I wasn’t really thinking about the date i guess. You’re right on it being after the Lemons. I’ve done a number of days at ECR already, so I’m pretty familiar with how sketchy it is in a couple places (I’m looking at you turn 6). I agree that bringing a daily driver to just about any racetrack event is not recommended (Autox is generally OK) which is one of the reasons that it makes sense to me that the DMS car would be a good introduction to the sport. I agree that $500 is probably a bit low to install a seat.
To me, it’s neat that DMS owns a car, but it seems to be a bit of a waste to have an item of that scale owned and STORED by DMS that 6 people get to play with once a year.