Thank you all for your responses, I have applied for membership to the local chapter of the PCA. I'm also strongly considering PSDS (
http://www.porschedriving.com ).
jmatta wrote:
"I have difficulty even responding to this question. You are a complete track novice, but want to go as fast as you can in your street car? Recipe for disaster..."
Sorry, I'm just naive. To a complete novice, I look at pictures of an empty oval track and I think, "that looks like the safest place I could possibly drive!" ha ha