Received: from crestaverdeescrow.seiarcoast.com ([8.4.56.85]:52696) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1XUdyV-0005QN-Vy for lojban@lojban.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2014 08:50:30 -0700 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 08:50:39 -0700 To: Message-ID: From: Mary Subject: Promising future in store for you... Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_bar: -- Hey Lojban, It's already September 18th, can you believe it? This year is flying by so quick. What's in store for you is pretty shocking! The news you've been waiting for -> http://www.seiarcoast.com/update/sept/18.html Regards, Adrian http://www.seiarcoast.com/update/sept/18.html Modify settings http://www.seiarcoast.com/57i/wef.dgbh5 TGI Services 1324 Swan Dr Bartlesville, OK 74006 - - completely agree in principle - I come from a racing family and have track time on Laguna Seca, Willow Springs, and even the old Riverside Raceway. But the problem with the philosophy you're espousing here is that it always - always - leads to pricing the "little guy" out of the class, regardless of his technical merits or driving/piloting skill. People with money (eventually, sponsorship and, farther down the road, both) buy their technical expertise and technology, and the class very quickly moves away from its "inexpensive" roots. Racing in the class eventually comes down to who can bring the most money to the task, and actual "racing" fades into the background. While I would certainly argue that we do need several more venues for Reno-style unlimited racing, or even the high-end Forumula 1, we also need to have some kind of class(es) for the new entrant to the field, and the guy tinkering in his own garage. Class(es) where that guy can actually be competitive without having to give up his day job and set up an organization that spends most of its time thumping for sponsors. Yes, such a class is going to have some very artificial restrictions. It won't be "pure" racing in that regard, no, where the advances in the airplane are as much a factor as the skill of the pilot. But, ultimately, all racing is about the skill of the pilot/driver. There's room for the "pure" unlimited racing, and there's room for limited classes "for the rest of us." I think the way to think of this is as follows: There will always be room for the aviation equivalent to GTP or Forumula 1. What I think Hot Wings is talking about isn't even Formula Ford. He's talking about Kart racing - which happens to be one of the most vibrant, wide-spread, and growing aspects of ground-based motorsport today. We could use something like that in aviation.