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Originally Posted by sperry
I disagree. Once day of autocross is about 6 minutes of driving. One day at a PDX/HPDE is usually around 90 minutes of driving. While you can make an argument that the harshness of the transitions at autocross may put more wear on things like wheel bearings, I don't think there's anyway you can compare 90 minutes of tire and brake wear at much higher speeds vs. 6 minutes of autocross, or the time the motor spends under much harder loads at the track and all the shifting at the track vs. almost no shifting at autocross.
(BTW: haven't we had this exact argument before?)
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Beginner PDX driving is hardly different than street driving. Beginning autocrossers typically destroy tires and mash gears and burn clutches.
Autocross doesn't get the warmup and cool down PDX does or should.
I would agree that as PDX drivers get more aggrssive, they give the car a good beating, but autocrossers do so from the get go. Banging gears and flogging the suspension and tires.