People want to know about this motor and I am giving out as much information as they let me. As I get permission to say more I will. Right now, telling people what I can about the Vortex seems better than nothing at all.
As for sanctioning, it does not matter one bit what happens at the club level, look at IFMAR, they still don't recognize 1/10 scale electric buggies and how long have people been running those? About 5 years or so now? People have been running T-Maxx's for over two years in club races and none of the sanctioning bodies have approved them.
Two of the biggest companies in the business Trinity and Associated/Reedy could easily put enough pressure on them to basically never sanction an electric motor even when they come out with their own. A Brushless motor for either of them is a huge hit in the pocketbook since they loose tons of money in recurring revenue from selling brushes for regular motors.
What's good for the hobby isn't always what good for business.