Mark, our regional sprint race series is the SARRC. I've been to:
1. April Carolina Motorsports Park -- no E36s.
2. April Roebling -- 1 E36 (Carlos Garcia, pre-SIR).
3. I did not attend VIR in March, but understand there was one E36 there for the enduro (the Robertsons' car).
4. May VIR (SARR/MARRS, that usually draws 5-6 E36s) -- no E36s
5. May CMP -- no E36s.
ITS is struggling here as well I would say and I'm not a fan of the SIR (and especially its timing).
However, I do have one very strong disagreement with your post. Yes, there are (or were) a few cars in the SE that in my view could not be beaten by a top prep RX7 or 240z (Chet Whittel, Ed York, Seth Thomas, James Clay, etc.). Unfortunately, because that is the car's potential, that is what the ITAC (which I am not a member of) has to use when running the car through the formula.
What in my view the ITAC is properly trying to avoid is a situation where 9/10 or 8/10 BMWs can run with and beat 10/10 RX7s and Z cars, which is what I believe has been the case for several years. I have seen several instances of rookie drivers in E36s running near or at the front, and frankly, given the level of prep and driving skill required in other ITS cars, that's not right.
Something needed to be done.
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