This is the email I intend to send.
Anybody have any suggestions on improving it?


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Auto racing should not only be a test of driving skill
but it should also encourage the development of better
engines and cars. In these days the efficiency of the engine
is critical to the future viability of the internal combustion
engine. It should be your civic duty to encourage the
development of better engines. In light of this it is not
wise to ban the Mazda rotary engine. This engine has a 
superior power to weight ratio and a superior power
to size ratio. It is also a very simple engine that has
excellent durability and low wear characteristics. This 
has been  well proven over and over again in racing. Mazda 
is the only Japanese car to ever win the Leman 24 hour race 
and they did it by outlasting the competition. 
You might say the fuel consumption of the rotary is higher
but Mazda won the Leman race on a mandated limited quantity
of fuel. The new Mazda RX8 rotary powered car has significantly
lower fuel consumption. Please give it a chance to compete.

I was an engineer at Chaparral cars in the late sixties
designing Can Am cars when the only rules were safety and 
the ability to carry a passenger. Any engine was allowed 
regardless of displacement. No minimum weight was specified. 
In that era, fantastic car designs were emerging and the 
series was very popular with the spectators.

Paul Lamar
 
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