aesir - As far as I know, Skip Barber offers the best program for racing schools at Laguna Seca. His program also travels around from time to time, but here is the website where you can get all the information.
http://www.skipbarber.com/
I haven't personally had a chance to make it out to the west coast yet, but its definately one of my goals! Hope the info helps, if you go you best take pictures.
And Richard, yep, once you decide to start going fast, the money starts going fast too!!!
Best bet for you, then: Join a local driving club, or check out what PCA offers for your local area...there are usually a lot of people interested in learning how to drive their machines a little faster and a little more skillfully.
If I'm ever in the area I'll give you a holler.
