you... drive your car to a sanctioned drift event and use it.(?)
Switching wheels at the event is extraordinarily common in SoCal -- so much so that many drift/circuit events have a place to check your street wheels at so that they're not stolen in the pits. This service used to be offered routinely at Willow Springs, my local stomping grounds.
I'm well aware of how track cars and race cars work. I thought that would be somewhat apparent from my initial comment.
This applies to 90% of pickup truck drivers also - most of them will never really "need" the bed. People sometimes buy cars with certain features for bragging rights or to present a certain image. This is not new or noteworthy.
I personally have a dedicated track car with technically street legal tires that only drives to the track and back. It is not something you’d want to drive daily. All creature comforts have been removed and it is noisy and uncomfortable.
You can go all out with not being street legal if you have a truck and trailer but I don’t quite have that much space.
I'm very aware of how track and race cars work, thanks for explaining that.
Sports cars are made for motorsports. Always have been.
Yes, some people drive sports cars to the mall, and never race. Some people drive trucks in the mall and never tow anything. I wear running shoes to the mall and walk the whole time. Just because a handbrake lever is there doesn’t mean you have to pull it while you’re driving. I’m sure even your car will break the speed limit.
Nice things should be allowed to exist for the people who are responsible enough to enjoy them. If people break the law, then they should be punished. If they don’t, they shouldn’t.