I was not impressed with RTA. They wanted to bump me to Unlimited class for not having my center console cover (+/- 1lb) in a stock power non-aero AP1. Second, it was soo poorly organized. I got 5 laps of practice and my first TA session by 2pm... 7 whole laps!!! I left after that as I didnt want to wait in staging for 2 hours again. S2k challenge/speedventures events are way smoother and more competitive than rta...

 

As for the fee side of things. Its no different that running with any other race organization. NASA has a 40$ a year or so member ship, plus if you want a TT license, i think it was about $75 or so if i recall. Its not out of line.

 

TT license is $10

 

Its an "interesting" series, but the rules are a long ways from promoting a competitive venue. It would seem that they think they are legitimizing the series by requiring a licensing fee and a fire extinguisher in street cars, but lets be realistic here; they are really just giving ricers a way to justify a chrome fire bottle

In all seriousness, I don't believe RTA was ever intended to be truely "competitive." Its a "run-what-you-brung" type series with a loose class structure for the sake of some organization. I can appreciate it for that. There is some decent competition amongst the top unlimited teams, but RTA was not designed to accomodate the true grassroots racer; look to NASA for that.

I'm not sure what RTA is looking to do with these rule changes. I'd like to see them clean up the organization of the events more so than I'd like to see them mess with the rules. A more professional event will attract more participants than arbitrary rule changes.

Good luck to GTmotoring and the rest of the S2000 drivers competing in 2010. I'm sure you'lll still run at the top!

 

ok cool. i cant remember. mine expired like 2 years ago now. lol

 

just to clarify the whole video ownership and media thing. Its just in there to protect redline from some outside vendor coming in and filming the event for free and selling as a produced dvd/web show etc for their own gain. All other race series like formula D etc all have the same legal mobojumbo. I asked redline about is just to make sure my original thoughts were correct. Drivers are free to do in car cameras and filming of their own for their own promotion and personal uses etc for sponsors and the like.

If someone has a problem with this clause, its probably because they are one of the people trying to make their own redline show and profit from it. lol. It seems perfectly reasonable to me.

 

I agree, it's a perfectly reasonable regulation, when worded accordingly. As it's worded now it BS.

Again it's trivial. But it made me think twice about even going out to spectate.

 

Maybe you should follow or race in other series then come back to RTA.

The ruleset is a bit ridiculous...even before:
a "stock class" that allows lowered cars...
a "street class" that essentially allowed a CRX to run a swap and boost...

RTA gets an absurd amount of coverage from media mainly cause of the amounts of money being tossed at the unlimited cars. NOT because of it's downright cut-throat competition.

Competition to me, and most people, is where it's a close race. When a guy has NINE SECONDS between him and 2nd place, it's not competitive. It's rare to find a RTA event where the 1st place and 3rd place in any class is separated by only a second.

However, I do appreciate RTA for what it is, especially with the media attention it gets... it shows to the common car person that there's more to motorsports than drag racing.

 

you may want to check the results for street RWD and street FWD from this year and past 2 years in the east where we compete. pretty much always good closer competition.

I know thats not always the case of course, but just an example. I know some classes have crazy gaps. sometimes its just the car/driver is that much more advanced over the competition. Its still a young series when compared to NASA/SCCA racing. As entry fields get larger, and people adapt to maximizing rule sets more and more, i expect competition levels to get close and rise too.

 

1-2.1 Every person or entity who desires to participate in an Event as a Driver, Entrant, Crew Member, or RTA Official must apply for, receive, and possess a valid current RTA Membership.

If you have friends helping you out on the weekend, they will have to pay gate fee + membership?