Real racers don't leave their heap of scrap at the track all week and than show up to go racing with no budget in mind. When's the last time these so called racecar drivers had their so-called racecars on a hoist to check things out. If you want to shoot some laps to get your racing fix- than enter the King of the hill! or better yet get your friends and head on down to the go-kart track. 4 funs turned out to be BRUTAL racing and Wes has finally made the right call to make them safe. Murphy's Law will come in play if he decides to ride out the year and make the changes in 2009. You can bet that something will definitely go wrong and another driver will get hurt. Get a Sponsor to help and if you can't find one, than your in the wrong sport.
And the worse thing about it these cars will now have a cash value of scrap. I can't see anybody buying one of these at our local track. If you have to go through the trouble of installing a seat, cage and fuel cell you might as well start out with a new car. Having said that, and I hope it doesn't happen, you might as well get a standard and just go to 4 cylinder. The appeal to buying one of these cars before to a beginner was you can just hop behind the wheel and go but now you have modifications which will be beyond the scope of a beginner.
I would hope that if things go as I think they will that the 4 cylinder division will be split into 2 next year like Barrie and the 4 fun and beginner 4 cyl cars can run in that division just like Barries Chargers. I think it will be a mess to have 60 cars in our division. Even when one of the 4 fun cars makes the changes it will be legal to run in our division.
Nothing will make short track racing die quicker than someone dieing....
Gotta disagree with you there Ross. Unfortunatly, Many people have been killed at short tracks all over North America, and the sport is still alive. Sunset had a death in 1997 or 98 (in a full caged Challenger car) and as you found out last weekend, the track is still standing.
I don't disagree with your opinion that the safety has to be improved in the class, but the above statement just makes no sense.
Nothing will make short track racing die quicker than someone dieing....
Gotta disagree with you there Ross. Unfortunatly, Many people have been killed at short tracks all over North America, and the sport is still alive. Sunset had a death in 1997 or 98 (in a full caged Challenger car) and as you found out last weekend, the track is still standing.
I don't disagree with your opinion that the safety has to be improved in the class, but the above statement just makes no sense.
You wouldn't be thinking that if you were the challenger driver....
When someone dies you get a lawsuit. A percentage of belame is put on each party. In the case of 4-funs a HUGE percentage would be put on the speedway for not having proper safty in place If that didn't kill them, and they were able to get insurace every again, you can count on some pencile pusher insurance guy in Toronto, that can't find the gas cap on his BMW will be the one making the "safety" rules for us to follow. Thats the death of racing I'm talking about.
While we are on the death topic, do you want one of the young kids, with the big smile on their face, that came up to you to ask for your autograph, to see someone die infront of them?
Just so that doesn't appear to be a rumour I did have another driver curious about this call Wes and he did confirm that in fact all those items will be needed now to race.
On a lighter note he did mention that CSC has a offer for the track for $650 you get a cage, seat and suit.