getting started sticky

[Samurai75007]

So how about a sticky for what you need to get started? IE car, roll cage, helmet, seat, rubber, and so on. Or am I a dumb ass? I don’t know what ever…

[drdisque]

the only thing you really NEED to get started is a drivers liscence, an acceptably safe vehicle (secure battery, seat belts, doors that close, etc), and enough money to cover the entry fee.

[ac427cpe]

there is one... the autoX faq sticky

[JekylandHyde]

There is more to solo racing than autocross and you need a lot more than a driver's license and a safe car to go beyond autocross.

[SabreKhan]

Yes, but if you want to get *started* in solo, autocross is the way to go. Once you're into autocross far enough to be good enough for solo, you'll have the contacts necessary to know what you need for solo I (now called Time Attack or somesuch... whatever it is, it's now under Club Racing rather than Solo).

[JekylandHyde]

Yeah, it is "Time Trials" now, but it is still a solo event (literally speaking).

There are many Solo 1/Time Trial folks that did not start in autocross (or ever even do it).

I agree with you though, that solo 2 autocross is the preferred place to start.

[SabreKhan]

There are people that just hopped straight into Solo I?!? That's a lot of money considering you may not even know whether you'll enjoy it or not...

EDIT: and to answer the original poster's question: scca.org

[JekylandHyde]

There are a couple of people I hill climb (Solo 1) with that started on the hills. It is often a family thing (at least around here) and people just kind of get into it without seeing a Solo 2 course.

I had an intersting conversation with a lady last summer that hil lclimbs and she said she went and tried to do Solo 2 and hated it. She had never done it before although she was hill climbing for years.

[SabreKhan]

That's cool. I live in central Texas, where there are no hills to climb.