Larry
I think a great way to learn good car control at a relative slower speed is by doing an autocross. I've chased cones for many years and have done it with many cars, but the cobra is by far the toughest car I've ever driven around the cones and the most fun. I know a lot of people want to go straight to the track and feel the speed...but, I'd attribute a lot of my basic seat of the pants feel to autocrossing. Also you could join NASA there in Texas and go through their HPDE. Dave and Revkah Balingit are the Directors for both the Texas Region and the Rocky Mountain Region. The instructors are very good and have helped me tremendously.
http://www.nasatx.com/
http://www.nasarockymountain.com/
Brad