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Racing against the clock, not other cars, through a maze of cones you will absolutely hit.
means A low-speed motorsport where drivers take turns running a single car, one at a time, through a cone-marked course laid out on a large paved area, racing the clock rather than each other.
from A compound of 'auto' (automobile) and 'cross,' the same '-cross' found in 'motocross,' which itself borrowed from 'cross-country' racing. The term took shape in the 20th century as amateur car clubs began setting up timed, cone-delineated courses in parking lots and airfields — a cheap, low-speed cousin to road racing and rallying, built for ordinary cars and drivers rather than professionals.
- real enemy
- the stopwatch, not other drivers
- course design
- drawn in chalk the morning of
- typical speed
- rarely exceeds 60 mph
- cone penalty
- two seconds added per knocked cone