Optima is always a lot of fun and it's been interesting to see it evolve over the years. The first few years Mary Pozzi was setting up the Autocross track and the field of cars was primarily made up of Pro Touring builds. DSE's rig was the biggest out there by far and we all just parked at the track or in the pits. When I think back to those events and compare to the field of competitors/cars run this years it's obvious that PT cars don't really stand a chance. IMHO it seems wrong to push the cars and people who helped start it all, out of the running. Cars from the PT community are a huge draw. I would like to see something along the rules put out by SCCA. It would even things up a lot and make for a better event.
http://www.scca.com/clubracing/content.cfm?cid=44726