I have been racing for about 8 years now. I was awful (really!) when I started, but not so bad these days. Practise and dedication do an amazing amount to compensate for any lack of natural skill... A few club championship trophies, and a lot more "almost" results
Racing (autox) is my passion; track days and ice-only rallyx don't really do much for me, but perhaps I can find a car that sings on those conditons. My wife and I currently own an S2000 (AP1) and a Mazda 3 (total pig on the ice), but we are seriously looking at replacing the truck/Mazda with a Fiesta ST.
I guess the biggest thing is that I am looking at retiring next year (I am old, I tell you, old!) If I do, then Jo and I plan on driving across the continent next year to autox at as many events as we can.
I also designed and built the timing systems (both hardware and software).