I personally don't agree with the rules and regulations of FPR's 'endurance racing'. If your team's car breaks down during the race, you pull it into the pits and fix the problem, and of course if you can't fix it, you pack up and go home. You certainly don't see an Audi crashing at Le Mans, for their driver to come back to the pits and jump in another race prepped car.
Having said that, the guys that race down at FPR aren't racing for sheep stations. I admire everybody that races down south (David, Mike F, Fabien, John S) to name a few, for exactly your point... their sportsmanship. They're all great guys that want to help you out with car development, have a chat and most importantly have a good night of racing. Of course there is still competition involved, but the 'greed' and 'win at all costs' mentality does not exist at FPR.
Overall John, I think you're taking an event of this nature a little bit too seriously. You need to remember that local club racers don't have the egotistical greedy mentality that you might of witnessed in the 80's. Of course it still exists to a certain degree at higher profile events these days, but still not to the degree that I assume you're used to.
Hope you're not losing any sleep over this John, see your local GP if you are.
Cheers,
Sammi.