Having a ROAR Stock Spec class is great for club racing where everyone is just out to unwind (if you have a job), have fun and go home.
But this class should no be a National level class. It is
IMPOSSIBLE to have a racing specification that is electronically limited. Never worked in the past, and will never work in the future with any form of racing. To prove the point (I am an Engineer), ask any ESC manufacturers to guarantee (with financial bonding and penalties) that their systems are unhackable. If they could, then they would be in to the electronic voting machine business and make more money.
ROAR should make all specification for the STOCK SPEC class be scrutinizable by
mechanical means. If it cannot be checked by a tape measure, scale, caliper, or template, then the spec is too complicated and open for cheating - immediately. Hell, we cannot even find 2 electronic scales at a R/C race that show the same weight.
That is why NASCAR has all mechical specifications. Their scales are certified and stamped. Even adding simple electronic fuel injection would destroy the class.
My company has a 5 gal. can to calibrate gas station fuel pumps. A regualar 5 gal can cost $18. A certified one cost $600. (Next time you pump gas, check out the pump's inspection sticker.)
We raced Tamiya TCS racing for a few years which is all spec'd down to the Tamiya tires. We realized after travelling a lot that Spec racing in R/C = Cheating. We now watch a Touring Stock Spec class as entertainment as many experienced racers who we know are very "imaginative" race and "shallacks" the field. The poor unprepared loosers go out and buy the tire of the day, body of the day, chassis of day, motor of day thinking that their results will improve.
This cycle is not good for the ROAR or the hobby. The solution for a Stock Spec Class is open up the ESC, use slower mechanical motors (21.5,25.5, etc), and add a lot more weight.