You Can Buy a Near-NASCAR Grade Track Car For $125,000

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Every Track Attack is built from the ground up, including the chassis, safety systems like the engine and fuel-cell cutoffs, and plumbed in-cage fire extinguishing system, all using the same engineering that goes into Hendrick's competition cars. Customers will also get fitted for their custom carbon fiber race seat, featuring. "custom molded energy-absorbing foam, 6-point safety harness, leg boards, and knee protection," all of which is built in-house.

"It's head and shoulders above anything a standard car manufacturer can produce," says Snider, who replied with, "It's also far more tunable than a street car."

Because the Track Attacks are designed primarily for road courses, not the NASCAR-standard ovals, Hendrick's engineers added fully-adjustable independent suspension—shocks and springs—at all four corners, adjustable sway bars, and an adjustable Panhard bar to dial in your perfect setup for any given track. Six-piston brake calipers up front are backed up by four-piston in the rear, and you'll need all the clamping force you can get.

Floor model Track Attacks run a Chevrolet-sourced 7.4-liter LSX V-8 crate engine; to preserve reliability during repeated track outings, Hendrick's only addition was an external oil pump, which transforms it into a dry-sump motor. The V-8's performance is pegged at a flog-ready 627 horsepower and 586 pound-feet of torque.

And with a factory Chevrolet ECU, customers could—theoretically—have their engines serviced by any of Chevrolet's dealerships. Or at the very least, access all the readily available parts through a dealer. Snider explained that the LSX's selection "cuts down on the total cost of the car and the other thing interesting is, you can use off-the-shelf oil in it and it runs on pump gas. You can just run regular Super-Unleaded." That's music to my ears, as forgoing the pricey $10 per-gallon race fuel will be a big money-saver.

Sending power to the rear Hendrick Motorsports 9-inch rear differential is a NASCAR-grade Andrews A431 four-speed manual transmission, the same that's been used in real Cup and Xfinity Series cars for years. It's built to last and nowhere near its maxed-out tolerances—race trim Cup racers produce over 850 horsepower.

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