There was actually an interesting RCCA article on that topic recently, Eric. It sounds like a good idea in principle, but it still leaves two problems open - more advanced drivers dropping down to novice or amateur to get more wins, and less advanced drivers entering the amateur or expert classes because they don't want to be classified as a novice. That is actually quite similar to noobs starting in 2wd mod and advanced drivers staying in 17.5, and also raises the question of who gets to be the arbiter of who else is novice, amateur, and expert.

I don't see any reason why both classes can't be populated with both novice and experienced drivers. No matter what class you race in, there will be top drivers and not-top drivers. Why single out 2wd buggy for this? How many people are in 4wd SC when what they clearly need is a trip to the psychiatric ward? How many experienced drivers run 17.5 SC without other people complaining about it? I didn't see anybody complain when Montoya left F1 for "lessor" motorsports like NASCAR and then Indy. He wanted to drive different stuff, so let him drive different stuff.

I say let the racers race what they want. Once you start compartmentalizing people by skill level and/or dictating what motors they should or shouldn't run, it creates a class system between people that shouldn't exist in the first place.