NXI20 said:
isysman said:
T8 said:
isysman said:
Tracking cars is only a recent thing. When the 996 GT3 came out there was no such thing as track days.
:eh!: :?
I did track days in my Triumph Dolomite in 1982.
What's your point? All the race tracks that do this now never used to offer it then like they do now. Maybe there was some exceptions but generally it's a recent thing.
You're wrong. Both RMA & Goldtrack have run trackdays continuously for over 20 years, BookaTrack is 15 years old and there were others back then that are no more. I did my first trackday at Silverstone in 1978 & yes, way back then they were a very rare event.
Circuits offering their own trackdays are a relatively new thing that's happened over the last few years; they saw how much demand there was via the bookings they took from regular trackday organisers & wanted a slice of that pie, frequently undercutting the very organisers who had painstakingly built the market up over many years.
I'm not wrong. The way track days are sold now is quite new. OK so there were companies offering and high priced 'high profile' venues but you know it's not the same as what is available now. Regardless of which examples people come up with, it's not like it was back then, track days were not available like now.
My point being the amount of people that do track days has changed to the way it was back then. And the reason for bringing it up is that you don't have to go to a track to own a Porsche or any fast car, which is what some people say.
The OP seems to want to track cars, so it makes sense to have the car that is track focused to use it there. But if he's worried about damage he should at least drive it on the road.