SCCA is considering adding Pro Touring classes.

[Steve Chryssos]

Lance,
Thanks for taking on this challenge. Ultimately the SCCA's might will only help the cause.



With so much history, we can look back and see that the lowest common denominator with pro-touring is the degree of chassis modification. There are cars with "Bolt-On" suspension and the "Anything Goes" cars. As someone with an an aftermarket subframe and link type rear suspension (a torque arm and coil-overs), I'm okay with being separated from another Camaro with leaf springs and a stock sub. I would build two classes around that.

As for make and model, I never thought of my Camaro as "big" until my first SCCA autocross. A Miata with an LS swap is still a very small nimble car and therefore not in the same league as our muscle cars. Cut off year is always the toughest discussion. However the SCCA rulebook is already well structured for fox body Mustangs. For better or worse, set the cut-off relative to that car. It will allow for the fewest exceptions including your car.