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Originally Posted by stray bullitt
Even an experienced driver can be caught out. 
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Absolutely true. You can't know exactly where the limits are (were?) until you try to exceed them.
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Originally Posted by The Stig
Also, that picture is from when the ZL1 was being tracked at VIR - IE a professional driver on a closed course.
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Anybody with a driver's license, the requisite entry fee, and a tech-inspected safe car can run at speed at VIR or most other road courses throughout the country.
Professional driver status is certainly not required (but yes, even they screw up from time to time).
In most cases, you'd have a qualified instructor sitting right seat for at least the first few sessions.
Not recognizing the "red mist" or changes in vehicle dynamics (i.e. tires "going away") and failing to then dial the driving intensity back
SUFFICIENTLY can and will get even experienced track day enthusiasts in trouble.
Norm