I have been looking for a legitimate reason to oppose the wheel proposal, I haven’t seen one yet. No one has claimed a competitive advantage, no one has claimed a cost issue (you don’t have to buy new wheels; in fact the rule would make the old wheels cheaper). Again nobody is forcing a wheel change, why do some of you oppose this change? Either you are not telling us, or I am missing something.
In my experience, used wheels at $85 each are not a bargain. When I put my car together I bought eight cutters, and 4 phone dials three of the cutters are bad, one out of round and two with excessive run-out, one of the phone dials is so far from balanced that it’s crazy. By the time I pay for the freight or assume the cost to go pick them up, trash the bad ones and have the good ones cleaned up, I could have bought new for about the same price.
If you think we will, or are keeping all of our cars “the same” I am sorry to tell you but that ship sailed a long time ago. We have seen good race cars that cost from $5000 to probably over $25,000 nothing “the same” about them. That doesn’t mean one is faster or better than the other it just means that they are not the same. To be competitively equal does not require them to be the same or identical. Some folks spend more than others. It is a personal preference not a competitive advantage. Just look at the differentness in paint jobs, seats, roll cages, oil sumps, fire systems, dashboards, light systems, fuel cells and engine execution. Huge differences in cost but zero difference in race performance!
Some have time, some have money, (a few have both). That you have the time, space, and equipment and are willing to spend that time looking for and refurbishing wheels is not particularly virtuous. On the other hand it is not a vice to have the cash but not the time, space, equipment to spend more on wheels.
It bothers me that anyone who posts a proposal on this forum would have his motivation questioned. Jason has spent time and effort putting this proposal together. You can be sure that his only motivation is to make the class better. Every proposal deserves honest respectful consideration without having motives questioned. If you have an argument against the proposal, make it. The fact that you don’t like it is not an argument, it is a proclamation.
I am asking; what is the objection to this proposal?
