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Originally Posted by zeek
i have to slightly disagree here. ill agree with the track being safer but i have a very valid excuse for not going to a track it is not worth it to drive over an hour pay $30 for a couple of races and then to drive over an hour to get home. it is so much more realistic to just drive to a local abandon road and race right there. the only thing you have a chance at hitting is a deer which would be just like slamming into the wall at the track.
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on the street you are risking a lot more than the $30 it costs to get in at the track.
first off, track surfaces are built, prepped, leveled, and cleaed to be safe. there is not a road anywhere on the east coast that can claim that. so you are far less likely to have a situation created by the surrounding conditions that will cause you to wreck. it is also a very obvious truth that going off of a back road leaves a lot more dangerous things in your path that a flat concrete barrier. trees, curbs, poles, hydrants, all these things will have a much more adversse effect on your ability to control the car and stay safe in an out of control car than a concrete wall will.
also, when you race on the street you are risking your car and your license. if you do happen to wreck while out on teh streets and the investigation proves it was street racing, say goodbye to your insurance ever paying a dime on top of all the legal problems you will have.