One of our friends from MD who owns an engine shop did the Richard Petty experience this past Monday. They used to let you take the car up to 149mph, now they have limited top speed to 145. You get 8 laps for $550, you are in the car alone but MUST stay behind the pace car. The person in the pace car decides how well you are doing and how fast you can go. If you buy the photos, DVD, T-shirt etc. the complete package ends up right around $800. Then, once you have completed the "rookie" class, you can go back and take the next class and you get 16 laps but still limited to 145mph, I think the second class is $1500. Then, there is a third class where you run 25 laps and I think maybe they allow you to run with a few other cars as well. I think that last class is $2500. There are 5 of us signed up for the next time there is a NASCAR race here at the Daytona Speedway in a few months. This follows the NASCAR schedule and moves from track to track with each race. I think tracks other than Daytona and Indy are less expensive per class etc.
