Now whose throwing their toys out the pram!!
Actually Glenn you have had years of debate, you and half a dozen other "big boys" keep bringing it up because you cant
get your own way. Democratically it was thrown out before and democratically it will be thrown out again.
Just accept it and move on or spend some time in the gym. Don't expect to penalize the majority of your fellow competitors
because of your eating habits. As I said before just because you constantly shout about your passion does not make your view any more important than other
peoples views.
You say you despise the increase in minimum weight yet you are quite happy to expect the majority of other competitors to add
extra weight to their cars so they can get closer to your all up weight.
The facts are the majority of Duratec cars are over the 500kgs in weight, the increase in minimum weight represents an increase
of 3%. It is irrelevant if you have a car at 480 or 300kgs we have been running at 500kgs so it is a 3% increase and I bet you there wont be any drop in lap
times next year compared to 2008. You cannot keep referring back to the 1970's when the weight limit was first introduced as even then the Lola T492 did
not get down to that weight when it was sold and I would say with today's regulations it would be impossible to get to that weight.
You keep mentioning this mythical car manufacturer that can make a sports racer to FIA 2008/9 regulations to 480kgs, well Glenn
name it and then we will see if it actually is so.
Our sister series in the US as you well know is struggling and I bet you they have increased their minimum all up weight since
the 1970's so you are living in a dream world not the real world.
The concept of Sports 2000 was not based on a good power/weight ratio it was based on a cheap to run 2L sports
racing car because the Group 6 cars were far too expensive for the club racer.
The point here is affordable, there is no way in a million years it would be affordable to get down to 480kgs, again if you think
it is then you are in your dream world. Carbon bodywork etc is NOT cheap and you will need that and a lot more besides and yes they used to make ultra thin
fibreglass body panels but these were thrown away after each race. Not a cheap thing to do nowadays.
I think we have the Hamilton's of this world already in our championship and there could be a few more coming in next year.
Its clear from your comments that your philosophy of no driving standards and cars looking like sheds (as you couldn't paint
them because of the weight penalty, and they would look tatty because of all the body contact) it is YOU that is out of step with our membership not
me.
