[rollei_list] Re: OT - Formula One and Perpetual Motion

  • From: "Austin Franklin" <austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:34:10 -0500

> Whether or not a technology is banned has nothing to do with intrinsic
> merit, or lack thereof. It may have been done for cost control, safety,
> or any number of other reasons, including the need to keep racing close
> - albeit, not to NASCAR or IRL levels - for entertainment purposes.

Cars that have a nasty habit of "spitting" things are typically banned from
racing, such as the ban of Chaparral 2J "sucker" cars from the CanAm racing
circuit.

Austin



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