Well, survived the butterflies Sat and Sun and rode with Polen, who towed me along with his voice in my ear for 3, 15 minutes sessions throughout the day. The track day organizers,
Elite Track Days, also set up a special 20 minute session for the 6 of us to ride alone, which was most excellent.
The net of it is that I got way faster, as did the other students.
Doug imparted a lot of great track and race craft throughout the session and was instinctive about how much to press my limits--taking me just beyond until I got comfortable, then just beyond again.
Extraordinary person. He rode the entire 2 days with hardly a break of 5 minutes or so. The first day he had 1/4 sandwich and 1/4 small gatorade and 2 Dr Peppers. His knowledge and passion are endless, too, and loves to talk about most anything race-related.
Pic of my daytona after 2 days of butterfly carnage:
Good to go. I'll post pics when I get the CD from them. Jack