[MyElise]

The Chute at Summit is one of the best turns but easily the one where you can get into the most trouble as a newbie. This guy made it most of the way through it but panicked and did a hard lift. Big mistake here. It becomes obvious after a few tries that if you get in trouble you get the car straight and begin braking quickly. If you can't, you get it straight. even if its on the grass, and drive through the gate at the bottom of the hill. Much easier to do in a DE than in a race with two or sometimes three cars entering turn 5 together. I can't think of many places on any track where I would lift rather than drive my way out of a problem.

As for NASA mid-Atlantic, it is without a doubt the best organization I ever did DE's with. This is the only group in the East who allows DE participants in the upper groups to prepare for door to door encounters. Hot pulls (no blackflags for every schmuck who can't keep his car on the track) and pass anywhere with a point makes their "less than most" track time worth much more. And the organization is a machine. It runs on time and efficiently. That said, I agree with Jon that there are a few too many not ready for prime time players in group 4. Lots of cold tire offs, hard lifts and other incidents not worthy of the group in my experience.