Back when Nationals was at Forbes, there would frequently be one corner on the north course which required a downshift. Now that they moved to a smaller solo pad at HPT, somehow they eliminated the downshift corner.
I did it anyway on the West course last year, and I'm still not sure it was a good idea.
The RX-8 had a great gearbox, though. The Boxster - not so much. I'm not comfortable at all downshifting that box to first.