To be honest, I don’t know what speed I hit at the top of second. The only times I really push the car to that point are at an autocross or track event, and those times I’m not looking at my speed.
My first run I stayed in second gear, and didn’t hit the limiter (which is at 6500). The second run I came out of that bottom turn leading into the straight more agressively and hit the limiter for 2-3 bounces. I spoke with one of my instructors to find out if I should be shifting or or letting it bounce a few times like that, and he said that if I was only hitting the limitor that few times then I need to be accelerating more out of the turn and be shifting probably just around the tower, even if that is before I get to the limitor. So, that’s what I was doing… shifting just as I passed the tower into third, even though it wasn’t when I was hitting the line. I have no idea what RPM I was at at that point, because I was pretty intent on watching the course. Granted, I wasn’t IN third for very long (the rest of the course was a solid second gear for me).
Which brings me to a question. No flaming, please. Since this is the first time I’ve actually gotten out of second… as I came around the first 180 turn in the manzas… should I have shifted back into second BEFORE going around the turn, or once I came out of it? And should I have rev matched on the way back down to second? At this event I was rev matching back into second before I started the turn, but I have no idea if this is the best way to handle the vehicle in an autocross situation.
Any suggestions about anything I’ve said would be appreciated 
Always looking to learn more so that I have a fighting chance once I’m out of Novice and competeing against the other A Stockers 8-O