From: Mark J. Andy <marka@telerama.com>
>Howdy,
>
>On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Buddy Ahlers wrote:
>> That's not saying that I could have come up with
>> better rules, but they really should have spent a
>> little more time looking at the loopholes.
>
>I thought the point of the grm $1.5k challenge was to do what any one of
>the standard "low buck car enthusiast" types would do when building a race
>car? With that in mind, I think the rules were pretty darn good. I know
>that I'll be selling parts I don't need off the '86 mustang I'm building
>for CP. I also know I'm not gonna count my time in any sort of financial
>way as its something I enjoy doing. And finally I suspect that like many
>of you out there I'm in between an average homeowner mechanic and a
>professional, and I have friends that are good at the stuff I don't know.
>
>I think the contest was cool. I also don't think it was supposed to be
>some psycho over-rulebooked thing like the typical SCCA anality-fest. I
>recall that it started out as a challenge amoung the magazine editors and
>was then expanded to include others when they expressed a desire to join
>in.
>
>Not trying to jump down your throat, just can't believe that some folks
>are taking a fun contest and trying to turn it into Formula 1.
You are arguing against yourself. The guys that put 600 professional
man-hours into a Spridget are the guys that are trying to turn it into
Formula 1. They should be willing to sell it for the 1500 bucks if they
think it belongs in a 1500-buck claiming class.
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