Having a little fun with the Z yesterday, my daughter and I co-drove it in an autocross. It took us both a couple runs to get comfortable with the power and grip, but we both got a lot faster by our last run. I was working out on the course during her run group so I had a front row seat and she really pushed it, got it drifting through the high speed section. I loved it, tough to pay attention to my job while trying to watch her. It was an awesome day. I can also say the Z has now been spun twice...and it wasn't me!
The course was really bumpy and that high speed section was in the worst part. I've been autocrossing a long time, but the vette definitely feels different from the other cars I've run - huge grip, but the chassis shakes and rattles more than I expected, a little disconcerting at first. But I learned to ignore it and dropped a ton of time. My best time was 72.8 seconds and my daughter's was 79.2 which I thought was pretty respectable considering the modified cars were running mid-60's. I haven't seen the results yet, but I'm pretty sure I wasn't last in class.
Not bad for a totally stock, 25 year old car running on street tires. The Nittos were pretty good, lots of grip for a street tire, and controllable under power. When my daughter spun, it was lift-throttle oversteer that got her, not the power. Just too hot into the corner.
This is the only pic I got, since we were both too busy during the runs to get any action shots. Gotta love the class.
