It's the usual cycle, Christian. Neat category/series gets invented, seems to offer fun times, good racing, for reasonable money.
It then attracts lots of folks. Gets popular. Which attracts more people who look at it and think, "Hmm, looks like I could afford a solid well built car that can win there", and they spend a bit more...and win. Rinse, repeat. Over and over. The rules get parsed and new rules are written but often it's too late, reservoir shocks are out of the barn.
Average Joes see how much it costs to play in the sandbox, and look elsewhere.
they find a shiny new playground and everybody rushes there. Then somebody decides they have the budget to get serious, and away we go.
To ITs defense, its lasted a loooooong time.
True and good point about the tires, BUT, that ship pretty much sailed in the early 90's.
I remember making a comment yeeeears ago about how I wished the Hoosier factory would burn down and we'd all be forced to run on street tires. Man did THAT comment land me some shit! Obviously i wasns't serious, but some folks took me to task, .
But yea, if Star Specs (or whatever) had existed back then and we had a crystal ball, it might have been an interesting experiment to limit R-comps.
When I finally got my wheels/tire 'quiver' close to where I wanted it this is what I had mounted at all times:
-a set of fresh low cycle (under 4) R comps (Hoosier)
-a set of fresh A compounds for qualifying and cold conditions
-a set of Dirt Stockers for slime and wet.
-a set of 4-12 cycle "practice' and test tires.
Lacking: a set of soft intermediates.
That would be FIVE sets. With a tire rule, we could eliminate 3 or 4 of those. Thats some serious $$ savings.
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