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The article is a good one. It is food for thought. He recalls the golden ages when Ford V8s, Ferrari V12s, and Renault Turbos all fought on the same track in F1. When Offenhausers, turbines, and Millers fought for Indy 500 honors. The rules of the day have brought motor racing down to the common denominator. All of the CART and F1 cars look so much alike minus their paint. He has called for a common wheelbase and track configuration with a standard driver safety cell design. He also calls for races to be a common distacne like 500 miles. Reduce the number of street courses to the few traditional events like Monaco and Long Beach. He also suggests that fuel be standardized to methanol and there would be no fuel stops. Everything else would be open to interpretation. Engine size and capacity would be limited to the amount of fuel the car could carry feasibly. It would allow the teams to employ any type of cylinder configuration or allow the use of turbocharging in an effort to balance horsepower with reliability, fuel economy and manufacturer interest. The issue of cost would arise but his argument is that nomatter what type of racing is doen on a large international scale it will be expensive and no amount of rules will keep it from being so. I like his ideas.
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