I once saw a Chief Stewart threaten to park the entire Spec RX7 run group if they didn't knock it off.......it had a very calming effect.
As we see at Indy qualifying you need to free up the car to make it fast but not every driver manages that as well as the top tier guys.
For me part of the appeal of SRF is the fact that loose is fast, it seperates out the drivers who have that extra bit of car control and set up knowledge.
Tires that have a high slip angle at max grip (high section width radials, bias plies) look like they are sliding when they are actually getting a lot of grip. Well, as much grip as they can do. Because the rear tires don't steer with the car, the slip angle has to be made up with chassis angle, so it looks like the car is sliding even if it is understeering.
A no-powered car probably wouldn't want to be set up with any understeer, either, since you can't really afford to use the brakes to get turn-in. That would waste all the precious momentum that you'd carefully gathered 
In reply to ddavidv :
Oh 2X that of Spec Pinata. Lot of moves that are well beyond the talent of the driver. At least in the regions that I have worked in, The Spec Miata fields have gotten a lot better for contact in the last 8-10 years.
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
From my limited experience driving the older Renault-powered and 1.9L powered cars, that seems to be the main driver. The motors have so little power that if you don't throw them into corners and get the throttle to the floor early, you lose big chunks of time. It's a little unnerving if you aren't used to cars that are very "pointy", but it's a lot of fun once you get the hang of it.
This might all have changed with the new SRF3s though. I've yet to experience one of those firsthand.
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