Originally Posted by
rschnei3
There are a lot of good F500 cars for sale and not selling. WHY?
If I can offer an amateur opinion from a point of someone who wants or wanted to get in to Formula 500, has money to spend but is very hesitant and is looking into other divisions because of the very argument everyone is presenting and I would offer the following;
You all played within the rules, which in my opinion are very ambiguous for F500 class, so the blame is not on any of drivers or car designers, it is SCCA committee for not defining them better.
Matt and Cal smoked the rest of the field, if Clint did not break I wonder what would have happened.
Mr. Novak, genius in car design and working within the rules. You cannot put any blame on him.
MC motors and transmissions are far superior in HP band, torque, gear box and looking at the results are the Rotax and CVT transmission is obsolete in the class? I would say at Daytona and in 2 years at Indy yes!
$20,000 questions?
Why would someone spend between $8,000 and $20,000 on a car? Plus trailer, entry fees and travel expenses and have no chance of being competitive?
Is this what the SCCA F500 is about, with competitive affordable racing?
At the next run offs do you only want 3 cars competitive?
I am holding off as well as others on purchasing a F500 car until these questions are answered.