I don't know what the goal of all the debate is for on this. The people involved in rule making and organization of US VTA should be deciding for the masses in their decisions of equal racing. People who can't be involved in the rule making should just conform and race and be done with it.
So what if there is a manufacturer that the organizers are partial too. Novak provides the most versatile assortment of products easily tunable to the specific needs of the US VTA class. Personally, having seen some of the issues other brands have had with different things, there really is no difference and real racers who want to race the class will conform to the rules.
At Hobbytown Oshkosh, they created a Vintage class back again with just the 20T Traxxas Stinger motor in order to allow people who want a "drivers" race, and a "spec" race to be able to have fun again. The US VTA class that is pre-Sept 2010 is getting out of hand and speeds are reminding people of touring car classes and fewer are showing up for that specific class. They still run both VTA classes now, but the Brushless and 27T drivers know that the changes are coming.