Okay imma go on a tiny tangent.
Racing is getting to be too expensive. Especially for entry level. I know it’s always been expensive and blah blah but I really feel the entry cost is getting out of hand.
What should happen is a more streamlined event schedule. Meaning we don’t just from the west coast to east coast then back to west coast. I understand there’s reasons for it but we should strive to work our way for ex. from east to west. It’d also be great if Toyota could simply ship the cars from track to track. This of course wouldn’t be free but it save teams from having to pay for all the fuel, vehicle and driver cost of transporting 20-30 cars separately. If we could get 3-4 semis who carry most/all cars from one track to the next that’d be ideal.
Next, these cars are far too advanced. This is basically your first step out of “autocross & time trials”, you should not have a sequential yet. Manual transmissions are far cheaper and more readily available and it allows these still “new” drivers to learn to manage the car. I’m okay with the coil-over and aero setup because it allows drivers to understand car setup.
Lastly I really think Toyota should allow “converted” street GR86 to compete. Toyota has the CAD design for the Cage so that should be available and customers with street cars should be allowed to either buy the tubing from Toyota or have a cage built to Toyota’s CAD spec.
Racing is getting to be too expensive. Especially for entry level. I know it’s always been expensive and blah blah but I really feel the entry cost is getting out of hand.
What should happen is a more streamlined event schedule. Meaning we don’t just from the west coast to east coast then back to west coast. I understand there’s reasons for it but we should strive to work our way for ex. from east to west. It’d also be great if Toyota could simply ship the cars from track to track. This of course wouldn’t be free but it save teams from having to pay for all the fuel, vehicle and driver cost of transporting 20-30 cars separately. If we could get 3-4 semis who carry most/all cars from one track to the next that’d be ideal.
Next, these cars are far too advanced. This is basically your first step out of “autocross & time trials”, you should not have a sequential yet. Manual transmissions are far cheaper and more readily available and it allows these still “new” drivers to learn to manage the car. I’m okay with the coil-over and aero setup because it allows drivers to understand car setup.
Lastly I really think Toyota should allow “converted” street GR86 to compete. Toyota has the CAD design for the Cage so that should be available and customers with street cars should be allowed to either buy the tubing from Toyota or have a cage built to Toyota’s CAD spec.
