Autocross Performance Handbook: Choosing the Best Car, Selecting a Competition Class, more

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Autocross competition is open to just about anyone with a helmet, a car, and the desire to race against the clock. Aimed at racers competing in street cars, Autocross Performance Handbook covers everything from choosing the best class and car to tuning, modifying, and racing that car.

Author Richard Newton, a longtime autocross racer and ASE-certified Master Technician, details all you need to know to prep and modify your car for autocross success. He also discusses autocross rules and racing techniques, emphasizing driving skills and smart modifications over big budgets and raw horsepower.

Featuring helpful, full-color illustrations and photographs, Autocross Performance Handbook focuses on each of your car's subsystems—including engine, suspension, wheels and tires, and brakes—optimizing all for improved racecourse performance.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  
  
• AUTOCROSS EVENTS
  Your First Event | The Course Walk | Worker Assignments | Beyond Local Club | High Speed Autocross | Finding a Club | Tech Inspection Checklist | Helmet Standards
  
  
• CLASSES and CHOICES
  Some Class Strategies | The SCCA Classes | Stock Category | Street Touring Category | Street Prepared Category | Street Modified Category | Prepared Category | Modified Category | How Fast Are the Classes? | Porsche Club of America Classification | The BMW Classing System
  
  
• TUNING and MODIFICATION
  Tires | Tire Pressures | Wheels | Alignment | Sway Bars | Shocking Facts | Chassis Braces | Brakes | Exhaust | Interior | Quick Hints
  
  
• DRIVING YOUR CAR
  Five Basic Rules | The Basics of Driving | The Circle of Traction | Braking | Turns | Finding the Line | Putting it All Together | Refinements | Back to the Basics
  
  
• APPENDIX
  Basic Terms | A Few Things to Remember | Comparison of SCCA Permitted Modifications | Basic Cone Arrangements | Cone Rules | Index | Notes

Whether you're an autocross regular or new to the sport, Autocross Performance Handbook is the guide to help you better your time at the track.

Autocross Performance Handbook: Choosing the Best Car, Selecting a Competition Class, more