Phil, the quarter mile was very fast for the TQ's and mini-sprints. This track has much higher banking and it's quite a bit bigger meaning that the speeds are going to be that much faster. There is also, now, a nice hard concrete wall. On the old track, if your kid made a mistake he would usually just run off the track and try to safely blend back into the traffic. Now, a mistake is likely to end up in the wall at a fairly high speed or, if he flips, the catch fence could through the car back in front of traffic. There is no doubt that these young kids have the hand-eye coordination to drive the car very fast (and they fear nothing at that age) but, as a father, the decicision you have to make is, at how much risk are you willing to place him while he is on his learning curve. Just some things a dad might want to think about. Whatever decision you make, I wish you guys the best of luck this year!!