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Originally Posted by dwp102
I think the point is Tony, that the aim should be to decrease the cost of racing, not add to it. Ironically half (I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong) the people doing the nationals don't even pay for their equipment anyway, or they are heavily discounted, to the point that their batteries (as this seems to be the main issue of this thread) probably cost less than most people pay retail for their nano tech batteries anyway.
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How does having a EB lipo list add to the cost of racing? There are cheap lipo's on the list.
If the cost of racing is the issue why has no one proposed a different tyre rule?
Everyone seems to focus on the cost of lipo's and motors all the time.
Lets say you buy 2 packs of lipo's of the list and for arguments sake it costs you an extra £40 total compared to lipo's that aren't on the list.
I was running 2 year old lipo's last week at Kidderminster so the lipos I was running that have done nationals/regionals and club racing for 2 years have cost me £20 a year more.
I see club racers running brand new sets of tyres at club meetings all the time at £15 a set and people running 2 or 3 sets of tyres at regional's and nationals the vast majority at the top run 4-8 sets a day!
So the simple way to reduce costs of racing limit how many new tyres you can run. That will save almost every racer in the country a lot more money than £20 a year but that will start a load more problems i'm sure.