Racing Question

[prattrc]

Ok, I know next to nothing about racing and the rules that govern the sport, so please be kind. But the Le Mans starting list reminded me of a question...

Why don't they race turbo'd 911's at Le Mans and other races? Will they be bumped into a higher, more difficult class compared to the GT3's?

[Bill Verburg]

The turbo Porsches were essentially legislated out of competitive existance by the rules writing committees. Porsche could not financially afford to build cars to a rule which was ephemeral at best. Maliciously written to specificly hobble the Porsches at worst.

[makaio]

what Bill is saying is, that the rules have been writen to hamper Porsche's chances of winning.

[Drew_K]

If you want further information, check out the rules for different classes on www.lemans.org. It has the specs, such as engine size limits, homologation requirements, etc. Pretty interesting.