Since we are delving into noob advice again, let me add a little tip for our first timers since you could easily do a 20 minute class, marker board and all, to properly teach someone how to enter a turn, manage the apex and exit.

When you get out there for the first time, and are full of adrenaline, fear and excitement, its sometimes a bit much to expect a noob to figure out the best path through the course on top of everything else.

For that reason I never hurts to read the road, since hundreds of people that have been there before you have left their marks through all the braking areas and turns. When in a panic and doubt, dont go too fast and follow the darkest path on the pavement. If you are hitting dark pavement on the straights its a sign you should be slowing your ass down, and in the in the corners the optimal path is already roughly sketched out for you.

In time you will calm down and figure out how to choose your own path. Its almost a zen like path of enlightment and breaking free from the herd, lol.