Stop in for a cup of coffee

Video has been taken private but here's a snip from one of his messages to the group.

Yup, slid into a chain link fence, took out 3 poles. Completely missed the driver's door. Don't know how that happened, but it did. Only thing I wrecked that I wasn't planning on replacing was the fender (and headlamp bezel). I've got winter plans for the car, but I'm hoping I can be back autocrossing by mid-August.

Woke up with a headache the next day. I've counted my blessings plenty of times over this.


And this description from one of much more experienced autocrossers:

I managed a 42.2... and could probably have cut another 0.5-1 sec off of that, but I was being careful due to the lack of run out and the need to drive the dart home. The course was fairly straight forward, if tight. The cross-over caught me out on my first two runs, then I managed a 43.3. on my third; in the afternoon I got down to a 42.2 and could have taken another run to trim some more time with neater driving. The surface was a little bumpy and there were some interesting cambers and crests that could really upset things.

As much as I favor more opportunities for people to try out autocross type challenges, what's the benefit if people or their cars are likely to get hurt? :(
Sounds like a bad idea