OK, I did not mean to *insult* anyone nor be *disrespectful* either. I think that everyone should take a deep breath chill and relax
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I don't think that I was being provincial nor arrogant, I don't have problems attending other track events in other states and I was not dissing other tracks/states/schools/organizations/etc either.
My comment had to do with someone from SoCal like DaHapa, if a NSX owner from SoCal decided to attend a track event/racing school in the future they can do so almost year round simply because there are so many tracks here in CA and the number of schools/organizations that are here run almost year round, and the weather conditions make it possible to do so. In other words the freedom and flexibility factor that we happen to have here in CA for example. (That might apply to other states as well, but hopefully you do get my point)
Someone from a different part of the US or from Canada might not have the same flexibility to do so, because there might be issues with the weather, conflicts of schedule, lack of track days, lack of facilities, lack of other fellow NSX owners who track, etc, etc, that's it, nothing more nothing less.
Sometimes the desire might be there but it might be impractical to do so for some folks.
For those folks they will need to plan *way* ahead because of one reason or another and perhaps for those folks NSXPO might be a good place to learn to track their NSXs, but that might not hold true for *every* NSX owner.
As you mentioned, the various NSXCA chapters are pretty active putting up events as well, so there are plenty of opportunities available for us to drive along with other NSX owners if we chose to do so, and even without direct participation from the NSXCA you can manage to go to track events with other NSX owners as long as folks coordinate with each other.
Don't we see that all the time in the regional forums here in NsxPrime?
And to clarify, if someone wants to attend the NSXPO05 track event, that's fine with me, if someone does not want to attend the NSXPO05 track event that's fine with me as well.
I have no vested interest either way.
However I don't want to see people been peer pressured to attend an event if they are not comfortable doing so, regardless if it's NSXPO, or any other track event.
There are usually 2 types of students that are a real pain to deal with, those who are overconfident about their own abilities and drive way beyond their skills/means and those who are so worried about their cars that they will do *anything* to prevent their cars from getting any scratches, dents, etc.
And those of you who have instructed know what I am talking about. If someone is not comfortable driving their car at the track, I would rather have them *not* drive at the track at all, driving at the track requires concentration and a positive attitude as well as a willingness to take responsibility for their *own* actions. Sometimes it might be easier to just go off straight and get some scratches from pebbles, rock chips etc rather than just trying to save the car at all costs which in turn can lead to a big mess that could have been prevented.
BTW: You can disect and read whatever you want from my comments, but I hope that I'm making some kind of sense here.
Ken