What is Road Racing?
First, road racing is NOT racing on the street nor driving fast through secluded public roads – both of which I find reckless and do not condone. Road racing is competitive racing against other competitors (wheel to wheel) on purpose built closed circuit tracks and sanctioned street courses. The term also applies to motorcycle racing. Autocross and HPDE and even time trials on the same road racing courses should not be considered as road racing. Autocrossing is its own entity of competitive driving. HPDE should not be at all competitive and is meant for the introduction and refining of high speed vehicle control. Participation in HPDE and similar events are more correctly labelled as “open track event”. While time trials or Solo1 are competitive driving events on tracks, it still lacks the component of wheel to wheel racing.
