Hector,
I suggest logging on to our local website < www.panamscca.org > and reading through all the information on Solo (Autocross) participation. You'll find information on vehicle identification requirements, registration, and our Class and PAX Championship competition. Luis Moreno has written and posted a lot of really good suggestions on car preparation. If you have a chance, pick up a copy of Secrets of Solo Racing by Henry Watts. Don't try and do everything the book says at once, but keep it as a reference to keep coming back to. Visit the SCCA web-site and review the rule book. This will help you figure out what class you belong in based upon modifications you've made.
The Fast-five event is a two-day event. We do this once or twice each year. There is more detail on our web-site, but the basics are that competitors who compete on both days are eligible for accumulating Championship points for Class or PAX competition. In addition, the fastest combined (two-day) PAX times will be used to determine the competitors for a one run, run-off for Fast-five challenge.
I'm assuming that you are not yet an SCCA member. This year we have a new requirement for temporary membership. The cost is fifteen dollars. The includes insurance for the event and will cover you for both days. This can be credited to an SCCA membership if applied for within 60 days. The event fee is not included.
This link will take you to a really well done review of Solo (Autocross) at our Rocky Mountain Division's web-site < http://www.rmsolo.org/help.html# >. Click on the Solo Introduction School link. There are a couple of differences in this and our local procedure, but for the most part the events are the same.
Dave Lehrschall
Pan Am Region Assist. R. E.