Mark - I agree, if everyone can agree on at least 25#, then I'd say that's something to try out. I'd say that's a happy medium. When it comes to ILSA, DAD is right, the program has grown a ton and with 20 races at Peoria this year is only getting bigger. The ONLY thing hurting it is the 1000# alky rule.

DAD - I agree with a lot of your statements. We do need to take what we got and make the most out of it. But, we need to all decide on some stable and simple rules to keep it fun. You're right, "National" isn't quite the right term. "Regional" is a better term for most of us.

As I've said before, when this thing blew up because ILSA guys changed it to 1000# alky, people flipped out because the reasoning was to be cheaper and get gas to rule the series. MANY MANY MANY people misunderstood that and thought that they were saying "Oh you can't spend $20k on your setup." That's not what they're trying to do. They're trying to make it affordable for new drivers to enter the series and be competitive based on FUEL. We all know there's much more to the car than fuel, but that will give way to some new drivers that are interested to at least get into the car and feel competitive just off fuel. As it's been said before, pardon me, but you gotta be an idiot to go and spend $30k on these cars to win $250-$500 a night. DAD said have fun, how can that much investment to that much in return be fun? Just my opinion.

A key phrase from DAD was "keep things fair for everyone, don't change the rules whenever the race is over or the wind blows a different direction..."

KEEP THINGS FAIR. This series is suppose to be for the budget racer, and when people are talking about running all alky, that's isn't for the budget racer! It doesn't matter if it's $750, that's not for the budget racer! Especially when this series CAN BE RAN without that extra expense.

DON'T CHANGE THE RULES WHEN THE RACE IS OVER. Promoters can't sit there and change things because someone complains about something at the end of the race/season. When series' are saying they're going to monitor rules through the season, that's the heads up that it can be changed. But still, you'll know when that's going to happen.