I think it depends on what class you run. I run C-Mod and it looks to me like a
lot of the competition comes from Cen-Div. 75% of last years Nationals CM field
came from a five hundred mile radius around Indianapolis Indiana. If I was going
to relocate for Auto-X my choice would be Chicago Illinois.
Mike B. TLS#1
Robert Glover wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Mari L. Clements wrote:
>
> > Where's the best place in the country (sorry Dennis, I am talking US here)
> > to live for autocrossing? Make the case for your region or your favorite
> > region.
>
> I will place my vote for San Francisco Region (though from reading pots so
> far, it sounds like San Diego is really nice too). Even though we have
> "winter" (if you can call it that), our season never really ends either.
>
> First events of the season start in January and will run roughly two weeks
> apart until March or April. By then, the American AutoX Series and
> Sacramento Region starts up, providing events within a 100 mile radius of
> the Bay Area for nearly every weekend from around April through August,
> with an occaisonal weekend off (or two) in there somewhere. All you need
> are tons of tires.
>
> For locations, we have Oakland Coleseum, which is slippery asphalt and
> therefore really nice for people who can't afford a lot of tires.
> Candlestick Park (I refuse to call it 3COM) isn' too bad, but a bit bumpy.
> Stockton Fairgrounds is kinda small, but homey. Then our two "premiere"
> sites are Mather AFB and McClellan AFB in Sacramento. Both are huge, are
> concrete, and very Nationals-like. The downside is they're hard on tires.
> If you weer to run ALL events available to you during the season, I would
> expect you to go through at least two seats of Kumhos. Even more if you
> run multiple drivers.
>
> The downside, of course, is the high cost of living in the Bay Area.
>
> BUT... that being said, I lived in the midwest for a year and attended the
> events locally, but finally gave up in frustration. The people were
> friendly enough, but totally unwilling to consider any kind of change.
> Their insistence on numerical run order, meaning you get to show up at 8
> AM, work, run, wait, work, wait, run, work, wait, run, work, wait, run,
> work, etc, etc, etc and finally get out of there around 4-5 PM was
> frustrating and tiring. I was even told by more than one long-time region
> member that they were far more interested in having fun and socializing
> than trying to really compete. Explains why there were only one or two
> national caliber drivers from that region. SFR, by comparison, has more
> national champions in its region than anywhere else in the country, last I
> heard.
>
> I'm all for socializing and having a good time, but structure makes things
> a lot more enjoyable.
>
> Rob
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