At our local track 17.5 rubber is the biggest class and there are many with partial deals.
13.5 Rubber is faster than 19 turn by a good bit and some people sponsored basically at hobby shop cost are going to be forced to run a class they cant handle or not come to the race? I'm guessing this is going to hurt entries at every race until the rule is changed.
People are being punished for being offered a LITTLE bit of help from small companies to help both parties, one to keep racing and one to stay in business.
There are a lot of "deals" out there that belong to people just to help all companies make an extra buck.
I think all this forcing people to either run what they are told to or not come is going to become alot of not comming and less forcing.
BAD DECISION
17.5 is almost as fast as 19 turn was 4 years ago and during that time 19 turn was a class that A lot of factory drivers ran.