Re: BTCC and such, long

[Kwattro@aol.com]

In a message dated 97-04-20 00:08:05 EDT, you write:

<< look,I know all of this stuf btcc rules and everything,only its (I
 though)that always audis and the unfair advantage of quattro system work
 well only for sometime and only when other team didn't recognize the
 advantage of quattro.this happend when they run in scca in 1988 when the
 american team all laugh about audi and kick american car.so you said me
 that the same happend with bmw. toca feel banned rear wheel drive too
 not far away....?
 
  >>


Are you drunk?  Just curious....anyways....
Most venues that Team Quattro has entered, they have been over looked.  No
one seemed to think they had the car to pull off a win.  They catch everyone
by surprise, though.  Happened in Trans-Am..result...Outlawed.  DTM fell
apart, mostly because of F1 look alike Mercedes.  BTCC and GTCC?  The BTCC is
outlawing and penalizing just about everything, including uncleanliness.
 It's starting to be like Pebble Beach.  The German TCC, well, last race I
watched (Avus)  everyone just ran into easy other and hit walls.  So they'll
probably outlaw the incredible Audi presence there too...(anyone know how
many A4's in the GTCC...looked like 10 or 12 at Avus.)

Basically, Racers complain when something is faster.  Happens everywhere,
from Indycar and F1 down to SCCA and go carts.  The result, if everyone
complains, is the elimination of dominering competition.  Is this good?
 Probably not, but maybe.  Look back to F1 in the early 80's.  Mclaren won 8
or 9 championships in a row.  Granted good cars (Hondas) and good drivers
(Prost, Senna)  but still, a long Bulls like streak.  The result?  Other
teams had to step up, namely Williams.  Now, other teams just complain until
the cars are equal again, leading to accidents and so on.

My 2 cents?  Let the teams be, impose no penaltys (unless absolutly
necc....ie reckless driving)  and let the other teams catch up to the
wunderful A4 quattro with the 20v four.

Kwatro