Originally Posted by
darksiede
See that's where you are wrong IMO... Vegas lives on the 3% of the population that goes there, many more stay at home and wish they could go!
In RC racing, the same thing happens.. You have people willing to spend 50$ every club race on new tires because it gives them an edge. People are willing to smoke a $100 motor just to win a club race..
Then there are people like me who also have kids in the sport and are forced to race under a budget- trying to make a $79 motor last as long as humanly possible... Using a $50 set of tires for 2 months (8 races) or more if I can manage it.. Hell I've bought the fast/money guys used tires and wheels (1 or 2 race old tires) for ten bucks..
That's where a spec class comes in.. and as I said earlier, the reason my brother's boys and my daughters will be out there in 25.5 blinky legends cars running spec gearing.. They may never have anyone else join them- but it will keep it cheap for us and make it fair and level for them and if anyone joins them.
I understand where you coming form but the point is not we should not care about the cost but rather accept there are people willing to spend tons of money and also accept there are people who are cost conscious. Thus I fully support a fun, cheap, fair, and low maintenance class, that will become widely accepted I may add tailored to those needs, especially for new comers.
The Vegas example is trying to show that today people are still willing to spend big money for things that are fun and exciting. It's not there to down play the cost issue many faces with racing.