[orthojoe]

No 'membership' benefits for trackmaster or HOD. I would not recommend PCA, as those guys are generally a-holes. GG-Lotus club and Norcal Shelby are supposed to be great clubs. There is also CFRA, but they are invite only and haven't been as active with track days over the past 2 years. Speedventures rarely gets up to norcal. Meatball motorsports is a new player, but I haven't heard much about them and they have very few days. There's also GDS, but they look really sketchy to me.

TMR, HOD, and NCRC are the groups I know well and run with. Just don't do driver school or solo with NCRC. Driver school is poorly done and solo group with NCRC, again, is dangerous. HOD is THE BEST experience for beginners.