Well guys I guess we can keep dancing, the smoke and mirror show if you want, between ph calls, pm's, emails and fb theres really no question that at least most understand what this is. PG is just another engine. Believe it or not, when we started Flatheads were a completely stock engine and promoted as that. So were Animals, F200, and of course cloans. Hell some people believe the Kid Kart Comer is a winning engine right out of the box. Salesmanship is what this sport trives on .
Steve my friend I didn't mean to turn this on you. I know you understand PG is now the forth engine to come into 4 cy RR'ing, each was promoted as being the answer, each had big supporters.someone wrote checks. Because theirs a limited number of 4 cy RR people, what ever is promoted, comes at the expense of the other engine packages before it. I guess WKA doesn't get that, your not walking in with a whole group of current PG racers, your simply causing the existing racers to look at yet one more engine package. Remember when WF (or any other engine) was going to save GC Well GC isn't getting any bigger, the racers just have to keep buying other engines, then they get out because it costs them to much to play the game No one wins.
I'm sure you also know that if this were to take off every builder in the country would drive the work and price up to the level of all the other classes. History proves it, look at fh look at cloan Do you really believe that they won't change the rules on you? I know you talked to a mutual friend last night, ask him, look at history.
I understand you don't have a long history in RR'ing, it took a long time for Animal to get big, but when it did, it was the largest class in NRRS, it was for year. What ended it was the adding of now 3 new engine classes. Many of the people that made it big are gone because their not going to play the engine of the year game. How many engines have come and gone in GC, how much did it grow?
Anyhow I don't think anyone had a problem with PG if it was a stand alone class, hell no one will say it but most know why. the problem is, the damage is done, I know of at least 20 people that are out. WKA probably lost more money then the check was for, they lose, the race loses, we all lose. Thats the problem with this sport.