There was a lot of conversation about including the Pony cars in the ITR framework and, if I recall correctly, they were not supposed to be on the initial list.

That was primarily (again, my recollection) to avoid complicating the proposal by including a group of cars that are very different than most, or the "mean" car for the formula. Remember that first assumptions were that the class would be substantively identical to the rest of the IT classes and would adhere to a formulaic weight-setting process.

The underlying perception was that, given these principles, an ITR-spec Mustang or Camaro would probably not be competitive. Efforts to equalize them would require compromises to those first principles and would open a huge can of worms.

That they were included in the information coming out of SCCA was evidence that Topeka got 'hold of an early draft version of the proposed car list.

For what it's worth.

K