We have quite a few who road raced, and do both concurrently, autocross
and road race. I can't do a percentage, too many names to sift through,
on both sides. One thing I find interesting is that many who try
autocrossing end up road racing because they have more success there
than at an autocross. Some will come back to autocrossing after running
through huge amounts of $$ and find they do much better the second time
around, though they'll still have problems catching up with the really
fast autocrossers. :-) There's something to be said for being a "quick read."
--Pat Kelly
eric salem wrote:
>
> <<I'll take that bet. Virtually nobody quits road racing and takes up
> autocrossing. Same with drag racing or any other form of motorsports.>>
>
> Just in our little 100 person local events I see two former SCCA national
> level road-racers. We also have a nation level SRF guy who comes out in his
> camaro when he's not road racing. In 2001 a six-time middiv GT2 driver will
> be running all our events while he builds a new car. Another guy is a
> regional dirt-tracker. Three of us spent our childhoods with Dad's in SCCA
> club racing. Two did PCA club racing before they solo'd
>
> That's ten percent of the Nebraska Region's regulars who are or were also
> into other formats of motorsport. I'd bet that if the NRSCCA lurkers out
> there pitched in we could find more.
>
> And this is in Omaha, NE!
>
> thanks,
> e
> NRSCCA
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