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I experienced the same thing. Realize is that track driving is a completely new skill and it takes some time to learn it (despite how well we all think that we can drive right out of the box). Sure, some have more natural talent than others but very few of us will be recruited for ALMS or GRAND AM in our first year of track events!

Now you've invested some time, here comes the really fun part - feeling confident and capable enough to chase around with others in your run group a bit. Glad that you stuck with it long enough to get there!