What about current Open class competitors ?. Brandon Semenyuk is currently leading the National ARA Championship represented by DirtFish, but even though he is in first place with the fastest car, he agrees that this is a good change.
“I think it’s great,” Semenyuk told DirtFish. “The competition is weird, but I think there’s so much vagueness in the rules now, and obviously some of these cars are very different from others. It is difficult to really allow part of this competitiveness to shine through. “
“I think translate it to a flatter playing field while these machines are on [RC2] The level is still very exciting, to be honest, I think you’ll see how people are pushing for even more, and maybe more tactics will come into play, so I think that’s great for the championship. ”
“I think that changing the rules will help private individuals in the first place. I mean, I’ve been a privateer for many years, and it was just like, “Well, I’ll never be able to compete with these machines,” and [in the] If I spent money to get an R5, it’s like “well, I still won’t be competitive”, especially going to an event like Oregon, it’s like … you have no chance ”.
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