Al,
To presume the antagonistic attitude of "screw you" to those who are more able and/or inclined to spend on their chosen avocation is not appropriate.
As has been said often before - you don't make the sport attractive to those who really can't afford it. Poor marketing policy. FV was spawned when it was very inexpensive to go racing. All racing was inexpensive then. Unfortunately times change. I'm surprised that FV still exists when FF or FF2000 can be bought and campaigned for the same costs. One interesting question might be:We want to attract the younger set, but the average 30-35 yer old (Google again) makes around $34, 000 per year. How do you sell $30,000 car , Trailer spares +++and $1500 a weekend to a market that makes less than startup investment and a years worth of racing in salary in one year.
Would the stifling of technological development in the class chase away more competitors than the allowing of those technological developments would?
And, for those who continue to describe those having the where-with-all to spend as they wish on their hobby as having an "unfair advantage" the line starts on the far left.