Auto X, Racing Hondas, and More

So, while all of you have been chillin' in the familiar old scene, maybe chillin' with the hellaflush heads or battlin' with the track warriors, you have probably not ventured out to a new scene in a while.

Well, I am now stationed in Wisconsin for an engineering job that I'm working as a part of Drexel's Cooperative Learning Experience.  It's quite different out here, but in a good way.

The East Coast is all about stance and car shows and car meets...at least where I'm from, the Philly area.  Like for example: H2O International.  Check out some of the pics below to get a flavor for what my life was like back on the "BEAST COAST" (I did it for teh lulz).

Photo cred to Tiff Erbe of The Daily Werks Crew out of Levittown, PA

Photo cred to the Daily Werks Crew FB Page

Again, photo cred to the Daily Werks Crew FB Page

Well, firstly I must say, that the midwest goes hard too.  Secondly, I must say I am really loving the car culture here as well.  Chicago is more like Philly and the surrounding cities in that there are meets, but I have been involved with the auto crossing crowd since I have gotten here.

Here are a couple of pics of stuff on my way here-- the first is my DC5 and the second is off of Columbus Drive in Chitown, Illinois.

Photo Cred to myself yoo lol

Again with the flix!

One of the first things I did when I got here was reach out to some local car clubs and Facebook Pages who are about the Honda lifestyle.  The first page I liked was Wisconsin Honda Group.  

The admin, Joel, a guy who drives a dope Del Sol, hooked me up with some dudes near me in Rockford, Illinois who were into auto x and they drove Hondas too.  They run a page called Secret Society that posts car scene stuffs from the midwest.  Y'all should check it if you're trying to smell what I'm smellin' if you feel me.

Here are some pics of Secret Society's moderators' cars-- Danny and Mike.

Danny's JDM front-ended Teg with a BBK, Mugen Valve Cover, and other goodies that I haven't seen or asked about.  He was rocking Advans when I saw him at the track, but he changed to a new pair of shoes last I checked.

Danny's clean-ass interior.  Photo by Lexi.Laron

Mike's gutted EK...  Photo cred goes to Joel Zabel of Wisconsin Honda Group.

We went to Madison International Speedway shortly after hooking up and had a blast.  Mike's EK sounded especially beastly coming out of the slalom on the auto x course.  That air horn you see in the headlight (made by PWJDM) definitely makes it louder if it doesn't do anything else, at least.  Hahah, much love to Mike and his EK.

Photo cred to Tahrek of Secret Society

Me and my DC5 coming out of the slalom...

Tahrek of Secret Society

After that I definitely realized that in the East Coast, where I'm from, there is a huge emphasis on parts that definitely outweighs the emphasis on functionality.  After tracking my car, I realized that all of the modifications I made had definitely improved the capability of my RSX infinitely!  However, the only way to be the fastest car is to be the fastest driver...and that is not focused on at all in the car show, stance, hellaflush, form>function scene AT ALL.

So, to improve my driving skills, I hit up another auto x in Milwaukee with the Wisconsin Autocrossers Incorporated guys.  This one was really fun because the track was very high-speed and the cars were much more serious.  I placed pretty well for my second time out, but I definitely need to improve the smoothness of my driving.  I was plowing out of corners and oversteering at times and overshooting because I was not looking two corners ahead at times.

Check out my video of me racing :)

Overall, I can't wait to get deeper into the scene out here.  I hope you guys enjoyed this post!  I'll have much more to come.  Stay true to you!

Best,

--Lexilaron