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There is certainly plenty of room for improvement in motor sport, the issue is that it is largely driven by the same people who bemoan the lack of noise in things like Formula E. They probably had “Only milk and juice come in two litres” stickers on their cars in the mid 90’s too. And from the same source springs the more profligate forms of Motorsport like drags, which at the top level consumes more fuel to travel 1320 feet than I recently used in a whole weekend event over several hundred kilometres. That is without considering things like burnout competitions which I see less than no point in, you might as well just set fire to a paper bag full of $20 notes, it would be better for the environment.
The point of the above is really the same as laid out by a CAMS man at a car club meeting 20 years ago who said he had two “bombshells” to lay down, one being the banning of a very esoteric bit of gear that no one but the Holden Racing Team would care about as they were the only ones using them, and the other was banning the use of leaded Avgas in Motorsport, which mattered in that club as even then the cars were 40 years old and quite dependant on high lead fuels. The upshot was that the green lobby told them quite upfront that Motorsport was utterly insignificant on the grand scheme of things but public perception of people doing Motorsport as just hoons meant that as a group it was a high profile and soft target so they were going to go after it, coercion of the lowest kind.
Nothing has changed much in 20 years, including that if you call me a hoon you had better not be relying on me for a lift home. What has changes is I am older, rougher around he endures and more inclined to speak up.
I am not offended or insulted at what you wrote Alex (and others) but nowadays if I am poked a few times I do squawk.
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