I am one of those people that think "challenging my driving skills" is for the track. Not to say that I have not reached triple digits a few times in the past on my motorcycle. And I have to agree that driving in the snow is kind of fun, except for the dumbass that thinks their four wheel drive is the cure all.
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Yup. The track is cool, but tracks are sanitary environments. Yer only challenging your ability to overcome (or use) centrifugal force. Ya only run on good, dry days and there's very few variables in the equation. What ya train for on the track doesn't prepare ya for what happens in real life on public roads. I used to love tearing up Lime Rock on a nice weekend for 'run what ya brung' day but once you've been around the track once-the decisions ya hafta make are predictable dictated only by your speed.
On the track ya learn how to go fast. On the roads ya learn essential survival skills. How to survive vehicular combat and mayhem. Stuff that just doesn't happen on the track. Most folks never know what's gonna happen next.
Those of us who've played in traffic in all kinds of weather usually have a pretty good idea what's gonna happen and what people are gonna do and what to do about it.
Those are the skills I'm talking about. The ones that keep ya alive and where yer going on the same roads Honey Boo Boo'll be driving on.
