anybody can go out and buy anything they choose, but to race in a club series or Rotax max or CSC you have rules to keep the competition somewhat even.
Two things about this statement. First, I have yet to see the “fast guys” go out and buy track specific engines. The oppurtunity has been there. If the weight equalization technique could become track specific then the engine/track conversation would become moot. If I was a betting person, I would suspect that it would not be the “fast guys” buying engines rather the intermediate racer to try anything possible to get to the front guys. If this is true then the racing would be even closer.
Second, one can not compare a club series to a spec series and then to a regional series?? Three completely different type of events.
I understand the notion of keeping the TAG class close, competitive and cost friendly but the only way to achieve this is by better wieght equalization techniques. I still say go to the Touring series method of weight equalization and I guarantee the track specific engine conversation will become a thing of the past. Why not try it? At a track like IMI or Bandimere where it becomes very apparent who’s fast and who is not.
Tom