Desolate_Flux

Why is it called AutoX?

What is it, just racing around a windy track, trying to accomplish the best time?

I only started drag racing last year, and I'm only now starting to get into this sport

So, to a n00b, what is AutoX?

lightningd

why do they call motocross, motocross, rallycross rallycross? not sure exactly what crossing is, but b/c it's 'auto' we use cars, heh.

the scca calls it Solo II. you run around a course made up of cones by yourself, competing for best times. there is a handicap system based on what kind of car and what kind of mods you have. obviously, you don't need a handicap b/c you drive an SS

Desolate_Flux

lol I dont know, something tells me my car handles pretty shitty compared to... hell, even a civic

roadRacer

Well here is a good description of what they are:

http://www.mindspring.com/~jsculerati/sdr/page1.html

As to why it is called autocross??? I am not sure. In England they have a sport called autocross that has been run for a very long time. It is much more like using cars for a motocross. It is offroad racing on a fairly small dirt road racing course for lack of a better description.

Originally in the US they were called gymkanahs and I have no idea how the term autocross got applied to the events we know. SCCA pretty much always refered to them as Solo events.

lightningd

in an issue of European Car i read a couple months ago, they called that rallycross, if we're thinking of the same thing. the cars they used were basically vamped up rally cars making 500-600hp.