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Old 8 Apr 2013, 19:21 (Ref:3231084)   #9
Rusty Nail
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Rusty Nail should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Originally Posted by Icarus_nz View Post
The single biggest costs in doing FFord are
1. Paying to get your hands on a competitive engine
2. The additional mileage/costs involved in going testing.

Otherwise I think the class itself has done what it can to contain costs.
The trouble is the PERCEPTION that it takes $150k plus to run up front

In large part the karting fraternity are primed to belive such things because theirs is a sport where you buy your success...
Icarus is right.

There is an extensive discussion on FF here :- http://www.theroaringseason.com/show...r-Formula-Ford which is well worth a read for anyone who is interested in the subject.

It pretty well establishes also that the cost to be competitive at the front need be nowhere near the mentioned $150k. Barry Leitch reckons Brendon was run on a shoestring, as were most of the other front runners.
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