I was reading an interview with Mark Blundell today in Motorsport magazine and he was talking about in his 1st year in Formula Ford he ran 70 races and won 25. There was a whole plethora of places to race a FF1600 and now that is all gone.
Instead there is this wide variance of one make championships. It's dull, boring and a lot of the drivers don't even really compete against one another because of it.
Over here in the USA, they started up a National FF1600 championship and it has taken off with success and you can run a kent motor or the new Honda Fit motor. The Honda requires minimal maintenance and can go 5 seasons without a rebuild. The series runs at very technical and historical tracks like Watkins Glen, Mid Ohio, VIR and Lime Rock. You can run a car on your own or have a professional shop do everything for you for around $50K-$70K a season. There is even a little bit of prize money on offer.
I think we need to get back to that level of realism without the farkles and have a focus on competitive racing, not building a rocket to go to Mars.
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