Racers love technology being improved, and the perception that the lastest technology will give them an advantage. So why take away what racers want?
As much as people say they want affordable racing, the lack of any long-standing spec class racing proves them worng.
I've seen one company offering lipo cells that are matched and labeled with the discharge runtime and average voltage, etc, just like the Nimh cells were, so no suprise there. Lets just hope the lipo stay reliable and safe as technology moves on - unlike what happened with Nimh.
The majority of racers knew the new battery technology would get the same treatment. Just the early lipo advocates were touting that lipo would be the "end of the battery wars", obviously they were wrong or lying.