I'm going out with the Northwoods Shelby Club next month at Blackhawk for the first time--can't wait, should be fun! Don't know what group they'll put me in; if they want to put me in novice and "work up" (or maybe not), I'm totally fine with that; if the groups are like what you described, I wouldn't want to run in the top two groups anyway--the drivers will be too good, not to mention the cars to fast. It's at a track I'm pretty comfortable on, so I don't think I'll make a total fool of myself. Maybe just a partial one. Haven't done Hooked on Driving, but a friend has, and has nothing but good things to say about it. The event I was at where the above happend was MVP Tracktime; they do a great job--well organized, on time, and no B.S. Mark has been known to permanently kick people out, or end someones day early if they're out of hand, so I REALLY hope this guy complained to him. The end result of that would be a better video than the cartoon... The thing is, on this day, there were 6 sessions for each group. SIX!!! It's not like cutting one short is a big deal, there was plenty of track time. I was beat, and called it quits after five sessions. I'd rather they error on the side of safety, and if that means a session getting black flagged, so be it. As long as I can drive home, I'm good.
Biggest thing is to just use your head. Too many of these track days end in wrecked cars because their owners think they can run b*lls out and their "sports" cars will get them through their own inadequacies, not realizing until it is too late that all the higher performance does is magnify them.
I got a good laugh out of this and all the comments about track days and the people. What struck me was you could take the "track & cars" out of this and substitute "eventing & horses" and it would still read the same. There are these kinds of folks out there in any type of competative sport. :lol: Jim