11-06-2009, 01:48 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Originally Posted by ciscotex
With respect to the above comments by you and Vegar, the FIA rules are the tightest on the planet. My historic group is much more open with respect to modifications. If you don't like the rules of the sanctioning body, work to change them or go somewhere else. But understand that racing has always been unfair. I couldn't compete with the folks in the early '80s who would spend literally hundreds of thousands of dollars in order to win a $5 trophy in the "cost contained" Formula Ford of SCCA. Are you requiring an equal chance to win under Appendix K in competition with blank check types worldwide in order to have fun? If you have someone to race with, you have achieved the point of vintage racing. If winning is important to you, there are many other venues. I hear there are a couple of openings in F1 today.
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Of course I do mean that all racers should have the same machinery, that will make the historic races like a one-make championship. One of the points about doing historic races is that it is a lot of different cars in one race 
I have no problems with people using money on their machinery, but I dont like it when it starts to be common to use parts wich are not homologated. if you use a dog-box in a Mini, then I think it is just as bad as using a 1380 engine in a class specified for sub-1300. I think it is cheating, and so does FIA! The problem is that very few will make a protest, even if they have doubts about the legality about different cars.
Most of the Minis in my class got engines in the 15-20k Euro/£. My engine will cost me about 4000. I know I am the underdog, but I do this for fun, not for a seat in F1.
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