Originally Posted by
Knestis
And there's the potential rub.
If it is the enduro format that makes crapcan racing attractive and "affordable," then attempting to transplant *just* the car rules to SCCA sprint racing is going to be unsuccessful.
Similarly, if it's the byzantine "cost control" rules that make the cars "affordable," they won't continue to be so if that management structure doesn't come with the cars.
If the COMBINATION of all of the various factors is required for crapcan success, then the model has to be adopted as whole cloth. AND if part of that is the established brand and management - which cannot be appropriated - then the real solution would have to be to do combined events. We aren't very good at playing nice sometimes.
The problem is that we don't tend to think through the "why" of something before we latch onto it.
K
I don't think the "class" will be successful but what it will do is allow guys who got a taste of wheel to wheel an opportunity to expand on it without having to go out and buy another car. That cost (or perception of cost) is what keeps a lot of people away from racing. So we have now introduced a whole new population of potential racers to SCCA. That's why I like the concept.
Jeff L
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