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Originally Posted by 4Wheels
As Dave pointed out, 280 degrees F is perfectly fine for good synthetic oil. You should be able to run over 300 with good oil (not saying you want it that hot but that it isn't that uncommon). High temperatures will cause some break-down of the oil and additive package so you should change the oil more frequently when it gets that hot. That shouldn't be an issue as I would assume most heavily tracked cars change the oil after each event weekend (and take an oil sample from time to time and send it to Blackstone or some other oil analysis company).
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Yep, I run Redline. Change it before and after every event (from motor oil to racing oil and back again). I even send in oil for analysis...