I've been to (2) track days so far so let me tell about my experience for the folks that haven't been but might be considering. I've only been to Mid Ohio so I don't know about other tracks. I rode down to Mid Ohio from North Ridgeville on both Monday & Tuesday morning. After the riders meeting the first day, when we broke off into the Novice group they asked who had never been on a track before. Those that raised their hands were told to go into group 1 of 5 in the Novice group. When we had all broken into groups they said that there were too many in group 1 so I volunteered to go into group 2. I was glad that I did this because group 1 rode at a very conservative road pace for the rest of the day. Group 2 was better for me as we were probably hitting 120/130 in the straights & learning the lines through the curves. On Tuesday I elected to join group 4 of Novice. This was a lot of fun as we were doing 155/160 in the straights & quite a bit faster than the 1st day in the curves. I got my knee down once but while deliberatly thinking about dragging a knee the rest of the group was getting away from me so I caught up & didn't think about the knee the rest of the day. Both days the coaching was great. They do have a set routine in the novice group. First you follow coach, later you start leapfrogging, taking turns at the lead with the coach directly behind you to critique. When I got home on Tuesday I had to call all my friends & tell them what a life altering experience I just had. If you're thinking about it, my advice is to sign up & don't worry too much. I'm in the process of getting my own track suit & I'll be doing more than (2) days this year for sure. (There's no gravel, Amish buggys, or dogs, etc, etc, etc on the track).