I agree totally with you Aritan. I finished 2 laps down at spa, without much incident. It aggravates me to no end when ppl drop out because of a suspension damage or losing their front splitter. I, for one, have finished sprint and enduro races with lots of damage, coming close to hearing the famous - "damage is not repairable" quote, when I get close to that, I tend to rethink my strategy and try to finish, albeit 1 or more laps down, at least I finished and that is the true spirit of enduro racing. When we had the Le Mans race before the RDGTC league, I finished 8th out of 25, 5 or 6 laps down and MAJOR damage, but I finished and that is the point. Some of the dropouts from SPA were for irrepairable damage, but some were because they couldn't be in first place, aggravating. Someone has to finish first and someone has to finish last, that's all there is to it.
On the point of having 3 classes with 8 drivers each? I like, no LOVE, the idea. Close racing between your class and who knows, you might even beat someone in the class in front of you? This has me hoping for a great race with the ablility to try to stay close to my competitors (although, each class has its plus and minus points). I think it needs to stay 3 classes, we haven't run like this yet and it would be a good test to see how it ends up...
I do agree with Eric as well, those that drop becuase they aren't in first, should not be allowed to re-enter another enduro race. For me, I will finish the race even if I have to limp across the finish line missing body parts. But the time frame seems to allow for damage to get fixed along the way. 1 lap or 15 laps down, I will finish this one. On a side note, seems like I drive the car better with a damaged suspension, weird, I know, but somehow I manage and it doesn't bother me if I'm at the back of the pack, I'm there and that is what matters. Good racing with Good People...Looking forward to this one and have already cleared that day from my schedule. If I do crash out, I'm not leaving the server if I do, I will stay and watch from my pit garage cheering on those still on the track!
My $.02!