"...SCCA is better known, but I would say right now NASA is better run."[/b]
This is pretty interesting and reflects - I think - Mazda's need to have things clear, in terms of what kind of organization they are dealing with.

SCCA is a club masquerading as a business.

NASA is a business masquerading as a club.

At least with NASA, when a manufacturer's representative has a high-level conversation with a national decision-maker, he/she knows that answers come from a commercial point of view. THAT they can deal with. With SCCA, they might be dealing with someone who's got their own little hobby horse to ride, who happens to have made it up the Club food chain...

My throwaway comment about SS elsewhere aside, let's not ignore the fact that Mazda didn't get what it wanted in terms of competition allowances in one of the classes not among the FIVE RubOffs titles they DID get. If we ARE a club, then maybe it's OK that a manufacturer can't bully the rules into their favor that additional bit...?

K