I did another AutoX about a month ago at a different spot. I was in Novice Stock again......
I took 4th, I got beat by a Mini Cooper S (1.5 seconds) a Viper GTS (.8 seconds) and a BMW M Coupe (.6 seconds). Again everyone was blown away that I was running so fast in my 135 chp, 3400 lb, 175k mile, oem suspension, stock everything Outback.
In my actual class, if not in NS where the group any factory stock car together, I would have won by about 2 full seconds....Next year I'm not doing NSThere was a guy there in a silver '08 STI and I swear on my daughters soul, I beat him by almost a full 2 seconds! The guy had driving shoes and the whole nine yards. hahaha
I was off the fastest time of the day by about 4 seconds but that was a guy in a fully race prepped vette, I'm not a big fan of Corvettes but this thing was mean as hell.
Most of the people there and especially the SCCA Regional guys, were super cool and stoked on how well I did but a few of the guys with tons of money in their cars were pretty pissed that I was kicking their ass so bad.
I don't mean to come off like I'm bragging or anything, I was just really stocked and had a blast.......