If you are interested in SCCA road racing, we can point you in the right direction. Our nearest track is Heartland Park Topeka, which runs about four SCCA weekends a year. A couple of them include High Performance Car Control Clinics, where you can run your street car in a controlled environment at speed (almost) on the track. The HPCCC, which is always a driver school context, has strict safety and passing rules (no actual racing with other cars) that makes it a very safe way to go fast on a real race track.
Many SCCA members enjoy attending these events as race officials/workers - the people in the white suits who come to an errant driver's rescue, or the officials in timing or grid or the starters or stewards. A road race needs a couple of hundred people each weekend to put the event on and they would be glad to have newcomers.
Or, wanna race? Real wheel-to-wheel racing. This is the place to do it, whether in a Spec Miata or Improved Touring car on a small budget, or a Formula Continental or GT1 (Trans-Am type) Mustang on a money-is-no-object expense account. Salina Region does not put on road races, but we have some members who are racers. We've got answers (or can find them) for your questions.