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If a club knows what they're doing with course setup there should be almost zero chance of crashing, at least with auto-X. If you really mess up you could hit a fence or a pole but generally they consider those things when setting up the course to make it safe. Sure, if you run slicks on a stock S10 you will eventually land on your roof but you should have seen that coming!
Auto-X and rally-X are usually setup as time-attack races too so you'll be alone on course and no one will hit you. I've hit cones in almost every way possible and never had more than light scuff on my front bumper.
You will eat through tires like mad but I've yet to break anything in the 25+ auto-X events I've done. That's a few hundred laps (only averaging about 1 min each though) bouncing it off the rev limiter and the worse thing that's ever happened on course was that my throttle cable popped out of its clip on the gas pedal and I had to idle it in and reclip it.
It may eventually break on the course but it may also break driving to the grocery store too. I've only seen 1 car have to be towed home since I started and it was a serious POS to begin with. The extra $4-500 a year in tires, entry fees, gas, and more frequent oil changes is well worth the fun IMHO.
Auto-X and rally-X are usually setup as time-attack races too so you'll be alone on course and no one will hit you. I've hit cones in almost every way possible and never had more than light scuff on my front bumper.
You will eat through tires like mad but I've yet to break anything in the 25+ auto-X events I've done. That's a few hundred laps (only averaging about 1 min each though) bouncing it off the rev limiter and the worse thing that's ever happened on course was that my throttle cable popped out of its clip on the gas pedal and I had to idle it in and reclip it.
It may eventually break on the course but it may also break driving to the grocery store too. I've only seen 1 car have to be towed home since I started and it was a serious POS to begin with. The extra $4-500 a year in tires, entry fees, gas, and more frequent oil changes is well worth the fun IMHO.