A few years ago, when I started down the path.... I was unsure when my desire was real or whether I had the skill. So I put in a few years with my DD in HPDE and did > 500 miles. With that, I needed to see whether I had actual racing in me. So I spent the $ to take the Skippy 3-day and decided I was ready to proceed. I bought a turnkey car, but did a day of HPDE with it to learn about it and my driving in it. I then proceeded to my first Regional. I finished both of my races in 2006.