"A lot also has to do with the fact that you know how to drive, @DannyP "
Amen.
I don't consider myself a highly skilled driver yet, but some of my more experienced friends have ridden with me on track days and been very complimentary. It's fun to be in a 230hp automatic transmission daily driver BMW passing guys in 'vettes, Alfas, etc. Kinda surprises them, too.
Now when I get the Beck coupe to the track at the end of October I'll be on a track I've never been on before in a car I've never driven under those conditions, so I expect pretty much everybody will be passing me, despite my power/weight (180/1850).