Originally posted by sosidge
I also agree with AdrianM - full-size touring car just isn't the force it was 5 years ago - and the requirement for a car to have competed in a full size race series is becoming harder and harder to realistically enforce.
Let's have 2 door coupes and 4 door saloons - but no sports/GT shells.
But let's also keep a close eye on pure "handling" shells. We do need these cars to engage with the viewing public to make people want to actually start racing them. 1/8th circuit cars and 1/12ths look like nothing that is actually raced. I've no doubt that the Stratus 3 is a great running shell - but that long bootlid and deep splitter is just too far from reality IMHO.
The BRCA are still quite strict on body eligibility - a position I commend - but the UK is a small country in a global market, so no manufacturer is going to introduce a new "conservative" shell when the "handling" shells are what 90% of the world wants.
Most 1/8th scales are based on the old Can Am bodies so they have been raced, just a long time ago
