[96z28ss]

I have volunteered at both the Optima Challenge and RTTC events. I love going to see the pre 1980 cars run. I think that muscle cars are what made these events special. There are tons of late model cars racing in other series. The Optima Challenge was showcasing that the muscle cars with the help of the aftermarket parts were making them handle and perform like modern day cars. You can see how the muscle cars dominated this in the early years.

2008 Optima 6 out of 28 cars were newer than 1980
2009 Optima 11 out of 51 cars were newer than 1980
2010 Optima 13 out of 50 cars were newer than 1980
2011 Optima 19 out of 52 cars were newer than 1980
2012 Optima 24 out of 53 cars were newer than 1980
2013 Optima 25 out of 52 cars were newer than 1980
2014 Optima 61 out of 104 cars were newer than 1980

This started with pro-touring cars. I'd like to see them stay competitive in this series in some form. I'm not sure how you do it exactly.
As you can see the muscle cars are now less than half the field.

I'd also like to see the term Street car actually mean something. The car should pass a 50 state DOT inspection minus the emissions part.