Pal wrote:This is a Winch Challenge we are talking about not a Driving Challenge.
Put bigger tyres on and you will all drive most of the tracks.
Tha track builders will then have to build harder tracks to stop you (which is a LOT more work for them)
I cant see how driving on 39's will advance the SPORT
The Aussie V8's drive on a control tyre and that has not handicapped their SPORT
So if you cant compete on 36's take it home and learn to drive on them and when you are ready then come back and have a go.
You can add to that.....
Gokart racing ... nearly all classes and includes engine componets
M/cycle roadracing ... most prody classes including the GP classes
M/cycle scramble racing... GP classes at the moment
NASCAR ( USA ) ... All classes have single tyre choice only
NASCAR ( AUS ) ... All classes have single tyre choice only
HQ racing .... controled tyre as well as engine componet control
WRC ... small choice of controlled tyres
ANDRA ... some restrictions on tyre compounds & widths in some classes
Speedway ... some of the more affordable classes run controlled tyres
the list goes on.
If the major motor racing bodies for their "sports" see tyre control as a "good thing" for their sport then maybe 4wd Associations should be looking the same way.
Gokart racing is without doubt the most controlled M/racing sport at the moment with NASCAR & HQ Racing comming a very close 2nd. Their controls include ( for gokart ) ....
Engine.... extreamly strict controls right down to capacity, carby, exhaust and there are penitallies for "cheating".
Chassis... again this is a controlled region, limitted choice of chassis' & manafacturer.
Tyres .... this is the strictess part... only a single brand, size, compound maybe used, traction additives are forbidden.
With that much controll you must wonder why the gokart scene is so popular, well the main reasons are that is 100% fair in that the "karts" are equall in their performance leaving it to all up to driver skill.
I would think that a limited tyre size would be good for 4wd comps and add the affordabillity factor which may inturn see an increase in the number of compettitors
If i turned up to compete in a 4x4 comp and I was up against a guy with 44" swampers and I'm on 35 BFG's... what chance have I got.... more n likely I'd spectate and worry about the $$$ for the 44's I'd have to buy in order to be on a level playing field.
Is'nt that what all motor sports are about ..... DRIVER SKILL !
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