Definately have to take it easy. Drive it as a muscle car, and NOT like an average drifter. I would advise you to drift it only if you are expert at handling, or else it would slow u down are you would crash off the course. Brake going in the turn, coast thru half of it, accel. thru the last half and you should be able to master laguna seca.
The corkscrew for begginers:
-Brake to AT LEAST 50mph before turning left to head in.
-Take the outside of the first turn, and proceed to the inside of the second
-Accel. out of the second turn.
Voila: Perfect Turn!