My $.02
1. 25.5 USGT: What should happen is that 21.5TC should disappear and be replaced by USGT. At any club race where both run, all it does is thin both classes. We already have VTA...don't need more slow tc chassis classes.
2. 90 gram body rule: What problem is this addressing? Why do we care if guys want to use lightweight bodies and have to replace them every other week? The guys who oppose hand out motor classes go on about how it's our fault there's motor wars, and if we don't want to be in a motor war, don't buy new motors all the time. How is this any different? If you don't want to buy 3 bodies a month, then use a thicker body. Or, maintain a list of specific bodies that are legal, and just exclude the thin jobbers. Adding another reason to wait in line for tech is a bad idea (having to weigh the body separately from the car) in my opinion.
3. Driver: ffs no. The driver in the VTA cars is lame too. The rule should be there for concourse competition, not for racing. Literally nobody but the tech guy and the owner sees the driver in rc race cars...complete waste of time and effort. Also, even if you argue that people (who these people are I have no idea) see the drivers, a tiny % of VTA guys actually put in a cool looking, scale looking driver. People use Chewbacca, Pokemon, GI Joe, etc. How is this making the class better? It isn't. Scrap the driver rule for racing VTA.
Honestly I'm not sure why the class needs any tinkering at all. The cars look fantastic, and are really fun to drive, and are very competitive. I raced in Southern IN with Myron and others last weekend, and I was last (one main) in the A, but I was on the lead lap until near the end...everyone was very close in performance, and driving mistake-free was the biggest factor. One thing I would like is to fix the awful molded seam/lopsided tire situation. I don't know if it's only certain brands or what, but I've bought sets of tires a couple times where one of the tires was so badly molded that it was unusable. If something needs fixing let's start with that.