paulkish
old fart
Be it engine, tires, gearing or what ever, speck racing does not limit cost it dictates a minimum cost. It takes away the ability to learn and do for yourself. It takes away what you can do to limit your cost, over a competitors store bought and builder built cost. It provides a way to pass the minimum cost of racing through many hands, with each hand taking and putting the expense of their taking on the racer.
Rules create expense for all, by creating not only cost for the ruler but also the opportunity for profit.
Your never going to get rid of all rules, all the racer can do is to work towards limiting rules rather then expanding rules. Instead of deciding how rules must be made to race, effort should be on what rules are not necessary to race and could be eliminated. Following every rule in every rule book, it should read, "Is this rule needed and why is it needed if not for profit?".
... or the racer can just do what they can, to be as fast as they can within the rules. ...
Rules create expense for all, by creating not only cost for the ruler but also the opportunity for profit.
Your never going to get rid of all rules, all the racer can do is to work towards limiting rules rather then expanding rules. Instead of deciding how rules must be made to race, effort should be on what rules are not necessary to race and could be eliminated. Following every rule in every rule book, it should read, "Is this rule needed and why is it needed if not for profit?".
... or the racer can just do what they can, to be as fast as they can within the rules. ...