I'd also say that once you think you're comfortable driving on a track (sebring/moroso/homestead) take a trek someplace up north to a track that has elevation changes. It's a whole new world of difficulty.

 

Gotta love those northern tracks. I wanted to run Mid-Ohio this year with Viper Days but couldn't pull the scratch for it. Travel is such a big expense.

 

Ive been to Road Atlanta for the Petit Lemans and I have to say, that is an amazing track. Just watching the cars weave through the esses going up a 300 foot elevation is awesome to watch. Awesome to watch, which has to be the driving experience of a lifetime.

 

Driver Education - In the Porsche world it means learning to drive your car fast in a controlled environment, typically at a closed race track.

They have different run groups starting with Green - Novice. From there you can progress to Blue which is more of an intermediate group. Green and Blue always have an instructor in the car, usually with a headset so they can talk you around the course. Once you become proficient - and master heel and toe, proper cornering, etc. you can graduate to solo (the yellow group).

If I would have known 20 years ago what I know now, I would have bought a beater Porsche 944 or something and started tracking it then. It's about as much fun as you can have with your pants still on.

 

I've often said the same thing. But I don't know if there was as much opportunity 20 years ago like there is today. Certainly the internet has enabled the ability to get info out much easier. And a track like Sebring was owned by the city before Panoz bought them and turned it into a business.

I also think the opportunities have become more affordable relative to inflation.

 

listen to these guys... they know what they are talking about....
plus weaving in and out of traffic with your friends doesnt consist for anything close to even club racing... let alone le mans or somthing of that nature.... but there is hope for you my friend! since your friends all think you could be a great getaway driver, find a criminal underworld and start as a driver, work your way up and boom soon youll have enough money to race whatever the fuck you want... lol

 

True to a degree - but PCA has been conducting track events for over 20 years. In the last ten - 15 years they have formalized their DE program, and there are still groups that run on the ragged edge, but still = Porsche has always been about driving a track ready car everday.

 

and for the longest time I thought Porsche just meant prick in a fast car - It's so much more than that...