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13 May 2002, 14:04 (Ref:285094)
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Why does Saleen have a restrictor penalty?
When the problem is for a chassis breach - there's no problem with the engine meeting the requirments.
Would a weight penalty be better? |
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13 May 2002, 15:06 (Ref:285191)
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I thought they actaully had both. Isn't it something to do with the number of registered road cars, or something like that.
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13 May 2002, 16:08 (Ref:285257)
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I think carbon-chassis GTS cars aren't legal 'til next year, when we may get the delightful Pagani. Is the Saleen carbon? I guess it is.
Also, the ACO has rules concerning the percentage of the production output that are racing cars, and also wether or not the original purpose of the design is to be a road car. They may have trouble there too. Did anyone get a pic of the Saleen road car in the paddock last year? 360 degree front disc pads! Superb! |
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13 May 2002, 23:14 (Ref:285763)
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Spyker has the same problem, there have to be 25 road cars sold before you can enter with an unrestricted car, and ther's only a certain percentage wich you can race with.
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14 May 2002, 07:04 (Ref:285894)
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Won't the Saleens be de-restricted by the time of the 24hrs as the ACO have inspected the factory and deemed Saleen a proper manufacturer and the S7 and production car?
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14 May 2002, 19:57 (Ref:286611)
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14 May 2002, 22:36 (Ref:286739)
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Isn't it wonderful that Mr. Saleen is so interested in production of his LMP...err GTS car? As far as I am concerned, they can pack on more weight on that GTP turned GTS.
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14 May 2002, 22:52 (Ref:286747)
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Re: Why does Saleen have a restrictor penalty?
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14 May 2002, 22:55 (Ref:286750)
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20 May 2002, 16:38 (Ref:290610)
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The anwswer is simply because the ACO sucks!
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21 May 2002, 00:41 (Ref:291009)
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No, the answer is because Steve Salleen exploited the rules to build a race car that could beat the Corvettes, then fell behind in taking care of his racing customers by building the necessary number of street cars.
If homologation rules aren't enforced, costs will skyrocket out of control as small manufacturers build one-offs tailored exactly to class rules. |
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