So much to do, so little time. I cam into FB from FM. Wanted a car with modern suspension, modern aero, and modern transmission (read this as paddle shifting). I didn;t want to drive another old class that felt it was on its way out - FC. I didn;t want to have to fiddle around with changing gears at every track, and struggling with another class of dwindling number. I chose FB and its fantastic.
For me, I want to race and I could care less about the runoffs. I can't give a week to an occaisonal practice, one qual a day and competing aginast guy with 10 times the budget, semis, etc. The return's just not there for me. Now that my car is sorted, last year all I spent money on was gas, oil, towing, tires, and entry fees. Had a blast with the NAF1000! Also won the NE Majors confernence, which only meant that I won one race because we (most FB's) were racing regionals by design.
I do not want built engines - this will only cause endless dollars to fly out of our pockets.
I do not want to race FAs which weigh hundreds of lbs more than me and make their speed in completely different ways.
Happy to let the numbers show what they may and if we dont have runoffs group, so beit.
But I do want a national FB class so we can compete against cars with similar power, weight, aero, and performance.
As for the NAF1000, we will make our own decisions about what is best for the group. It would sad if this ends up diverging significantly from what the SCCA decides as no one will win there.
And as for all the historical info - its great info and thanks, but we need to assess where we are today, who the drivers will be who plan to drive their F1000's this year, and how best to ensure that we have a fun, competitive group that encourages growth.
Another note when you think about who is build new open wheel cars, lets add Griip to the F1000 fold. No telling what that will do.
https://www.griiip.com/
And in case your head is not completely stuck in the sand, remember that ALL internal combustion racing is on its way out. Formuala Electric and new EV based racing will here way faster than any of us gearheads want or expect but is coming and coming fast. e can bitch and moan about FB FA Fwhatever but if you are on the younger side, you will no doubt finish out your time racing an electric race car. Its no longer an if but when. So lets try to support each other and come up with the best, most enjoyable, and least STUPID solutions, for the final decade of internal combustion racing.
