racers (I suggest we exclude autocrossers because their class status is not in jeopardy and their interest are too divergent from road racers) to put
I think this is short sighted. F500/FM are one of the few class pairs where the same car can compete in both autox and road racing. Getting started in autox is a lot less daunting than getting started in road racing, and would seem to be a natural place to recruit new blood to the club racing side of things. Although FM isn't exactly where one is likely to get started in autox, if you've been autoxing and want to move "up", getting FTD at local autox events and having the option to go road racing sounds like a lot more fun than competing in a slow SM/DSP car. In addition, anything that purports to be a "low buck" class really ought to be autox friendly, since its by far the most "low buck" form of racing there is. Heck for the price of the F500 safety equipment I could autox FM for a year, including the tires. Just my $0.02, but I think anything that the club racers do that messes up the autox class will be detrimental to both. -Chris ________________________________ 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! ***
