The interesting point in that article is that what some people perceive as the SCCA's greatest strengths (consistency and loyalty to its history and participants) are seen by others to be its greatest weakness - resistance to change.

It's a little like the two-party system in US politics: It's either "bad" because nothing changes, or "good" because nothing changes, depending completely on whose values are applied to the analysis.

To my mind, the real problem might be that SCCA plays around the edges of reform, tossing in fringe programs that are contrary to the core philosophies of its racing programs - Speed Freakz, 125 shifter karts in SoloII, and the spec classes underwritten by manufacturer corporate support.

These programs don't have much staying power and leave a bizarre scattering of racing detritus that the club has to deal with, since it is established-member-responsive.

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