If i had that sort of cash to flash, i'd be racing on the long tracks or with a mate through a forest. Ovals should be for cheap saloon car racing with the emphasis on fun over speed. At the moment oval promotors are tying themselves up in knots over what a "contact" formula is, with the cash rich drivers putting pressure on them not to let the hard hitting loons damage their superlight, superbalanced superfast dream machines. Add onto that the insurers pushing up the premiums because of some shadowy hse (that never actually turn up and declare anything unsafe in my experience) and you've got problems on your hands. An old neighbour of mine had an F1 v8 back in the late 80's and it was great. Heavy, noisy, slow, handled like a pig, and hit everything in sight. I doubt they'd let it race these days, in case he scratched something valuable. Oh well, as always, in the end the money talks and the bulls**t walks.