Thanks guys. I'll make sure to take your comments into consideration on my next lightning venture on August 24-26.
Meanwhile... I just finished a day at Thunderbolt and it was a lot of fun. Only thing was... I cooked my Hankook RS-3's within 15 mins of the first dry session and they gave up within the first 5 mins of the third session, resulting in me going off on the Octopus.
Video here: Critiques welcome! This was the first session that it wasn't raining so I was still hesitant to go on the curbing.