Sweet! Thanks for the responses! I just got a bunch of questions answered elsewhere. But I do have a few local ones.

So it looks like I'm gonna have to enter STS (due to my parts) even though me and my car are probably hardly even competitive in stock. Just wondering how "busy" SCCA is in the bay area now. I've got a family and need to know how much time to actually block out and when.

I don't have a helmet, but I just want to try this stuff out a bit.

I saw they have a "trial membership" for $25; so I'm thinking about that.

Summer is probably when I'd be able to try it out.

I'm a little intimidated. I know I'm gonna suck big time, and so far my car has been mostly made up for daily commuting.