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Originally Posted by oneday
Yes, SCCA bought the SWC series at the end of the 09 season. Most, if not all of the rules carried over.
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Interesting thing about this then... I read an article about the history of the Mazda Protege5 that was entered into this a while back (I think it was in a Grassroots Motorsports mag, but I would have to double-check...). The team chose the MP5 instead of the Miata, not because it was better but because the rules allowed them more concessions for running a less competitive car. They figured that the amount of extra stuff they were allowed would more than compensate for the worse platform. Plus there were accusations of the team sandbagging during the first race. Then they did really well after that, even with the ballast for high finishes, until the officials figured out what was going on and took back a lot of the advantages that they were originally given. (I think they had originally been allowed significant headwork mods, that are normally off limits.)
The point here is that although the cars are dissimilar in this racing, that doesn't mean that a lot of effort isn't made to create parity. Usually with ballast. If the Scion tC doesn't start competitively with the basic allowed mods, they will likely lower the minimum weight until it is.
In this racing (like most) it is preparation, testing, organization and driver skill that makes the most difference. The officials make a tremendous effort to balance the cars' performance. So it doesn't mean, for example, that a Protege5 is 'equal' to an RSX-S.
As for the troll thing, I got your back
