A couple of other points on this -
The IT7 rule isn't a "SARRC" rule, it's a SEDIV rule for all regional classes. Therefore, as best I can tell, it applies to any races in the SEDIV. I assume Atlanta Region could override the spec tire rule for the Pro IT series, if they wanted (and whoever has to approve the Pro IT rules at the divisional level agreed). But they haven't.
There was also a suggestion that, if they had Hoosiers, RX7s could run with the other ITA cars. Sorry, there's not a chance. The RX7s have been running Hoosiers for years, including this year's ARRC as we've discussed. IT7s haven't beaten ITAs for years (outside an occasional fluke) and the gap continues to get larger (i.e., 4+ seconds at the ARRC between the fastest ITA and the fastest IT7s). 100 pounds off of the RX7 isn't going to overcome anywhere near that kind of a difference, even assuming that it's possible to take 100 pounds off existing cars, which is unlikely.
There are a bunch of very fast IT7s in SEDIV that usually qualify within a second or so, so I doubt that there is a lot more speed to be gotten from the cars. Short of a wholesale class restructuring, RX7s aren't going to be competitive in ITA for the forseeable future.
Which makes me ask a question of those who say they'll run Hoosiers in ITA instead of Toyos in IT7. Are you REALLY serious? Toyos may not be everyone's favorite, but to me it's a whole bunch better to be competitive in IT7 than to get utterly blown off in ITA. Remember, that's why IT7 was formed in the first place, and that's why a lot of us race there.
Tom Lyttle
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