{"id":491784,"date":"2011-04-01T17:00:18","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T00:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=35535"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:38:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:38:57","slug":"track-day-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/track-day-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Track Day Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You may have looked at this month\u2019s cover car and said, \u201cThat\u2019s not vintage!\u201d You might also have looked at this month\u2019s cover car and thought, \u201cHmm, I wouldn\u2019t mind something like that!\u201d And therein lies the predicament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Having done numerous surveys and questionnaires of our readership, we know that you are very passionate about your cars\u2014all nine of them! Yes, you read that right; the average VR reader owns nine cars, with six of those being comprised of not only traditional historic racecars, but also various other types of collector cars. Over the years, however, these collections seem to be including more and more of what we euphemistically call \u201ctrack day cars.\u201d What is a track day car? For us, it encompasses all the high-performance vehicles that by and large do not strictly qualify as historic or vintage race eligible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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