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Originally Posted by SwiftDB4
Having raced in SCCA and IMSA for 30 years I say keep the 80mph+ speeds on the race track. Way too many unexpected things like inattentive drivers and rough surfaces can happen on public roads. Even full acceleration from a stop can send you into a ditch or tree on narrow roads. Track days are the appropriate and reasonably safe way to experience the full potential of our cars.
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But, as they say, s*** happens and any of the events can happen in every day driving with a Cobra. Most happen because the driver doesn't know what a high horsepower, high torque high compression engine behaves in certain circumstances. And those events happen when conditions vary, especially cold tires and cold pavement. Track days don't expose everything unless you deliberately probe the boundary of the envelope and most people aren't there to do that.