Having done this as well in the past, these are the 3 top things critical to winning…
1) Driver’s skill
2) Car’s Handling
3) Tires…
Tires…Tires…Tires…
I suppose they have classes for street tires too, but most of the time, for autocrossing, car power isn’t important since there are limited straightaways.
I assume you do all the basic look ahead, memorize the track, run the correct lines etc.
Would help if you looked at the results and see what the other drivers are running.
Usually, you lose by fractions of a second. If you need 4 seconds, you need quite a bit of help! 🙂
