I Think you are wrong.
<br>The largest form of sponsorship/advertising in the USA is done through stock car racing. No such thing as "YOU MUST ALL DRIVE THE SAME CAR". These cars are very different in many noticable aspects.
<br>Name any famous form of racing in the world wich is subjected to the strict rules you are proposing.
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<br>F1 racing
<br>Paris - Dakar (for that matter any Rally racing)
<br>Indy 500
<br>Drag racing
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<br>Tour De France
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<br>Vende Globe
<br>America's Cup
<br>Little America's Cup
<br>12 Metre
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<br>a little closer to home...
<br>A-class, iF18, iF20
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<br>The list is endless.
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<br>Carl,
<br>In 1988 it must have been exiting to race on the H21 circuit, but I was under the impression that this circuit was running on the back of the The Pro Sail F40 boats racing at the time. Talk about excitment, completely and very noticably different configurations of multihulls racing head to head... Catamrans , Trimarans, 60 foot masts 70 foot masts and even some neer 80 feet. The rules where simple
<br>max LOA, min BW and max SA. It worked.
<br>Again in 1988, another exciting sailing event ... The World 1000(not Worrel in 88/89) ... Simple rules with many different designs on the line. No beam restrictions, racks all over the place, what a wild race.
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<br>Sponsors don't care where they advertise, just the "how many will see the banners" and "Is it the correct targeted age group for their merchandise".
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<br>Unless the class is created as more of a developmental class or formula based, as a builder I wouldn't have as much interest in it.
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