[Spridgets] Weight penalties in racing Re: Racing in Australia

[WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]

A lot of racing series have weight penalties to try and keep the racing as  
close as possible.  So much weight for a win, 2nd, 3rd, to be kept for so  
many races.  I think in some British series rear wheel drive cars have a  
weight penalty that front wheel drive cars don't, etc.
 
There is a view that close racing and one make series make for interesting  
racing though I'd rather see lots of very different looking cars racing at 
vary  speeds, providing a challenge for faster cars when looking to lap a 
slower car  mid corner.
 
 
 
In a message dated 11/07/2012 04:37:16 GMT Daylight Time,  
tncarnut1 at yahoo.com writes:

As for  the weight thing, I was
referring to adding weight as a penalty. I admit it  has been many years 
since
I've followed NASCAR (even tho I went to that one  race a couple of years 
ago
at the Glen), so maybe they don't do this  anymore. But I seem to remember 
they
used to make consistently fast teams  add weight to equal out the field.