he had an incident with a curb running into his rear passenger tire. darn thing just ran right out in front of him and bit a hole in the tire
warning to any newbies that go take the corners a bit wider than you think you should unless you have the cash to replace your tire(s). I've only seen a few people hit the curbs at the church and i believe last months was the worst so far.
Tom mentioned driving along the interstate and driving until you hit the ribbed side that tells you you're on the shoulder this should give you an idea of how wide your car really is. this may or may not work for you for multiple reasons including the fact that on the interstate you're primarily going in a straight line and on any autocross you're for the most part turning. but it is a good way to get an IDEA of how wide your car is.
My advice is to take the practice run they offer even if you've done the church a zillion times, run it at about 1/2-3/4 the speed you think you'll run at and perhaps even move your mirrors so they show the ground near your rear tire instead of behind you (as nobody will be on the course when you are) this might give you a good idea of how far or close you are so you can move in closer on the full speed run.
bigger cars like vettes and muscle cars are running 44 or so while the smaller cars like miatas are generally under 40 seconds. the fastest time thus far is 36.06 mind you this is a 2 lap hourglass shaped track so the actual laps are only about 18-25 seconds depending on your skill and your car.
as for the air pressure on fwd cars my tires suggest 35 and i was running between 32 and 40 psi and I personally felt the higher the pressure the better in the front, though more experimentation is needed. this is partially due to the fact that i do not have low profile tires 225/50/16. if you have low profile tires you have less sidewall and thus less shifting of the rim on the tire.
yeah so um maybe i rambled but yeah thats my $.02
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