The point of racing is to be the best, like no one ever was.

The faster you are the more laps you can get in per day. They're just maximising their enjoyment of the whole course.

But seriously, you probably know yourself that racing isn't just the racing part, but the training, mechanical work, the community and traveling and stuff.

Same with golfing, bowling, darts, etc. I think part of the enjoyment of these types of sports/games/competitions is to see how close to perfection you can get.

I think this works better with golf. The point of it is to play as little golf as possible

I guess that makes work the opposite of racing.

I had some friends who were amateur racers. They were almost always working on their cars. I think the hobby is 99% preparation, 1% presentation. Lots of time investment for a short race.

Depends on the kind of race.

Most races are distance traveled the fastest.

But there are races, occasionally, where you have a set time to reach as far a distance as possible.

The faster you finish the faster you can start a new run.

Speedrunners enjoying video games 30 seconds at a time.

Golf is the same

Finish fast as you can so you can do it again sooner

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