Originally Posted by robrob

This event does look like fun and the participants were well behaved but there's a reason fully race prepped cars are required for wheel-to-wheel racing. All it takes is one bone-headed move to cause a major multi-car pileup. Anyone that regularly attends SCCA and NASA race weekends has seen this firsthand. The race in the video is similar to how racing was back in the 40s and 50s and after way-too-many fatal accidents safety standards were slowly ratcheted up over the years.

It's cool that in this very litigious society we live in that an event like in this video can take place but you've got to be aware of how much danger you're putting yourself and those on track around you in. Someone that is a very safe and controlled HPDE driver can become a menace when competition and pride (the Red Mist) are added to the mix. My prediction is this type of event won't run for too long because someone's going to get hurt.

OP, at least wear a long sleeved cotton shirt next time.