# GVC BMW Club hosting 3 AutoX events @ BIMP

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gvc-bmw-club-hosting-3-autox-events-bimp/65386>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [March 31, 2009, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gvc-bmw-club-hosting-3-autox-events-bimp/65386 "2009-03-31T09:33:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pass\_McGass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pass_mcgass/32/7616_2.png) [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gvc-bmw-club-hosting-3-autox-events-bimp/65386/41 "2009-05-18T18:11:49Z")

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> [@dmoffitt](#):
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> fuck Mike beat me to the punch. BIMP != low risk. BMW CCA is great to run with but I refuse to drive there. Crap pavement, tons of gravel / loose shit, zero runoff and from what I remember nothing to slow a car once it IS off track doesn’t make for a safe autox venue.
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> The ONLY thing BIMP has going for it is repeatability - in that you can compare times from one event to another, unlike any other autox around here.

> [@dmoffitt](#):
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> anyone in this thread a WRC driver?
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> didn’t think so.
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> this is an event where people want to be able to DRIVE HOME their shiny DDs…

> [@dmoffitt](#):
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> one of these things is not like the other 😉
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> Hey, go have fun, its not a death trap, I just don’t like the venue for AutoX. I’d LOVE to do karting there… _shrug_

> [@dmoffitt](#):
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> Could your remark be any MORE tacky? Oh wait, forgot who I was addressing… :roflpicard:
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> again, I ask, isn’t that the WHOLE POINT of AutoX? :banghead:

> [@dmoffitt](#):
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> Nobody drives 10/10ths on the track, if you think you are, you probably have plenty left (or you are at 11/10ths and about to smack something). Even “racing” same thing, you have to learn to conserve tires/brakes/engine/fuel etc, even F1 they aren’t out doing Qualy laps every damn time around are they?
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> I wouldn’t worry about SPECTATOR safety at BIMP so much as it just being a poor choice of venue for CAR safety _shrug_ YMMV, as I said above, “go have fun, its not a death trap, I just don’t like it.”

Wow, that’s great, you won’t race there.

Can you shut up now?

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