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Episode 4 – After Autocross Bar Shenanigans

Join the ladies as they reflect on the day’s autocross course and how they felt about it, along with a few guests who talk about what they were driving and how they got into local car clubs. 

In this episode:

  • New, young drivers reflecting on what they’ve learned from autocross
  • The Tire Rack Street Survival School for new drivers 
  • What makes for a good autocross day?
  • How to find car clubs to drive with
  • It’s OK to come to an event and know nothing about cars
Listen live or subscribe using the links on the right!

Show notes and links

http://www.streetsurvival.org–  Tire Rack Street Survival School for teens

Episode 3 – Some basics for the autocross novice

Join Elizabeth, Audra and Kathy as we take you through everything you need to know to survive your first autocross event.

What we’re covering in this episode:

  • What the heck is autocross?
  • Trust us – Everyone gets first-event nerves
  • What can you expect at an event?
  • Options for putting numbers on the car
  • What’s a tech inspection?
  • The ladies have some shifting points about tire pressure and torquing wheels 
  • Getting a work assignment
  • Seating, buckling, and holding the wheel properly
Listen live here, or subscribe via links on the right!

SHOW NOTES AND LINKS

Find events at www.motorsportreg.com

Read Jess’ mentioned article “So you want to autocross?“

Evoschool

Episode 2 – Spring Prep and Bin List

Covered in this episode:

Join Audra, Jess and Kathy as we chat about how we prep our cars in the spring for autocross season, choose tires, clean out our bins from last season (expired sunblock and stale granola bars, baby!), and what we pack in our bins for the upcoming season.

What we cover:

  • Tire size
  • Autocross classing
  • To mod or not to mod?
  • Packing your autocross bin
  • What to wear to autocross day
Listen to this week’s episode!

Episode 1 – Winter Shit

Join us (Audra, Elizabeth, Jess and Kathy) as we try to get through the long, eventless winter. It’s the off-season, when any driver gets twitchy. We can’t do autocross, but we can talk about driving.

Here’s what we’re talking about in this episode:

  • Options for winter driving events
  • Driving in the snow or winter conditions
  • Can autocross help make you a better street driver?
  • Practicing skills off-season
  • iRacing
Listen here!

SHOW NOTES AND LINKS:

Monza World-Class Karting (Foxwoods, CT)

X1 Boston (Braintree, MA)