There is no "control tire" at this years off-road Modified Nationals.
On that note, it wasn't the "regular" racer that has had a problem with this, but instead it has been mfg's. Ask any of them and they will claim that it is very expensive for them to not have a control tire.
IMO though it does make sense for a worlds race. It gets extremely costly for a mfg to have to send the amounts of tires that they will need for their teams to another country.
I totally agree with the "new tire" technology. It has basically disapeared since the rules were put in place. Hence this is part of the reason that the Electric Off-Road Committee recomended to try it as a non handout race this year. This year not being a worlds qualifyier is the perfect oppurtunity to try it. Now the fate of it will be in the racers hands as to if they like the decision or not. Please be vocal about this topic as ROAR wants racers opinions to know how they feel about it. If there is alot of flack over it, then it may go up to a member vote as to it's fate.
As far as On-Road goes, you need to contact the appropriate committee and lobby them to discuss it. Not real sure who exactly needs to be contacted but if you send emails to the ROAR President expressing your concerns, he will forward it to the appropriate committee for topic discussions.
Hope this helps,
Sean Sanchez
ROAR Electric Off-Road Committee Chairman