Here is Wisconsin, on the dirt, if you're new you get a couple hot laps, and then you're racing. 1 test day at the beginning of the year, but it was rained out last year.
I bought my car, had never raced anything in my life, and showed up at the track, got 3 hot laps, and voila, there I was in the heat race. Thats acceelrating the learning curve, but it worked for me. I was also 32 years old, and old age probably helped.