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@Regal
The main difference in how they feel is that road bikes tend to be better balanced in terms of steering front and rear, i.e. they require what feels like a more even steering effort at each end (and they're more stable at high speeds as a result). Track bikes steer quickly at the rear because of the high bottom bracket and slowly at the front to compensate. It's not really something you'd worry too much about when racing but if you were aiming to build a nice-handling bike you wouldn't go the high BB + short chainstay route.