[James OLC]

The difficult things is that, are far as I can see, there is nothing that can or could have been done that would have made a difference in the results. Brian Hobaugh (6th) is the highest finishing Vintage competitor... If the newer cars had received zero design points... or Brian had received double design points... he would have finished 3rd but (I think) the results would feel contrived and it still wouldn't really have been close. Mike Maier (13th) would have needed triple design points to come out on top, as would Mark.

Mark has said on a couple of occasions that our Vintage cars simply can't defy the laws of physics - no matter how badly we want them to. Perhaps that is part of the solution...

In the absence of a Vintage or Pro-Touring Class maybe (aftermarket) aero could be banned (or assessed a catastrophic penalty) for cars later than 1990 while remaining open for cars 1989 and older. Aero would have to include wings, spoilers, and belly pans but would some how need to take OEM products into account. This would at least allow us to gain some ground.

But it wouldn't be a silver bullet.

Perhaps bonus points based on age? Regardless the solution, I don't want anything that makes the results seem contrived. Today we have a situation where the better cars and drivers won and/or placed higher - no question about it. It the rules were adjusted such that WE had an unfair advantage the series would deteriorate faster than you can imagine.