This article is from the How to Become a Motorcycle Roadracer FAQ, by Duke Robillard duke@io.com with numerous contributions by others.
What, you think Kevin Schwantz was born that way? He had to learn
somewhere. A beginner race school will teach you the basic stuff about
how to survive on the track, what the various flags mean, what a
cornerworker does, and so on. You usually need to take a school in
order to get a racing license from one of the race organizations.
Later on, you can take advanced race schools, in order to trim some
seconds off your lap times.
 
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