That’s a very short lead time, and the two results were 1) fewer racers able to heed the bell for the start of the 2016 campaign and 2) a lack of parity between the two manufacturers. Significantly, these mechanical and aerodynamic changes were announced in late July 2015, with the updates mandated to begin with the first race of the succeeding season, in February. At the same time, Goodyear was introducing a new tire spec, thereby making the class pretty much a jumble of new rules. Partial blame has to be the change of rules for 2016, which removed carburetors in favor of a low-tech-level electronic fuel injection system, removed the upper body-area induction system for a low air intake, forced a 10,500-rpm rev limit on all cars and shortened the wheelie bars in the hopes of getting more elevation to the front wheels at the hit. ![]() So what’s the problem? Why the lack of entries?
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