Isn't this all pretty much already true in the world of "LP Prod" cars? I know that the ITS Prelude's, Integra's, Civic's, RX-7's, 240's, etc are all already classified as LP EP cars. Then the ITA CRX, Integra's, Miata, and others are LP FP cars. ITB Si Honda's are LP GP. So on and so forth. However, yes, I know that to even show up and race as a LP Prod car you'd have to do some things to your car like fuel call, light removal, etc. But, you also get to build more engine and shed a lot of weight. So is the purpose of this to eliminate those "legaility" mods (like fuel cell and lights) in exchange for not being able to build more engine and having to run at portly IT weights?
Yea, you'd stand no chance of winning. Ever. But I suppose if I could take my ITA Integra as it sits right now and enter it into a national FP race, I'd think about it. It would give me a benchmark of where the car sits now (as a top ITA example) and could help make or break my decision if I was thinking about going full out LP FP with the car. I sure wouldn't make a habit of it though.
Kind of makes you feel used in a way. Like dangling a carrot in front of a rabbit and saying "Here, you IT guys want to be national? Come, race here in Prod and boost our low numbers and take away from what you guys have built up quite nicely on your own in order to save our dying classes, because, well, they're national, and they're important."
If the SCCA needs IT cars to save their national classes/races, there seems like a pretty easy solution to me. (Not that I would necessarilly agree with or support the idea, but that's a whole nother topic.) [/b]