Thanks for all of your respnoses so far. Let me give you a run down to your questions:
No, I don't have ANY DE experience.
What do I mean by "racing"? I had the "get out to the Big Track and drive the car hard" in mind. The only real "racing" experience I've had is one lap on the Nurburgring. I wasn't driving competitively - just driving hard. I thoroughly enjoyed all 12 or so minutes of that, and I would like to experience something like that occassionally - not every week but maybe a few to several times in a season. In fact, that experience had a huge part in pushing me to live out my childhood dreams of buying a 911
As I'm gathering from your responses, I don't think I'm even close to being prepared experientially or financially to enter a competitive racing circuit. It sounds like a far-fetched, down-the-road possibility, but that's it.
Buying another car "Spec Miata" is not feasible at this point in my life. I know it's expensive and works against what I've been saying about cost, but I'm really wanting to stick with my Porsche. Perhaps autocross is the best place to start given my limited experience and financial wherewithal.
What do you guys think? Can you give me an idea of the beginner expenses that go into DE and autocross? Anybody have any specific suggestions for Southeast Pennsylvania?