June of 2000, I attended Phase 1 at FAST. There was no mention of lap timers or that we werebeing timed, and it never even crossed my mind. I was shocked when, at the end of the day they handed out sheets with our laptimes throughout the day.

I am sure they don't tell the first time track school student about lap times, becasue they want the student concentrating on riding improvement, not trying to be a hero, as John said.