^ Indeed Duncan, spot on.
Further to this, at least in Victoria... you pay what, $70 for 2 passes, 3 if you are lucky.
So 30 seconds of racing in 6 hours.
Go to a track day for $200-$250 and you'll get 4-5 sessions of 10-12 mins duration at the very least.
The ironic part is at said track days, you can do 240km/h (150mp/h) down the main straight... No chute, no cage, no harness, no fire proof suit and so on.
Aaron, it is indeed fair to say say: why don't you submit rule proposals
But then why would the casual punter really give that much of a stuff about it? Go there, run a pass, get told to go home - never worry about it again.
Different for those who are building cars to compete in a class/competition and so on.
It's a case point of get with the times, or be left behind and as cars become faster, if it's less viable for people to go and run a 1/4 mil, patronage will see a decline in the casual user space.