I just looked at the proposed rule changes and it seems that the 34 mm restrictor proposal for Open class has vanished and been replaced by a 32 mm (or worse) proposal.
I hope this is a typo or that I misunderstood it somehow.
Who is the intended beneficiary of taking it way down to 32 mm?
Is this an attempt to dumb down Open so that Group N can win all the events? --Kudos to Pat Richard for generally doing that so far.
Why should the US have smaller restrictors than the British Rally Championship or the World Rally Championship?
If this goes through, my car would need anti-lag, carbon fiber, kevlar, active electronic center diff, new ECU, forged pistons, and new rods, for my car to be close to on par with the group N cars.
A 32 mm Open class would be nuts.
The past few years, SCCA rally rules have just been making it more and more expensive to go fast. Let's not hear any of that "racing is expensive, if you don't like it go play golf" crap.
I'm generally pretty calm, but this sort of thing really annoys me. Feedback to follow through appropriate channels. Nothing less than 34 please!
Dave Hintz
Car #207
I hope this is a typo or that I misunderstood it somehow.
Who is the intended beneficiary of taking it way down to 32 mm?
Is this an attempt to dumb down Open so that Group N can win all the events? --Kudos to Pat Richard for generally doing that so far.
Why should the US have smaller restrictors than the British Rally Championship or the World Rally Championship?
If this goes through, my car would need anti-lag, carbon fiber, kevlar, active electronic center diff, new ECU, forged pistons, and new rods, for my car to be close to on par with the group N cars.
A 32 mm Open class would be nuts.
The past few years, SCCA rally rules have just been making it more and more expensive to go fast. Let's not hear any of that "racing is expensive, if you don't like it go play golf" crap.
I'm generally pretty calm, but this sort of thing really annoys me. Feedback to follow through appropriate channels. Nothing less than 34 please!
Dave Hintz
Car #207