[Wichita-SCCA] New Dallas race track

[Greg Laws]

If you look at Hallet's schedule, the money is not in holding sanctioned events, it's catering to the enthusiast that wants to drive their car or motorcycle on a track without the hassle or expense.

  Patrick
Interesting.  As a further note in that direction, a friend of mine from Florida says that he knows of at least one new and rather exclusive residential development being built around a private road course that winds through scenic hills.  The purpose-built road course is the attraction although the development also has its own private air field too.  It seems that the rich folks who buy high performance, world-class cars are becoming frustrated with the national speed limits and resulting hassles if they want to play with their toys at speed.  Makes sense.  I'll bet that they don't worry too much about having fire suits, helmets, or corner workers either.  That makes sense too.  

I think that one of SCCA's many problems is a pathological insistence upon safety overkill when dealing with stock automobiles or Karts..  Who needs the hassle?  Put on a helmet?  Sure, no problem.  Use the factory seat belts?  Of course.  Other than that however I'd let them go play as they wish.  When was the last time that a stock vehicle running at a race track caught on fire in such a way as to endanger the driver?  Fire suits in Showroom Stock?  Why?  An ambulance required for Solo events at Heartland?  Why?  Intrusive buffer distances required at a solo for safety such as 75' to a chain link fence?  Why?  Full fire suits for kids in 8 hp karts or adults in shifter karts when a leather jacket and gloves would do just fine?  Why?  

Modern cars and karts are vastly safer than ever before.  We should be able to cut ourselves a bit more slack because of that fact.

Enjoy,
Greg Laws
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