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Originally posted by Russ Myers:
Lawyers have a phrase that they use(yeah, I know, lawyers, ugh!) when arguing cases that might have an effect on a precedent. They refer to "the slippery slope". I don't say the rules are good, I don't say they are bad,ut they are the rules. I think if you do not have a stock ECU in your car you are not legal(in the spirit of IT). Vintage racing has been mentioned, well, the grids at a vintage meet are lousy with old SCCA racers who didn't want (or couldn't afford) to update their cars every time the CRB heard that this or that was cheaper, safer, etc. As we have seen with Form Ford, Prod, Sedan nee,GT when you start down the slippery slope...well.
Isn't it interesting that the two most popular classes with the largest car counts every year are Spec Racer and FV, the two classes with, FOR THE MOST PART, the most stable rules package in all of racing. Spec Miata could be this way too, but already, people know in their hearts how to "improve" the class, how to make it better, how to shape it in their image. What's wrong with it now? Car counts are through the roof. Competition is tight and fantastic. I guess that is really not good enough.
In 1983, when IT started, car counts were large. Many competed throughout the land. But can you tell me that the same exist today. Fields are alot shorter now.
As the practicioners of juris prudence are wont to say, once you start down that slippery slope, who knows where you will end up. No first or forth ammendment rights, or thinly disguised prod cars. I myself would like to leave well enough alone.
Oh, by the way, it has been said that it dosen't cost anything to remove this stuff. Well, it dosen't cost anything to leave it on the car, either.
Russ
Russ,