Thanks all. I?ve learned a lot in the last 24 hours.
Last year we had a ton of fun and learned a lot running the Florida Winter Tour. We were humbled by the speed and preparation that teams showed up with as well as the number of entries in each class. We would love to get more of that kind of experience and race some really big events closer to home. However, after a little inquiry into Stars, I find it difficult to justify buying a couple of 20K rpm grenades, oh, I mean engines 😆 , to race three weekends of Stars. I?ve also found there will be a whole new set of rules for 2008 and beyond so the current engines may not be any good after this year.
I will inquire about the engine lease or tent space options but I?m inclined to stick with Rotax and Tag for the rest of this year. We?ve run five races already (3 wins) this year and have 23 more on our schedule without the Stars events.
From what I?ve found, I do have to ask why an organization would run races that require such expensive and unreliable motors that aren?t usable anywhere else. I see that Stars does have one spec (Tag) class but that is only for seniors.
The irony to me is that when we were at the Florida Winter Tour in 2006 there were more entries in the Rotax classes than the ICA and JICA classes. The racing in the Rotax classes was closer and the lap times were very close to that of the more expensive motors. Someone help me understand why ICA and JICA exist? Is there something about these motors that are better than TaG?
At least we have the Rotax Nationals here in August!
I’ll give you a call Marc.