Drag racing is fun for sure, but for many people, the first experience they have running their car around a road-race course is life changing. A 10-second drag car is a blast, but imagine driving that level of car around a real road course for 10 minutes. The fun meter is off the chart, but the barrier to entry for a lot people is perception.
Drag racing is inexpensive, easy on a car, and you can do it with any type of vehicle, whereas road racing is usually seen as expensive, dangerous, damaging lo the car, and incredibly intimidating. But just as in drag racing, or any type of racing, the level of complexity and expense depends on how fast you want to go and how competitive you want to…