My first track day

[san rensho]

Originally Posted by MikenOH

Good job; sounds like you had great fun and escaped a spin with no damage.

A car closing on you fast can be unsettling and break your concentration--it's happened to me and I've gone off as a result. You start paying more attention to the guy behind you than what's going on in front of you--not good.

You'll get better with each event as you learn the course and your car's capabilities on it.

True. One thing I liked about racing motorcycles is there are no mirrors. Only have to worry about whats in front of you.

[MikenOH]

Originally Posted by san rensho

True. One thing I liked about racing motorcycles is there are no mirrors. Only have to worry about whats in front of you.

If everyone is following the rules, the guy closing behind you can't go anywhere till you point him over. If he's in your group with an instructor, the instructor should be able to keep him from doing something stupid--the operative word is should.
This is especially important in the novice group where the drivers don't have a lot of experience and are reacting to a lot of stimuli for the first time. The last thing you want to do is get on somebody's tail going into a turn in the novice group and spook them into making a mistake.