That was the most "dirty fun" you could have with your clothes still on!
Many drivers of more expensive racecars look down their noses at enduro drivers. Funny thing is back in the 1950's they were not called enduros, they were called NASCAR!
You didn't complain about dead cars on the track back then because you didn't spend $5000 building the car and when yours got destroyed the next car was just another $100 at the junk yard.
I ran one race at Lincoln when I bought the car the day of the race, spent all day knocking out glass, welding doors, and pulling off trim. We ran out of time at the garage, so I ended up kicking out the rear window in the pits.
But like all good affordable racing, a few people convince the promoters that the racing will be better if they allow this or allow that, and/or tech inspectors ignore this or that, and now your $500/car w/ 200 cars entered is a $2500-$5000/car w/ 25-30 cars entered.
I know there are other factors, like the sudden need to crush anything with a v-8 engine (thanks Hussein).
Thanks for posting that video. That's some good entertainment.
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