The Rotary Engine..banned!
02-02-2003, 10:26 PM
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This year, the Grand-Am sanctioning body, outlawed all Rotary Engine Powered Race cars at the Daytona Rolex 24 Hour Race. Section 3-1.6 Rotary engines are not allowed (Rolex Series only). We take this as another one of those misguided and ignorant decisions, by rules makers and sanctioning bodies that do not and care not to understand the Rotary power plant. The Rotary engine has been a mainstay of endurance sports car racing around the world, for 3 decades. Endurance racing is one of the last great places where the inherent values of the Rotary Engine can still shine through, at a world class level of competition, although it's been severely regulated/restricted of late.
We wanted to ask all Rotary enthusiast what they thought of Grand-Am's decision to ban Rotary Power, at this, one of the most famous, 24-hour races. Please send us your thoughts and comments, and we will compile them and send them to Grand-Am. Let's get Rotary Power back on the endurance circuit! We want to show Grand-Am and all Road Racing sanctioning bodies, that Rotary enthusiast play a major part in supporting sports car racing and we want to see Rotaries back in the game! Click the link below to leave your feedback.
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We wanted to ask all Rotary enthusiast what they thought of Grand-Am's decision to ban Rotary Power, at this, one of the most famous, 24-hour races. Please send us your thoughts and comments, and we will compile them and send them to Grand-Am. Let's get Rotary Power back on the endurance circuit! We want to show Grand-Am and all Road Racing sanctioning bodies, that Rotary enthusiast play a major part in supporting sports car racing and we want to see Rotaries back in the game! Click the link below to leave your feedback.
(take from rotarynews.com)
02-02-2003, 10:40 PM
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The main complaint has always been the annoying noise from the rotory. I have heard from people that races the Rolex that the damn rotary would wake them up as they went by and that they were so loud that it would hurt their ears.
I still do not feel this is fair. There were other answers such as noise limits. I did not watch the Rolex this year in protest not to support it. I will not watch it again until they reinstate the Rotory back in. If all Rotory owners do this it will put a big dent in the already weak following.
I still do not feel this is fair. There were other answers such as noise limits. I did not watch the Rolex this year in protest not to support it. I will not watch it again until they reinstate the Rotory back in. If all Rotory owners do this it will put a big dent in the already weak following.
02-02-2003, 10:41 PM
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lol should add:
"This report discovered after lead received from teknics in the chat"
haha, i can see you're all as upset...i watched about half of the thing and all i saw was porsche after porsche, then a random toyota fabcar, some vettes, an M3, and some other cars....all identical though.. all porsches were twith the porsches....so bleh
kevin.
"This report discovered after lead received from teknics in the chat"
haha, i can see you're all as upset...i watched about half of the thing and all i saw was porsche after porsche, then a random toyota fabcar, some vettes, an M3, and some other cars....all identical though.. all porsches were twith the porsches....so bleh
kevin.
02-02-2003, 10:46 PM
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Yea they were moslty Porsche. I annoys me because I actually attend these races.
I go to the Cadillac Grand prix here in DC. Although that series does allow rotory engines. It's lame that rolex is that gay about it..
I think after last year thought I have to root for Team Panoz.
They had a rough *** season.
I go to the Cadillac Grand prix here in DC. Although that series does allow rotory engines. It's lame that rolex is that gay about it..
I think after last year thought I have to root for Team Panoz.
They had a rough *** season.
02-02-2003, 10:53 PM
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as dissappointing as it is to have had no rotary representation...
its still motorsports...regardless of the ban...
although i can attribute this as intimidation...
from rotary readmission and the impending revolution..
its still motorsports...regardless of the ban...
although i can attribute this as intimidation...
from rotary readmission and the impending revolution..