We're tweener's when the ITC front runner's show up, but a well prepped and well driven ITB Rabbit can still be a fast car. As you well know Jim, my red car ain't no slouch. That said, at St.Louis earlier this year, I came in second of 5 or 6 in ITB and got LAPPED by the ITB Rabbit that won. The differences between mine and his, in order of importance:

1. He was a better driver.
2. I was on year old 205 Victoracer's, he was on new 225 Hoosiers.
3. He had a locked diff with a final drive that was better for getting off the corners than my stock gear.
4. He rebuilt his cage so he could get down to the new 2080 min weight, I was 70#'s over.
5. It was his home track, he knew it well. It was my first time there.

The fact that he lapped me (who finished 2nd) in a sprint race says that the car is competitive as classed in ITB.

I think with an increase in weight the car would be fair in ITC (say 2200ish), but I don't know that I would see it that way if I was currently campaigning a 1.6/1.7 ITC Rabbit.