (is that guy running the big guy from revenge of the nerds? lol)

Hmmmmm, I am gonna seriously consider this!! Thanks bro!!

The only hurdle I got is that it's my b-day weekend and I gotta find some better tire for my 17's, you know as much as I know, 20's aren't cheap!! LOL


HA HA HA HA NERDS!!!!!

Cool pics that looks like alot of fun and your Charger is lookin great as always!!!

I uploaded all 199 pictures I got from my boss finally, so here's a link to all the pics if anybody is interested....
http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l288/adamhowen/autocross/

Group trip to blackhawk farms???

Go look it up! Its about 3 hours west and its a circut looks pretty cool. HaVe not gone yet though