My comparison to the Macau and the Isle of Mann were just that -- a joke. Those tracks and what they do on them are far more dangerous than what we do. I am all about safety myself, and would like to think that I don't take too many unecessary risks... but there aren't a bunch of affordable PPIR's to run on (Short of this year's Racing 2 Save Lives - nudge nudge).
I actually came up in racing on the east coast. Summit Point WV was my home track and what a haven it was. Nelson Ledges was a death trap to us, but it still had gobs of run off when you did fall and slide to a stop. Pocono and Rockingham were our scariest because of the walls... in fact it wasn't long after I was racing here that Loudon fonally got scrapped by the AMA -- of course the CCS and the Loudon club still race there.
If CDR is on the schedule will I race it? Yes. Will I concentrate on being more careful than sporting? Maybe.