The problem there, is money. In order to have a mile-long runoff, every track would have to have that much more real estate. They can’t do it.
I spent the weekend at Rock Falls Raceway in Wisconsin. A first class track, & getting better.
I took a golf cart ride to the end of the track, past the sand & hay bales. There’s a 60 foot cliff at the end! If you go through the bales, it’s over. I was quite surprised.
a cliff? seriously?? wtf
well, i’d hope before the hay bales and cliff (ffs!) they’d have 5+ cargo nets like they have on aircraft carriers to catch jets. that’d give you a chance.
what about the track? does it grade upwards significantly after the lights?
i mean... if you’d running them at a drop the least you can do is give them a ramp to get over to the other side :)