Going that fast ANYWHERE is dangerous to yourself and, more importantly, others. Even on a track, hitting the wall in a normal passenger car without a safety cage could easily kill the driver. Man-child is a perfect description of AB.
Originally Posted by Jacuzzme
LOL That's not even close to being true. For example, you'd have to be a completely awful driver to hit a wall on the high banks of Daytona if you were driving around there at 120 in a GT3 RS. A half decent driver who's not afraid could average 170 around the oval there in a GT3 RS and not crash, and even if you did crash, you wouldn't have a head on collision with a wall. It would be a glancing blow, and you would almost certainly survive. BTW, the GT3 RS comes with a roll cage and 5 point harness, but even in a stock 911, with a regular seat belt, you could hit a wall at Daytona and survive 999 times out of 1000. On top of that, an average driver could drive stock base model 911 at 120 around there for hours and never crash. I deal with the actual physics of the situation. I don't deal with irrational fear.
The bottom line is, AB did what he did, and paid the same consequences that anyone else who got caught would.