Go Autocrossing!

For getting your feet wet in motorsports, it's tough to beat autocross. It's fun, safe, low key and requires minimum investment.

There really is no substitute for pushing your car to the limit. Not only is it fun, it can make you a better and safer driver. The easiest and safest way to do that? Autocross. All you need is a car, a helmet and an event. Yeah, it gets a little more complicated than that, but more on that later.Autocross, called Solo in Sports Car Club of America parlance and NASA-X in the National Auto Sport Association (NASA), is a timed event on a course marked by traffic cones, generally at speeds below 60mph. Typically there are three or more timed runs, and each one lasts about a minute, depending on the course. That can sound a bit boring, but trust us, it's not. It rewards precision and requires a car that's absolutely on the edge in acceleration, braking and cornering. And if you hit one of those cones, you'll incur a time penalty...