Well I spent a year trying to avoid hitting cars on a dirt track in a factory stock car that is way slower and far more controllable than one of these insane 800horsepower rockets.... Another factor that anybody that has never been on a dirt track would never realize is that the track is continually changing, all night long... I raced the same track for a season, and that track was different every time I raced it and it was different each time you got on it a given night...
At practice one weekend, I saw a flagman run out in front of a sprint car coming out of turn 4 because one wrecked in turn 1 and the sprint car driver spun the car and rolled it all the way down the front stretch, still not sure how he missed the flagman to this day... These cars are completely out of control when they are racing, and in reality the driver probably has more control of the car, as far as knowing how its going to react to any given action, than he does at lower speeds.
good info on Sprint Cars for those posting in this thread. They are crazy fast, lighter than an Indy Car with as much horse (or close).
I’ve seen video of good race drivers get into an Outlaw car for the first time and they are freaked out.