08-29-2005, 11:13 PM
G.Irish Wrote:Correct, you can crash any car at a racetrack.
I crashed nice and good with 130hp. It doesnt take much to get you way in over your head. With 300hp bad things will happen very, very quickly.
Plenty of people track their 300+ hp cars as novices, but they are not using nearly all the power they have. I've had several students in 300+ hp cars and I keep them on a tight leash for most of the weekend. It often takes a lot of work to keep their head out of their ass and focused on the task of driving the racetrack instead of just drag racing down the straights and parking it in the corners.
Quote:By your reasoning, you might as well not even own a car like that, because you can't get the most of out it unless you track it and if you track it you have the potential to crash and die. I've met plenty of people that track high horsepower cars and have yet to injure themselves or their cars. Like I said before, it depends on how hard you push your car and what your skill level is.
Anytime you drive on a racetrack you assume some level of risk. The amount of financial risk you assume is easily controlled.
With the amount of money you've dumped into your WRX you could have bought a nice, fun, reliable track car (think integra, miata, se-r, e30, etc) if you wanted to go that route - just for reference point. You will also have a lot more fun starting in a lower hp car and learning how to manage momentum and concentrating on driving, rather than dealing with a high HP car where the only thing you're managing is surviving the session without getting in over your head, and worrying about the brakes/engine.