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This is the problem as I see it; it is OK if gentlemen drivers want to compete. They have every right to compete if they invest money and time in the sport. What they shouldn’t have the right to do is have cars with more talented drivers loaded with ballast and restrictors so they can keep pace. Racing is a competition, not an activity to boost the morale and mental well being of well to do Walter Mittys. If you want to race in GT3 you should have to take your chances like every other driver. If you want to win you should have to improve your driving or consider a different venue/outlet for your racing fix, there are many. The SRO/FIA kept adding weight and restrictors to the Z06R in GT3 even after its top speed was slower than half the cars out there because the Callaway drivers were just better and made few mistakes. They essentially took a fast and talented team and slowed them to assure they could not win, and even then certain gentlemen drivers still couldn’t keep it on the track. It took 80KG, plus success ballast and 3 restrictor changes to get the desired outcome. In the meantime any Z06R running in an SRO/FIA event got the ballast and restrictors whether they were winning or not. The other Z06Rs with less talent and luck just fell to the back of the pack because a gentlemen driver couldn’t keep his car on the track.
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