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Originally Posted by andy97
I do applaud them for trying to do something to encourage competitors on more limited budgets (it’s all relative) and I certainly think it is the most accessible form of the sport, usually with good spectator numbers.
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It's certainly doing a good job of raising the profile of rallying - even if there are people that don't see it as 'proper rallying'.
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Originally Posted by andy97
As for the competitors chucking tyres at it, then that will always be the way but perhaps they could help the budget conscious by selling on their “used” tyres at cheap prices. Alternatively perhaps the regs could limit tyres either in numbers per competitor or to List 1B or 1C etc as do many club level race series.
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You'll get chequebook warriors in whatever series you do, you see these people throwing new tyres on the car every couple of stages whilst we bolt on the least bad ones we've got
. People hiring venues for pre-event testing (rather than a short trip down the road and back). At the end of the day it's about having fun for us - we know we can't compete on budget but we know what's a good performance for us and our car so as long as we're doing that and smiling it's all good.