Autocross RESULTS

Autocross results are posted! Check the convention home page here, and click on the link to the Autocross results.

More event results will be posted in the days to come, so check back often! In the meantime, here is the final autocross run by eventual Edward N. Cole Award winner Bob Manwaring.  That's Bob's wife providing the narration:

Attention, Autocrossers!

If you have signed up to participate in the convention autocross at the Stafford Motor Speedway on July 25, are you aware that under CORSA rules you are expected to classify your own car in advance?

It’s easy to do, and even fun if you have never taken a look at your car with autocross classification in mind.

Just go to this page on the CORSA web site, download the Autocross Rules, and take a look at the section covering classification.

Also, you should inspect your car prior to arriving at the track.  Click on this link to download a copy of the Autocross Tech Inspection Form.

And we’ll see you at the track!

Helmet Update 7/20/12:  The autocross tech inspection form as first posted specified that one must use a Snell 2000 or newer helmet. Whoops -- the CORSA rules allow any Snell or DOT helmet rated within the last 15 years.  We are fixing the tech form that's linked here, but if you downloaded a copy earlier, please be aware that the CORSA rules will apply.

Make Some History

Stafford Motor Speedway, where our convention autocross is being held on July 25, has a long history indeed. The facility first opened as the Stafford Springs Agricultural Park in 1870!

The Stafford Springs Agricultural Park, over 100 years ago

Horse racing’s Trotters and Pacers were the featured attraction through the end of World War II at which time horse racing gave way to automobile racing.

An advertisement from 1949

The track remained a dirt track until 1967, and with the arrival of pavement the race cars began to evolve from junkyard jalopies to the sleek NASCAR Modifieds of today.

The Modifieds at Stafford

When you participate in the convention autocross you will be driving on the same track that has been driven upon not only by the greats of Modified racing such as Richie Evans, but also by drivers with NASCAR Cup victories to their credit, including Jimmy Spencer, Geoff Bodine, Tim Richmond, and even a guy named Earnhardt.  Indianapolis 500 veterans and even a Formula One World Champion have raced at Stafford.

Map is not to scale!

To get to Stafford Motor Speedway from the Sturbridge Host Hotel, take I-84 West to Exit 73.  Follow Route 190 West to Route 140 in Stafford Springs, and follow Route 140 to the track.

The Stafford Motor Speedway street address is 55 West Street, Stafford Springs, Connecticut 06076. The GPS coordinates are N 41° 57.29 Minutes, W 72° 19.04 Minutes