I can say as a newbie, that the RTTC was most everything I wanted.
I enjoyed the autocross and the road course. I knew I had no chance of "winning" but got to hang out, meet people, drive my car, that was the winning in my book. I didnt push my car hard for a few reasons, lack of experience, didnt want to hurt it too bad, amoung things. No one laughed at me. I missed the cruise, but had it not been Easter, I would have done that too.
It is intimidating to come to these events, with some of the better cars and drivers, but EVERYONE was great to talk with, it really lowers the intimidation factor. It was funny...before the event started, Jeff Smith, the magazine editor, came over to talk with me about my car... and we talked not only cars, but some of his family history from the El Toro air base. All the people are just regular people.
The only thing I would have liked would have been more road course time, and some instruction for the new people like me. I am trying to go to local events to get that too.
I would highly recomend if you are on the fence about going to something like this, do it, and you will have a good time, no matter what the outcome is.
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Mike
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