But seriously, I got paid the best compliment ever... a super nice Japanese guy (Ken, some of you may have met him at KSpeed or at the last autocross) told me in his heavy accent "you have
super technique" after instructing him at the RFR PDX. It was the most Initial-D-esque awesome moment of my life. I swear, when he said it, I heard like some sort of level-up noise.
But then he blew my mind when he offered to let me drive his GTR for a few laps in the 1st afternoon session.
I have no words... just in-car video:
For ego-check purposes, here's me throwing the Miata off the track on the same day:
And, here's Ken driving (much, much faster than I dared to) after me: