IT-EZ

New SCCA Race Class with Minimal Cost and Preparation

The purpose of IT‐EZ is to be an SCCA regional class where car preparation can be kept to a minimum. Cars that are built using ChumpCar or Lemons rules are welcome. As opposed to any other class of SCCA road racing, IT‐EZ competition is designed as a “fun run” class, without any promise or intent of performance equitability. IT‐EZ is designed to provide a way for drivers to earn an SCCA racing license and race in regional competition, with the absolute lowest cost vehicle. In no way will any waivers be considered or granted in areas regarding safety of the vehicle or driver.

IT‐EZ vehicles may race with prior accident damage, as long as that prior damage does not create a danger to the driver of that vehicle or fellow competitors.

Non‐functional additions to vehicles, whose primary purpose is to express a creativity theme, are allowed only if do not create a potential safety hazard to the driver or fellow competitors.

IT‐EZ Eligible Vehicles

◾Must be a “mass produced” gas or diesel powered, four wheel passenger car.

◾Minimum weight of 1,800 pounds and a maximum weight of 4,000 pounds and a production‐based engine.

◾Tires must conform to applicable Improved Touring rules, i.e., must be DOT rated tires, and sizes must be consistent with allowable dimensions per the GCR. 180 wear‐dated street tires are not mandated, but they may be used if the racer prefers.

◾Preparation regarding brakes, suspension, and engine must meet SCCA Improved Touring, ChumpCar, or Lemons rules.

Currently this is being introduced in SCCA’s New England Region, but several other regions are also moving forward with this or similar initiatives. If you are interested in seeing this done in regions where you want to race, please contact the Regional Executive and Race Chair / Competition Director of your SCCA region.

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Looks like a great way to get started in road racing for cheap.

I think the SCCA is recognizing the popularity of ChumpCar and LeMons, and now they want a piece of the action, which isn't a bad thing.

If anything this will allow people more track time.

Now this I could probably get behind and just might. My only concern: 1800 lbs minimum weight? For instance our LeMons Civic weighs 1944 pounds stock, it currently weighs a classified ( read: I have no damn idea ) amount below that.

We call them IT-J up here. Improved touring, junk. Great plan.

1,800 - 4,000 lbs?

So this:

Could potentially be buzzing around a road course with this:

As an SCCA club racer, I'd welcome more people to the sport, but the sad reality is that we've already got 8 (and sometimes 9) run groups which makes for a long day when everything goes well, and a really long day if there's extra car-nage and a couple good oil-downs.

Adding a potentially popular group which also has (potentially) the lowest experience level and slowest laps times and they'll have to find the time in the schedule someplace, and that someplace will most likely lead to combining everything that's not an production-based or big-bore car into the already preposterous "Wings and Things".

In my region they've killed off FV already, and the club Ford guys aren't especially happy.

Locally they have SPO/U which is split by engine displacement and is a catch all for stuff that doesn't fit elsewhere.

The_Jed wrote:

Damn, I'd love to find a Lincoln with that body kit, in that good of condition!

In reply to motomoron:

IIRC, they are killing off classes that have low attendance in certain regions (I believe they finally killed off GT3 as a separate class and have merged it with another). I think they recognize that people are having a hard time affording to race and many people have stopped. I think this is an attempt to get people back in and also to get new people into SCCA.

How has the response to ITJ been in the PNW? Lemons races are packed. Chump less so, but still a pretty good turnout. It'll be interesting to see which cars show up in SCCA.

I like the idea. I've always wanted to build a 3rd gen F-body V6.