Watching a winner of 80+ NASCAR races ride along for a hot lap of the Australian Bathurst 1000 course is fairly entertaining ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLkLtBkUVuo

V8 Supercars on Mount Panorama don't disappoint.

Course map and lap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANALNcF7QrI

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rgmerk 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, this year's Bathurst finale was quite the spectacle if you haven't seen it!

But while Supercars can be entertaining, they are in some ways a faster version of the categories I'm describing - they don't have much downforce and not that much mechanical grip either, so they're pretty slow in corners even if they are respectably fast in a straight line.

	▲	defrost 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Spectacle, for some, isn't about the speed alone, it's also about risk and skill. The bare minimum of downforce and grip in tight corners on a mountain pushes the skill requirement to, uhhh, over 9000. I used to spend hours every day at 252 km/hr (156 miles/hr) 80m above the ground. That got dull fast as it was in dead straight headings for 20km or so at a time. ( Did have to keep an eye out for birds taking off over lakes, power lines, etc. though )