we saw a guy "telepath" his miata into the trees outside of turn 1/2 in the LAST SESSION OF THE WEEKEND. shame, because it wa sa REALLY nice, FAST car. the miata is definately a hero-maker. it's easy to drive quick, handles very well, and reasonably forgiving. the fact that it's been so well sorted by the likes of ISC/OPM/FOM etc... mean that there's very little that you can't buy to get everything out of the car, other than raw talent in the seat. the student referenced above obviously found out where the limits are, though.

in pro racing bumper cars, I'd take a good FWD car any day. RWD might be faster but it has to get away from the pack on the first lap and FWD is just plain BETTER at that, and at dealing with the jabs. in our type of racing I think the miata is the prime automobile, there's very little out there that's anywhere close to as good (C6 corvette, maybe a lotus, supercars?). everythign else is overly compromised and we don't run in huge mixed make packs with a lot of bumping on a regular basis.

100% agreement on the S2000 though. trying to control costs in ST by disallowing certian chassis is a silly idea. the rules are open enough to allow cubic dollar expenditures in so many places that a civic could easily wind up being worth more in development and engineering costs than an NSX. add a "darn good suspension" weight penalty if you must but let um run what they brung.