Without meaning to stir up lots of **** and create unecessary fighting for what should essentially be a bit of fun, the rules last year were far too loose and as a result were broken. I've never actually seen 'John's Rules' that everyone is referring to, however the event web page last year references the following;
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Cars must remain stock apart from springs.
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We (Dudley) attempted to stick to these rules - if you were running ally screws, replacement servo horns and ball studs etc then you were in breach of this rule and technically should have therefore been disqualified. Bottom line, I don't see how that can be disputed - replacement uprated parts are not stock.
If a set of definitively outlined rules is defined and teams can find loopholes in them, well I applaud that personally, thats what it should be all about. But lets not pretend that the majority of teams didn't break the above-mentioned 'super-rule' - if we are going to run to this again, then it should be interpreted as is.
Do I think we would have finished any higher if other teams weren't running ally screws? Probably not. Would I like to have seen these teams disqualified last year? No, of course not. But I think we're all a bit wiser this time around - come on, lets lay it all out on the table once and for all as to what is allowed and what isn't, and then theres no more arguing thereafter.
Looking forward to this years 24h.
