I typically don't post on opinion related topics but I'll make one post and then go back to being an observer....

Darkside hits the nail on the head in my opinion. So long as it is available to everyone, I don't see it as a problem.

If I can afford the newest of everything, I will buy it an not apologize. If I can't afford it, I will happily run what I have and I won't expect to finish at the top of the order. I'm pretty sure that none of us pay our mortgages with our RC winnings. I don't have to finish on the podium to have fun. Some of the most fun nights of RC racing I have had have been at the back of the A-main. And if one of the guys that typically run the B-main buy some horsepower AND can control it, more power to them (pun sorta intended there....)

I appreciate the hard work that Rob and Kevin have put into this class and I will race and support whatever is decided in the end. I think way too often folks get caught up with the competitive side of things and lose track of the reason we do this....it is still for fun right? My finishing order does not determine my ability to have fun. I simply want my car to handle well and to drive a flawless race. If I can do that, I'm perfectly content, even if someone dropped a load of cash to finish ahead of me.

One more point, I am not an occasional racer. I race every single weekend and typically do OK. Even with racing every single weekend, year round, I never expect to be the best or beat the best. For anyone that IS an occasional racer, even with the highest horsepower available, the chances of A-maining it amongst a group of consistent racers is not likely and I would hope could still have fun simply by wheeling the car around the track clean and consistently. A crash free night is often the least costly kind of night and that coincides with a fun night most of the time IMHO.

Back to my couch as an observer.....