ok this is getting interesting, now i am coming back to off road after 10 years racing on road, i am in a lucky position to be able to buy what i want to go racing, now this is all well and good if you come away with a smile on your face but nobody likes to spend £100 on tyres for a day and come away with a poor result.
Touring cars is daft the btcc series this year people were using tyres for 1 run in 19t. thats £125 on a days racing on tyres alone, this is before motors cells etc. this is why TC is dying.
Now as i see it off road is more about driving and not making mistakes and keeping the car under control, i know setup plays a big part too but its not so critical as on road where if your 1mm/rev out you get left behind.
surely people want to be able to just stick the car on the track and race them and by the sounds of it this is where off road is at right now, there will always be consumables ie brushes, tyres etc but that is racing we knew about the costs when we started.
Maybe a tyre rule would be a good leveller like 2 full sets of xxx per meeting (tyre dictated by hosting club)
Just a thought but it would have to be proposed at the off road agm
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