As a sidecar racer, I don't feel we need to change the rule about adding required ballast. My old POS sidecar, which was built in a day, has quite a bit of weight in it already. Will that weight be added to the ballast to make 132 pounds? Can I make the sidecar with integrated ballast? Can the ballast be added in such a way as to add to the rigidity of the sc?
And to go a step farther, do we require all motorcycles with a 2 seat, not solo seats, arrangment to carry a passenger? How about roadsters.... do they need a passenger just because they were originally built with 2 seats? Or how about the class of cars, I don't have my rule book with me, that requires the car to have had a rear seat capable of carrying passengers? Do they need 3 passengers also?
It is the vehicle that is racing, not the passengers. When I raced off-road, we had a driver and a co-driver. The driver drove and the co-driver navigated. Now, I've only LSR raced for 2 years, but I have yet to need a navigator at El Mirage or Bonneville.
Just my 2 cents.
Matt