I occasionally crew for a couple of guys who have had some really notable success in HP over the last twenty some odd years, and they occasssionally crew for me in IT. They used to say that IT was just a bunch of guys running old, illegal, beat up cars, that enjoyed smashing into one another during a race. For a while, for the most part, at least in Texas, they were right.
Recently, I showed them the IT rule book, gave them a couple of brands of cars now kicking butt in each of the classes, and quoted some dollar figures for those cars. They changed their minds.
They now don't understand why anyone would want to race in a class so full of confusion and expense.
I suppose that one of the reasons I don't go to GP is the need for constant maintenance on drive train to be competitive. Currently, the rules allow me to add the proper safety equipment to my ITC car to be able to run GP, just really slow.
I don't plan on it, I like the concept behind IT, but not what it's becoming. The limits on Production are more in accordance with my banker than some ambiquous, confusing rules that are attempting to plug the dyke after the flood or reinforce the levee where there's only a dry creek.
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