Thanks for clearing that F1 stuff up...
I have to agree with you on the issue itself too...
Exactly what i was geting at...(eventually, I think!)
Buddy.
--- "Kevin W. Hoff" <kevin.hoff@cirque-networks.com>
wrote:
> On the issue itself:
>
> I have had VERY little SCCA experience so far (first
> active season), but the
> cost issue seems completely impossible to regulate.
> Who's to say that an
> expensive car can't run? Who's to say that a cheap
> car can't run? If your
> car passes safety, it can run.
> The 3.8RSR may have not been in compliance with the
> rules somewhere
> else(weight, engine allowance?), but actual vehicle
> cost is very difficult
> to compare (is the RSR 250k or 125k? It's for sale
> now for 125.) Cost
> regulation leads directly to having to bring an
> itemized list, with
> accompanying receipts, to every race to document the
> cost of the car you
> run. Do we really want that? The obvious cheat
> then is "Oh, that part only
> cost $20 in 1970, so it's OK..." or "That engine was
> free, a friend gave it
> to me..." HUGE can of worms.
>
> Kevin Hoff
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