Yeah, Keith, that's a good idea, like AMA Class C racing was originally
supposed to be. An '82+ Camaro with V-6 only, gas only, otherwise any
engine mods ok, BUT, a claiming rule with a low $ figure, like $2000 (if
that is realistic). So people could use their ingenuity for low bucks
to get max safe speed. But anybody else could buy your car, for the
claiming price. AND NO HARD FEELINGS.
The old AMA motorcycle racing system broke down and was full of factory
specials supplied to professional riders, simply because the privateers
were fooled into believing it was "unsporting" to buy one of these
factory toolroom jobs for the (low) claiming price in the rules which
was put there in the first place to discourage people from spending
large sums on exotic development of what were supposed to be road bikes.
Of course if the privateer had claimed one of these factory bikes, he
would have had the problem of replacing one-off parts when they wore
out.
Regards from ArdunBill in the Great Dismal Swamp, Chesapeake, VA
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