Save up and do the three day at laguna seca. You drive the barber dodge race cars all three days and learn a bunch about road racing. Can't tell you how much of a good time you will have there.
This is what I did:
http://www.skipbarber.com/racing_sch...ay_racing.aspx
Coolest thing was a couple of the instructors I see them on Speed TV quite often (Kelly Collins in particular). Very cool experience!
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