Damn I was hoping there were some scheduling information in here.
Instead I read about weird stuff about banning Trevor from STT. Granted I only know of Trevor since I rode in the midwest, but I am so grateful for the beginner program that STT puts on at every event!
STT is the group that taught me to ride, I know from doing a day with NESBA last year, if I had showed up like I did my first day at STT, I would of packed up my stuff and left.
Which is fine, NESBA is what it is and I know that if I were ever to get the bump in NESBA it will be the most coveted bump I could get and I think its a great organization but that doesnt take away anything from STT as an org (at least to me but they are my first trackday love!)
That being said last year I moved to the Mid Atlantic Area, so I got to try out a bunch of orgs and after trying them out,I had planned to do most of my riding with NESBA this year, because I thought they ran a day that was safe, with great instructors and a great selections of tracks (minus a couple of weekends with STT I plan on doing (ladies day @ Grattan for sure!) and ME because well for ladies they are cheap and close to my home and also run a great day!). Plus the Elite Benifts for NESBA are pretty awesome!
Say what you will and I know nothing about the internal politics, STT as an org got me on the track, gave me the instruction to be able to get around the track, that even as still as a beginner I showed up to a NESBA day my first time out with the org and really on my own since STT is so organized at the beginner level, with enough information to get myself around the track, learn the lines (with a helpful tow from a control rider), and move at what I thought was a decent clip (heck I was even passing a few people which was a first for me!). While I thought the control riders were just as helpful as the STT beginner instructors are, I would of had NO idea about to what to ask about, what to ask for help on, or how to understand the instruction without that.
That being said, Now that I am settled here in the mid atlantic for the whole season (moved midway last year) I am looking forward to the NESBA schedule coming out and filling my calender with their trackdays, I hope that as I meet more people in NESBA that are as warm, welcoming, encouraging and helpful as my STT family was in the midwest.