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Originally Posted by NAC
What you mean things like Danica Patrick getting special trials with the new power steer unit before anyone else gets it.
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I hadn’t heard about the power steering, but yeah, I think it’s valid. It’s seems funny that you have people at all levels requesting parity, but when it comes to setting up a level playing field between the sexes by allowing or limiting certain mods, it’s suddenly not viable?
I remember hearing one of the girls after trying what I think was an under 2 litre sports sedan who said the “steering is just too heavy” (presumably due to the quick rack and slicks), and the “brake pedal was too hard to push down” (I think it was because the brake booster had been removed to save weight). Obviously her comments received plenty of smirks, but if the category was restricted to a standard steering rack and brake booster, couldn’t we eliminate the supposed male advantage, so it’s just about car control and race craft? Who knows what could change the culture hurdle though.