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Originally Posted by FrogPrince82
I think part of the issue is that multiple cars are able to be used on race day by the same driver.
RC Racing is the only form of racing I've been involved in where I have, for arguement's sake, 5 races at a meeting and I can use 5 different cars, 1 for each race!
Everywhere else I could make changes to components, but the actual chassis/engine has to remain the same once I've completed scrutineering (with possible dispensation for extenuating circumstances).
Maybe if you had to stick to the same car for the whole meeting, we wouldn't see people use a 2wd specific for 2 qualifiers, then a 4wd hybrid for another 2, then whichever they prefered in the final. You should enter a car for the meeting and stick with it. Having 2,3,4 different cars already to go in different configurations for different conditions isn't talent, it's cash/ manufacture backing.
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Originally Posted by DaveG28
I actually quite like the single chassis rule, like euro's and worlds...make them choose before 1st practice too!
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Originally Posted by Gaz_Stanton
Does that also count as unfair practice for the 4wd event? What about the 'track not open 7 days before a National' rule? If the 4wd event was on the Sunday, were these drivers running 4wds not contravening that rule by running the same car on the Saturday?
EDIT: No it does not.
The rule simply states that -- "The track cannot be used (for any purpose) in the seven days prior to a National event".
The "National event" starts on the Sat. and is considered as a "Two Day Event".
Same with the Euros too. The eventual winner had already done 15+ races around the same track with a 4wd chassis before everyone else had got theirs out of the suitcase...
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Maybe if only one chassis/motor had to be declared and allowed to be run by each driver for a day's racing per class, then you could also maybe say that it couldn't be the same chassis/motor used the following day in another class. Maybe this would stop people running their converted 4wd in 2wd to get more practice/set-up, and visa versa?