On Sat, 2006-08-19 at 09:24 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Again, I am opposed to bike motors in THIS class. I am not opposed to > motorcycle powered cars. I just cannot afford them.
A good story there David, and probably not too far from reality. Reminds me a bit of the switch to AMW from Kawasaki. > I will NOT remain in this class if bike motors are adopted. Out of curiosity, where would you go? I'm not trying to pick a fight here.... just asking the question... what other options are the out there for a relatively low cost formula car? Or would you desert to the doors and fenders crowd? I'm going through this exercise myself... looking for some other formula to run in, just for a change. I'm NOT abandoning F500, but there aren't any other F500s running in AZ right now, and I don't have the time to prep or tow right now. So I'm searching for an arrive-and-drive to run a few races for fun and to get my national license current again. > Personally I believe the SCCA would > oppose it on grounds that it is contrary to the intent of the class. You may be right there too David... or not. Sufficient positive feedback to the CRB & BOD has been known to prevail in changing a classes direction. I've been around SCCA long enough to recognize that nothing is cast in stone. I think the reality is that there will be 600cc bike motors in SCCA sooner rather than later. They may end up in F500 chassis, they may end up in FF chassis, or there may be a new F600 class created. My worst fear is that a F600 class gets created with similar chassis as F500, but with shocks and 600 bike engines. OK... that's FSAE. But if it becomes a viable formula it could be a very attractive alternative to F500. IMHO we would be better off adding 600cc bike engines to F500 than adding another competing class. I think it's more likely that the 600 engines are going to end up in FF chassis. If they limit it to older outboard suspension chassis (like Club Ford / Spec Ford) it could be a very cost effective class to run. I expect that would attract some people who would otherwise run F500. On the other hand if they stick 'em in modern Swifts, the cost of the chassis would probably scare a lot of people off. -- Eric D Christensen Proadmin, Inc. ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
