SCCA Regions across the north east band together to include ITEZ class.

[Greg Amy]

somewhere the original rules limited performance to be no greater than ITA...

Never saw that. I remember it was originally discussed as a "guideline", subject to steward's discretion*...but an entry is an entry, especially when there's zero competition for that wine glass.

GA

* One of the baseline goals of ITEZ was to get slow-ass cars out of Big Bore. Remember, Chump and LeMons fit the letter of the ITE rules...but are typically slow as shit and ugly as sin. Well, my sins, anyway...