I can't do it. So I'm cutting her loose. I attended the second round of the NZV8's and supporting classes in the weekend, just for the Sunday. And though I did learn how to track cars during the races, I still can't really find the 'thrill' in track racing.
- Maybe it's the lack of the chase.
This was an idea I've thought up in the last day or so, whether while falling asleep or consciously so - I'm not sure. But I do know that it makes a little sense. There's no chase for information, the race is right there in front of you, and for the most part, you can see when someone goes off and who wins. It's all right in front of you. In rally, finding the information and stories is an adventure in itself. You've got to talk to people, search out lost cars, speculate - it rarely happens right in front of you. Gotta admit that I love the chase.
- What's with the different atmosphere?
There has always been something about track racing that I haven't been able to put my finger on. That different atmosphere. The tense, testosterone filled bubble - that rallying seems to lack to a certain extent, despite similar levels of male participants. Geoff [Ridder] puts it down to the simple fact that they're all on the track at the same time [with track racing]. And it makes a lot of sense. On the track, there is that extra factor of having other cars around you, drivers often are in accidents that aren't their fault. Car damage, lost points, ruined weekends - that are nothing to do with driver, mechanical or weather faults, but simply because another car lost it and crashed into other cars. I've also gotta admit I'd be fairly hostile in that kind of atmosphere too. 
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