[joelster]

I short shift into 2nd a few seconds into the run, and then just run the entire course in 2nd. It's almost never beneficial at an autocross to keep shifting back and forth between 1st and 2nd. Guys will do it all the time thinking it's faster but the slightest hiccup on a shift will ruin the run. Plus our cars have plenty of torque to pull from a low rpm. Coming out of tighter corners you'd think that being in 1st would be the faster way around, but it's super easy to blow the tires off with all the power we have. Being in second gear in a tight spot allows you to put power down pretty easy.