Track tip (only one needed)...........................Take lessons. . Nobody thinks they will get good playing the violin without lessons.
But our egos mean that most people have the mistaken beleif that they are quick (or at least not slow) and most are wrong.
Just try going out in your car being pushed to the limit by someone else who is faster than the car. Your whole veiw will change.
My 32 GTR is 23 years old and totally stock so I thought I was able to get near the handling limits .
That is untill I was taken out by EVO magazines test driver when my car was featured in the GTR article they did a few months ago.
It was like being in a completely different car
He could corner faster and with less bother in the wet than I could in the dry. He was so much smoother. All he did was brake once before the bend/corner (if neccesary) turned the steering wheel and put the power down.
The thing was he did these only once and in sequence.
So I am now a much better/quicker driver , This should of course really say less worse and not as slow .
Lessons are not an admission of being an idiot they are the proven best way to get better at anything . Then WHEN you know what you are supposed to be doing its practice practice pratice.
Easier said than done, especially when everyone is trying to get there ALL AT ONCE!! 
